The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the
lower house of the
bicameral legislature of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member
first-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system.
History
List of Assemblies
Eighteenth assembly
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
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Uttar Pradesh Legislature
The Uttar Pradesh Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Legislature is composed of:
*the Governor of Uttar Pradesh,
*the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, the upper house and
*the Uttar Pradesh Legis ...
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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad'') is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is ...
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First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
The First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a. First Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted in May 1952 as a result of Indian general election, 1951–52. First Legislative Assembly had total of 431 Member of the Legislative Ass ...
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Eighteenth Uttar Pradesh Assembly
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Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...
References
Sources
History of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh
External links
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Uttar Pradesh Legislature
State lower houses in India