Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

For the upper house, see Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
Government of Uttar Pradesh Government of Uttar Pradesh
Type
Type	Lower house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature
History
Preceded by	United Provinces Legislative Council
Leadership
Governor	Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019
Speaker	Satish Mahana, BJP since 29 March 2022
Deputy Speaker	Vacant
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath, BJP since 19 March 2017
Minister of Legislative Affairs	Suresh Khanna, BJP since 25 March 2022
Leader of the House	Yogi Adityanath, BJP since 25 March 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Mata Prasad Pandey, SP since 28 July 2024
Principal Secretary	Pradeep Kumar Dubey, PCS J (Retd.) since 30 March 2021
Structure
Seats	403
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Political groups	Government (290)   NDA (290)   BJP (257)   AD(S) (13)   RLD (9)   SBSP (6)   NISHAD (5) Official Opposition (109)   SP+ (109)   SP (107)   INC (2) Other Opposition (3)   JD(L) (2)   BSP (1) Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	10 February 2022 – 7 March 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
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Vidhan Sabha Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

<section end="Infobox" /> The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital.

History

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List of Assemblies

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Eighteenth assembly

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Members of Legislative Assembly

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See also

• Uttar Pradesh Legislature
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
• First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Eighteenth Uttar Pradesh Assembly
• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• List of by-elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

Sources

• History of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh

External links

• Official Site of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Government website
• UP Assembly