Uttar Pradesh Legislature

Uttar Pradesh Legislature

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानमंडल
Uttar Pradesh Legislature ; उत्तर प्रदेश विधानमंडल
	Emblem of India
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Upper House); Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Lower House)
History
Founded	1956
Leadership
Governor	Anandiben Patel ; since 29 July 2019
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath, BJP ; since 19 March 2017
Chairman	Kunwar Manvendra Singh, BJP ; since 31 January 2021
Deputy Chairman	Vacant, TBD
Leader of House; Legislative Council	Dinesh Sharma, BJP ; since 19 March 2017
Leader of Opposition; Legislative Council	Sanjay Lathar, SP ; since 28 March 2022
Speaker	Satish Mahana, BJP ; since 29 March 2022
Deputy Speaker	Vacant, TBD
Leader of House; Legislative Assembly	Yogi Adityanath; (Chief Minister), BJP ; since 19 March 2017
Leader of Opposition; Legislative Assembly	Akhilesh Yadav, SP ; since 26 March 2022
Structure
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council political groups	Government (70); NDA (70) BJP (68); AD(S) (1); NP (1); Opposition (16) SP (16); Others (11) BSP (3); INC (1); JSD(L) (1); IND (6); Vacant (3) Vacant (3);
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (273); NDA (273) BJP (255); AD(S) (12); NISHAD (6); Opposition (125); SP+ (125) SP (111); RLD (8); SBSP (6); Others (5) INC (2); JSD(L) (2); BSP (1);
Elections
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly voting system	First-past-the-post
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council last election	9 April 2022
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly last election	10 February - 7 March 2022
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council next election	TBD
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly next election	2027
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhawan
Website
	Legislative Council; Legislative Assembly
Constitution
	Constitution of India

The Uttar Pradesh Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Legislature is composed of:

the Governor of Uttar Pradesh,
the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, the upper house and
the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the lower house

Heads of the Government

Office	Leader		Since
Governor		Anandiben Patel	29 July 2019
Chief Minister		Yogi Adityanath	19 March 2017
Deputy Chief Minister 1		Brajesh Pathak	25 March 2022
Deputy Chief Minister 2		Keshav Prasad Maurya	19 March 2022
Chaiman of Legislative Council		Kunwar Manvendra Singh	31 January 2021
Speaker of Legislative Assembly		Satish Mahana	29 March 2022
Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council	Vacant
Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly	Vacant
Leader of House (Legislative Council)		Dinesh Sharma	19 March 2017
Leader of House (Legislative Assembly)		Yogi Adityanath (Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of House (Legislative Council)		Keshav Prasad Maurya (Deputy Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of House (Legislative Assembly)		Brajesh Pathak (Deputy Chief Minister)	25 March 2022
Leader of Opposition of Legislative Council		Sanjay Lathar	28 March 2022
Leader of Opposition of Legislative Assembly		Akhilesh Yadav	26 March 2022

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