List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Seal of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent Hriday Narayan Dikshit since 30 March 2017
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Member of	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder	Purushottam Das Tandon

The Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly^[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker holds office till either he/she ceases to be a member of the assembly or resigns from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

Hriday Narayan Dikshit is the current Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility[]

The Speaker of the Assembly:

1. Must be a citizen of India;
2. Must not be less than 25 years of age; and
3. Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Powers and Functions of the Speaker[]

The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.

List of the Speakers of Uttar Pradesh[]

No.	Name (Constituency)	Portrait	Term[2]		Party		Assembly (Election)
1	Purushottam Das Tandon		31 July 1937	8 August 1950	Indian National Congress
2	Nafisul Hasan		21 December 1950	19 May 1952
3	Atmaram Govind Kher (Garautha)		20 May 1952	4 April 1957			1st Assembly (1952 election)
			4 April 1957	26 March 1962			2nd Assembly (1957 election)
4	Madan Mohan Verma (Faizabad)		26 March 1962	16 March 1967			3rd Assembly (1962 election)
5	Jagdish Saran Agarwal		17 March 1967	16 March 1969			4th Assembly (1967 election)
(3)	Atmaram Govind Kher (Garautha)		17 March 1969	18 March 1974			5th Assembly (1969 election)
6	Vasudev Singh		18 March 1974	12 July 1977			6th Assembly (1974 election)
7	Banarasi Das (Hapur)		12 July 1977	26 February 1979	Indian National Congress		7th Assembly (1977 election)
Acting	Jagannath Prasad (Dhaurahra)		29 February 1979	17 February 1980	Independent
8	Sripati Mishra (Isauli)		7 July 1980	16 July 1982	Indian National Congress		(1980 election)
Acting	Yaadvendra Singh (Siswa)		17 July 1982	24 August 1982	Indian National Congress
9	Dhram Singh		25 August 1982	15 March 1985	Indian National Congress
10	Niyaz Hasan Khan (Kunda)		15 March 1985	9 January 1990	Indian National Congress		9th Assembly (1985 election)
11	Hari Krishna Srivastava (Chaubepur)		1 January 1990	30 July 1991	Janata Dal		10th Assembly (1989 election)
12	Keshari Nath Tripathi (Allahabad South)		30 July 1991	15 December 1993	Bharatiya Janata Party		11th Assembly (1991 election)
13	Dhaniram Verma (Bidhuna)		15 December 1993	20 June 1995	Samajwadi Party		(1993 election)
Acting	Barkhu Ram Verma (Sagri)		20 June 1995	17 July 1995	Bahujan Samaj Party
14			18 July 1995	26 March 1997
(12)	Keshari Nath Tripathi (Allahabad South)		26 March 1997	14 May 2002	Bharatiya Janata Party		13th Assembly (1996 election)
			14 May 2002	19 May 2004			14th Assembly (2002 election)
Acting	Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah (Bahraich)		19 May 2004	26 July 2004	Samajwadi Party
15	Mata Prasad Pandey (Itwa)		26 July 2004	18 May 2007
16	Sukhdev Rajbhar (Lalganj)		18 May 2007	13 April 2012	Bahujan Samaj Party		15th Assembly (2007 election)
(15)	Mata Prasad Pandey (Itwa)		13 April 2012	30 March 2017	Samajwadi Party		16th Assembly (2012 election)
17	Hriday Narayan Dikshit (Bhagwantnagar)		30 March 2017	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party		17th Assembly (2017 election)

See also[]

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen

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