History of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Type
Type
History
Preceded byUnited Provinces Legislative Council
Leadership
Anandiben Patel
since 29 July 2019
Deputy Speaker
Vacant
Leader of the House
Mata Prasad Pandey, SP
since 28 July 2024
Pradeep Kumar Dubey, PCS J (Retd.)
since 30 March 2021
Structure
Seats403
Political groups
Government (283)
  NDA (283)

Official Opposition (110)

  SP+ (107)

Other Opposition (3)

  JD(L) (2)
  BSP (1)

Vacant (10)

  Vacant (10)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
10 February 2022 – 7 March 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly


The Legislative Assembly for the United Provinces was constituted for the first time on 1 April 1937 in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935 with a strength of 228. The size of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was decided as 403 members after the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. There is one nominated Anglo-Indian member in addition to 403 members.[1] The first session of the provisional Uttar Pradesh Legislature under the new Constitution of India that established the country as a republic began on 2 February 1950. After the first elections the newly elected Assembly of Uttar Pradesh met on 19 May 1952.

Pre-independence

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The Legislative Assembly for the United Provinces was constituted for the first time on 1 April 1937 in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935. The strength of the Assembly as stipulated under the Act of 1935 was 228 and its term was five years. Purushottam Das Tandon and Abdul Hakim were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively on 31 July 1937.[2]

Post-independence

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After India became independent, the legislative assembly met for the first time on 3 November 1947. At its meeting on 4 November 1947, the legislative assembly adopted a resolution for the use of Hindi in all proceedings.

On 25 February 1948, the Assembly passed a resolution requesting the Governor to submit to the Governor General the request of the assembly to the effect that the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and the Oudh Chief Court be amalgamated.

Another important resolution passed by the House on 18 October 1948 congratulated the Indian government and military on its successful annexation of Hyderabad.[2]

Post-1950

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The first session of the provisional Uttar Pradesh Legislature under the new Constitution of India that established the country as a republic began on 2 February 1950 with an address by Governor Homi Mody to both houses in the Assembly Hall. Prior to the commencement of the session, the governor administered the oath of office to P. D. Tandon and Chandra Bhal respectively in their respective chambers, thereafter all other members present took oath or made affirmation, as required by the Constitution, in their respective Houses.

An important legislative measure passed in 1950 was the U. P. Language (Bills and Acts) Act, 1950, which mandated that all bills and acts were to be written in Hindi with the Devanagari script. In 1951, the U. P. Official Language Act was passed, making Hindi with Devanagari script the language to be used for all official purposes of the state.

On 11 August 1950, Speaker Purshottam Das Tandon resigned[citation needed] from his office. He was replaced by Deputy Speaker Nafisul Hasan on 21 December 1950. Upon his accession, he announced that he would not be take part in partisan politics as Speaker, unlike his predecessor.

Hargovind Pant was elected the Deputy Speaker on 4 January 1951.[2]

After the first elections the newly elected Assembly of Uttar Pradesh met on 19 May 1952. On 20 May 1952, Atma Ram Govind Kher was elected the Speaker. Govind Kher speaking on the occasion, said that of the two different conventions set by his two predecessors in office in the matter of taking part in politics he would like to follow neither but would strive to follow a middle course in this regard. He said that he would not take part in active politics nor hold any office in the Congress Party to which he belonged, but at the same time he would continue to be a member of that party and take part in non-controversial activities, particularly relating to social and developmental work.[2]

2008 Delimitation

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Until 1967, the Assembly was composed of 431 members, including one nominated Anglo-Indian member. According to the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission, which is appointed after every census, it was revised to 426. After the 2000 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, which separated the new state of Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh, the size of the Assembly decreased to 403 members. It stayed at 403 + 1 in the delimitation of 2008 which incorporated the 2001 census data. [1] One Assembly term lasts five years unless it is dissolved earlier. The Assembly also has the highest number of seats of any state legislature in India.

List of Assemblies

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Following are the dates of constitution and dissolution of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. First sitting date and date of completion of term for each Vidhan Sabha can be different from the constitution and dissolution dates (respectively).[3]

Vidhan Sabha Constitution Dissolution Days
1st 20 May 1952 31 March 1957 1,776
2nd 1 April 1957 6 March 1962 1,800
3rd 7 March 1962 9 March 1967 1,828
4th 10 March 1967 15 April 1968 402
5th 26 February 1969 4 March 1974 1,832
6th 4 March 1974 30 April 1977 1,153
7th 23 June 1977 17 February 1980 969
8th 9 June 1980 10 March 1985 1,735
9th 10 March 1985 29 November 1989 1,725
10th 2 December 1989 4 April 1991 488
11th 22 June 1991 6 December 1992 533
12th 4 December 1993 28 October 1995 693
13th 17 October 1996 7 March 2002 1,967
14th 26 February 2002 13 May 2007 1,902
15th 13 May 2007 9 March 2012 1,762
16th 8 March 2012 11 March 2017 1,829
17th 19 March 2017 12 March 2022 1,834
18th 29 March 2022 - 2 years, 239 days

Election results

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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Result.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Party Years
2022 2017 2012 2007 2002 1996 1993 1991 1989 1985 1980 1977 1974 1969 1967 1962 1957 1951
Apna Dal (Sonelal) 12 9 1 3
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) 1 1 1 1
Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress (ABLTC) 1 2
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP) 1
Samajwadi Party (SP) 111 47 224 97 143 110 109
All India Bhartiya Jan Sangh (BJS) 17 2
Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) 61 49 98
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 1 19 80 206 98 67 67 12 13
Bharatiya Kranti Dal (BKD) 8 106 98
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 255 312 47 51 88 174 177 221 57 16 11
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 3 4 6 6 7 9 16 80 13 14 9
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1
Hindu Maha Sabha (HMS) 1 2
Indian National Congress (INC) 2 7 28 22 25 33 28 46 94 269 309 47 215 211 199 249 286 388
Janata Dal (JD) 7 27 92 208
Janata Party (JP / JNP) 1 34 1 20 4 352
Janata Party (Secular) - Ch. Charan Singh – JNP(SC) 59
Jan Sangh (JS) 49
Lok Dal (LKD) 84
Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal 6 1
Peace Party (PECP) 4
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 8 1 9 10 14
Swatantra Party (SWA) 1 5 12 15
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party 6 4
Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) 33
Independent (IND) 2 3 6 9 16 13 8 7 40 23 17 16 5 18 37 31 74 15
Total Seats 403 403 403 403 403 424 425 425 425 425 425 425 424 425 425 430 430 430


References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ a b c d "Uttar Pradesh Legislature". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Vidhan Sabha terms". U.P. Assembly website. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
  4. ^ "UP Election Results".
  5. ^ "TitlePage_UP-96.PDF" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Qrylistofparticipatingpoliticalparties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  9. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  12. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  13. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  14. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  15. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  16. ^ "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Statistics" (PDF). eci.nic.in.

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