The chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. In the absence the deputy chairperson presides. The chairperson is elected internally by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Eligibility The chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council must:
Be a citizen of India.; Be at least 25 years of age; and Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
List of chair The council is headed by a chairperson, elected by members in a simple majority vote. The following is the list of chairpersons of the council. Sr NoChairpersonTenurePartyReference 1 Dr. Sir Sitaram 19 August 1925 12 March 1937 Indian National Congress 2 Dr. Sir Sitaram 12 July 1937 9 March 1949 Indian National Congress 3 Chandra Bhal 10 March 1949 25 January 1950 Indian National Congress 4 Chandra Bhal 26 January 1950 5 May 1958 Indian National Congress 5 Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar 20 July 1958 5 May 1964 Indian National Congress 6 Darbari Lal Sharma 5 August 1964 5 May 1968 Indian National Congress 7 Virendra Swarup 15 March 1969 5 May 1974 Independent 8 Virendra Swarup 11 June 1974 26 February 1980 Independent 9 Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel 6 October 1980 5 May 1982 Indian National Congress 10 Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel 3 March 1983 5 May 1988 Indian National Congress 11 Jagdish Chandra Dikshit 6 April 1989 7 March 1990 Indian National Congress 12 Shiv Prasad Gupta 5 July 1990 5 July 1992 Bharatiya Janata Party 13 Nityanand Swami 25 April 1997 8 November 2000 Indian National Congress 14 Sukhram Singh Yadav 3 August 2004 15 January 2010 Samajwadi Party 15 Ganesh Shankar Pandey 21 January 2010 15 January 2016 Bahujan Samaj Party 16 Ramesh Yadav 11 March 2016 30 January 2021 Samajwadi Party 17 Kunwar Manvendra Singh 30 January 2021 present Bharatiya Janata Party
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