Bihar Legislative Council

Bihar Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Bihar Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Chairman (Acting)	Awadhesh Narain Singh, BJP since 16 June 2020
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) since 27 July 2017
Deputy Leader of House	Devesh Chandra Thakur, JD(U) since 27 July 2017
Government's Chief Whip	Reena Yadav Neeraj Kumar, JD(U)
Government's Deputy Chief Whip	Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, BJP
Leader of the Opposition	Rabri Devi Yadav, RJD since 13 April 2022
Structure
Seats	75 (63 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (50) NDA (50)   JD(U) (25)   BJP (23)   RLJP (1)   HAM (1) Opposition (16) MGB (16)   RJD (14)   CPI (2) Others (9)   INC (4)   IND (5)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Meeting place
Bihar Legislative Council, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
http://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in

Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Bihar in India.

History

A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 December 1911. The Legislative Council with a total of 43 members belonging to different categories was formed in 1912. The first sitting of the Council was convened on 20 January 1913 at Patna College Bankipore. In 1920 Bihar and orrisa declared governor province, as per Government of India Act 1919. As per Government of India Act 1935 Bihar and Orissa was split into separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa. In 1936, [Bihar] attained its separate Statehood. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the unicameral legislature got converted into bicameral one, i.e., the Bihar Legislative Council and the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, the Bihar Legislative Council consisted of 29 members. On March 21, 1938, the session of the Bihar Legislative Council took place in a newly built building. On 1 April 1950, the secretariat of BLC started functioning. After the first General Elections 1952, the number of members was increased up to 72 and by 1958 the number was raised to 96. With the creation of Jharkhand, as a result of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 passed by the Parliament, the strength of the Bihar Legislative Council has been reduced from 96 to 75 members. Some veteran council members B. P. Mandal, Jagannath Mishra, Satyendra Narain Singh and Lalu Prasad Yadav have also served as Chief Minister of Bihar.

Working

Bihar Legislative Council is a permanent body and not subject to dissolution. But as nearly as possible, one-third of the members thereof retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year. Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire every second year. The presiding officers of Vidhan Parishad are now known as Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Members of the upper house, the Legislative Council are indirectly elected through an electoral college. There are 27 Committees which are, at present, functional in the Council. Besides, there are three Financial Committees consisting of the members of the two Houses of the State Legislature.

Current members

• Chairman (Acting): Awadhesh Narain Singh
• Deputy Chairman : Vacant
• Leader of the House : Nitish Kumar
• Deputy Leader of the House : Devesh Chandra Thakur
• Government's Chief Whip : Reena Yadav
  Neeraj Kumar
• Government's Deputy Chief Whip : Dilip Kumar Jaiswal
• Leader of the Opposition : Rabri Devi Yadav

Elected by Legislative Assembly Members (27)

Keys:   JD(U) (9)   BJP (7)   RJD (8)   INC (2)   HAM(S) (1)

#	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1.	Rabindra Prasad Singh		JDU	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
2.	Afaque Ahmad Khan		JDU	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
3.	Ghulam Ghaus		JDU	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
4.	Bhishm Sahni		JDU	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
5.	Kumud Verma		JDU	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
6.	Nitish Kumar		JDU	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
7.	Rameshwar Mahto		JDU	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
8.	Khalid Anwar		JDU	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
9.	Sanjay Kumar Jha		JDU	31-May-2019	06-May-2024
10.	Munni Rajak		RJD	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
11.	Ashok Kumar Pandey		RJD	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
12.	Qari Sohaib		RJD	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
13.	Rambali Singh Chandravanshi		RJD	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
14.	Sunil Singh		RJD	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
15.	Farooq Shaikh		RJD	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
16.	Rabri Devi		RJD	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
17.	Ram Chandra Purve		RJD	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
18.	Hari Sahni		BJP	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
19.	Anil Sharma		BJP	22-Jul-2022	21-Jul-2028
20.	Samrat Chaudhary		BJP	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
21.	Sanjay Mayukh		BJP	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
22.	Mangal Pandey		BJP	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
23.	Sanjay Paswan		BJP	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
24.	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain		BJP	21-Jan-2021	06-May-2024
25.	Sameer Kumar Singh		INC	29-Jun-2020	28-Jun-2026
26.	Prem Chandra Mishra		INC	07-May-2018	06-May-2024
27.	Santosh Suman		HAM	07-May-2018	06-May-2024

Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies (24)

Keys:   BJP (7)   RJD (6)   JD(U) (5)   RLJP (1)   INC (1)   IND (4)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Patna	Kartikey Kumar		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
2	Bhojpur	Radhacharan Sah		JDU	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
3	Gaya-Jehanabad-Arwal	Rinku Yadav		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
4	Nalanda	Reena Yadav		JDU	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
5	Rohtas-Kaimur	Santosh Singh		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
6	Nawada	Ashok Yadav		IND	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
7	Aurangabad	Dileep Singh		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
8	Saran	Sachchidanand Rai		IND	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
9	Siwan	Vinod Jaiswal		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
10	Darbhanga	Sunil Chaudhary		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
11	East Champaran	Maheshwar Singh		IND	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
12	Muzaffarpur	Dinesh Prasad Singh		JDU	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
13	Vaishali	Bhushan Ray		RLJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
14	Samastipur	Tarun Kumar		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
15	West Champaran	Saurabh Kumar		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
16	Sitamarhi-Sheohar	Rekha Devi		JDU	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
17	Purnia-Araria-Kishanganj	Dilip Kumar Jaiswal		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
18	Bhagalpur-Banka	Vijay Singh		JDU	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
19	Munger-Jamui-Lakhisarai- Sheikhpura	Ajay Kumar Singh		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
20	Katihar	Ashok Agarwal		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
21	Saharsa-Madhepura-Supaul	Ajay Singh		RJD	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
22	Madhubani	Ambika Gulab Yadav		IND	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
23	Gopalganj	Rajeev Singh		BJP	08-April-2022	07-April-2028
24	Begusarai-Khagaria	Rajeev Kumar		INC	08-April-2022	07-April-2028

Elected from Graduates Constituencies (6)

Keys:  JD(U) (3)   BJP (2)   Independent (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Tirhut	Devesh Chandra Thakur		JDU	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
2	Patna	Neeraj Kumar		JDU	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
3	Koshi	Narendra Kumar Yadav		BJP	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
4	Darbhanga	Sarvesh Kumar		Ind	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
5	Saran	Virendra Narayan Yadav		JDU	09-May-2017	08-May-2023
6	Gaya	Awadhesh Narain Singh		BJP	09-May-2017	08-May-2023

Elected from Teachers Constituencies (6)

Keys:  JD(U) (2)   CPI (2)   BJP (1)   INC (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Patna	Nawal Kishore Yadav		BJP	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
2	Darbhanga	Madan Mohan Jha		INC	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
3	Saran	Kedar Nath Pandey		CPI	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
4	Tirhut	Sanjay Kumar Singh		CPI	17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
5	Koshi	Sanjeev Kumar Singh		JDU	09-May-2017	08-May-2023
6	Gaya	Sanjeev Shyam Singh		JDU	09-May-2017	08-May-2023

Nominated (12)

Keys:  BJP (6)   JD(U) (6)

#	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Janak Ram		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
2	Devesh Kumar		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
3	Rajendra Prasad Gupta		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
4	Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
5	Ghanshyam Thakur		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
6	Nivedita Singh		BJP	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
7	Upendra Kushwaha		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
8	Ashok Choudhary		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
9	Ram Bachan Rai		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
10	Sanjay Kumar Singh		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
11	Lallan Kumar Saraf		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027
12	Sanjay Singh		JDU	17-Mar-2021	16-Mar-2027

See also

• Vidhan Parishad
• Administration in Bihar
• List of states of India by type of legislature

External links

• Official Website