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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Bihar Legislative Council</div> <br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bihar Vidhan Parishad</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Bihar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seal_of_Bihar.svg/170px-Seal_of_Bihar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seal_of_Bihar.svg/255px-Seal_of_Bihar.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Bihar" title="List of governors of Bihar">Governor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Arlekar" title="Rajendra Arlekar">Rajendra Arlekar</a> <br />since 17 February 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chairmen_of_the_Bihar_Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chairmen of the Bihar Legislative Council">Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Awadhesh_Narain_Singh" title="Awadhesh Narain Singh">Awadhesh Narain Singh </a>, <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> <br />since 20 June 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Deputy Chairman</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Prof. Ram Bachan Rai , JD(U) <br />since 24 July 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Leader of the House<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Bihar">Chief Minister</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> <br />since 27 July 2017 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Bihar_Legislative_Council" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council">Leader of the Opposition</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> <br />since 16 February 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>75</b> (63 Elected + 12 Nominated)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/300px-India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/450px-India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/600px-India_Bihar_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bihar" title="Government of Bihar">Government</a> (48)</b> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F98C1F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> (48) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bhartiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhartiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (24)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#003366; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> (22)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F5D62A; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#39833C; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">RLJP</a> (1)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition" title="Parliamentary opposition">Official Opposition</a> (20)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B7EB; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> (20) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#056D05; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> (15)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (3)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">LF</a> (2)</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f50222; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C41301; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(ML)L</a> (1)</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Opposition_(politics)" title="Opposition (politics)">Other opposition</a> (6)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B2B2B2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> (6)</dd></dl> <p><b>Vacant (1)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Vacant (1)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">Single transferable vote</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg/250px-Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg/375px-Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg/500px-Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1345" data-file-height="482" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Bihar Legislative Council, <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in">Bihar Legislative Council</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bihar Legislative Council</b> also known as <b>Bihar Vidhan Parishad</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislature" title="Bihar Legislature">Bihar Legislature</a> of the state of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new Province of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> was created by the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Government of India</a> on 12 December 1911. The <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Patna_College" title="Patna College">Patna College</a> <a href="/wiki/Bankipore" title="Bankipore">Bankipore</a>. In 1920 Bihar and Orissa declared governor province, as per <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1919" title="Government of India Act 1919">Government of India Act 1919</a>. As per <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1935" title="Government of India Act 1935">Government of India Act 1935</a> Bihar and Orissa was split into separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa. In 1936, [Bihar] attained its separate Statehood. Under the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> Act, 1919, the <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> got converted into <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> one, i.e., the Bihar Legislative Council and the <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a>. Under the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Reorganisation_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Reorganisation Act">Bihar Reorganisation Act</a>, 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Working">Working</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Working"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_members">Current members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Chairman</b> : <a href="/wiki/Awadhesh_Narain_Singh" title="Awadhesh Narain Singh">Awadhesh Narain Singh</a></li> <li><b>Deputy Chairman</b> : Ram Bachan Rai</li> <li><b>Leader of the House</b> : <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a></li> <li><b>Deputy Leader of the House</b> :</li> <li><b>Government's Chief Whip</b> :<a href="/wiki/Reena_Devi" title="Reena Devi">Reena Devi</a></li> <li><b>Leader of the Opposition</b> : <a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_by_Legislative_Assembly_(27)"><span id="Elected_by_Legislative_Assembly_.2827.29"></span>Elected by Legislative Assembly (27)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elected by Legislative Assembly (27)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keys: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (7)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1D3463; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> (8)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#006113; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> (9)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (1)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#C41301; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI-ML</a> (1)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#F5D62A; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a> (1) </span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangal_Pandey_(politician)" title="Mangal Pandey (politician)">Mangal Pandey</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anamika_Singh_Patel" title="Anamika Singh Patel">Anamika Singh Patel</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Mohan_Gupta" title="Lal Mohan Gupta">Lal Mohan Gupta</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hari_Sahni" title="Hari Sahni">Hari Sahni</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anil_Sharma_(Bihar_politician)" title="Anil Sharma (Bihar politician)">Anil Sharma</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samrat_Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Samrat Chaudhary">Samrat Chaudhary</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Mayukh" title="Sanjay Mayukh">Sanjay Mayukh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Anwar" title="Khalid Anwar">Khalid Anwar</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Rabindra Prasad Singh </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Afaque_Ahmad_Khan" title="Afaque Ahmad Khan">Afaque Ahmad Khan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ghaus_(Indian_politician)" title="Ghulam Ghaus (Indian politician)">Ghulam Ghaus</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Bhishm Sahni </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Kumud Verma </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Bari_Siddiqui" title="Abdul Bari Siddiqui">Abdul Bari Siddiqui</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syed_Faisal_Ali" title="Syed Faisal Ali">Syed Faisal Ali</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urmila_Thakur_(politician)" title="Urmila Thakur (politician)">Urmila Thakur</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Munni Rajak </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Pandey" title="Ashok Kumar Pandey">Ashok Pandey</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Md_Sohaib" title="Md Sohaib">Qari Sohaib</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>22-Jul-2022 </td> <td>21-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kumar_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Sunil Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)">Sunil Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mo_Farooq" title="Mo Farooq">Mo Farooq</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samir_Kumar_Singh" title="Samir Kumar Singh">Samir Kumar Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>29-Jun-2020 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>Shashi Yadav </td> <td style="background-color:#C41301"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI-ML</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Suman" class="mw-redirect" title="Santosh Suman">Santosh Suman</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5D62A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a> </td> <td>07-May-2024 </td> <td>06-May-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shri_Bhagwan_Singh_Kushwaha" title="Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha">Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha</a></td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>06-July-2024 </td> <td>28-Jun-2026 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Local_Authorities_Constituencies_(24)"><span id="Elected_from_Local_Authorities_Constituencies_.2824.29"></span>Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies (24)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies (24)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keys: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (7)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#006113; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> (6)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1D3463; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> (5)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (1)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#0093DD; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">RLJP</a> (1)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DDDDDD; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> (4)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Patna </td> <td>Kartikey Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Bhojpur </td> <td>Radhacharan Sah </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Gaya-Jehanabad-Arwal </td> <td>Rinku Yadav </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Nalanda </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reena_Devi" title="Reena Devi">Reena Yadav</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Rohtas-Kaimur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Singh_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Santosh Kumar Singh (politician)">Santosh Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Nawada </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Yadav" title="Ashok Yadav">Ashok Yadav</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>Aurangabad </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Singh" title="Dilip Kumar Singh">Dileep Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Saran </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sachchidanand_Rai" title="Sachchidanand Rai">Sachchidanand Rai</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>Siwan </td> <td>Vinod Jaiswal </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Darbhanga </td> <td>Sunil Chaudhary </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>East Champaran </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maheshwar_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Maheshwar Singh (Bihar politician)">Maheshwar Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>Muzaffarpur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Prasad_Singh" title="Dinesh Prasad Singh">Dinesh Prasad Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Vaishali </td> <td>Bhushan Ray </td> <td style="background-color:#39833C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">RLJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Samastipur </td> <td>Tarun Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>West Champaran </td> <td>Saurabh Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>Sitamarhi-Sheohar </td> <td>Rekha Devi </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>Purnia-Araria-Kishanganj </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Jaiswal" title="Dilip Kumar Jaiswal">Dilip Jaiswal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Bhagalpur-Banka </td> <td>Vijay Singh </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Munger-Jamui-Lakhisarai- Sheikhpura </td> <td>Ajay Kumar Singh </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td>Katihar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Agrawal" title="Ashok Kumar Agrawal">Ashok Agrawal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td>Saharsa-Madhepura-Supaul </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Kumar_Singh_(Bihar_politician,_Rashtriya_Janata_Dal)" title="Ajay Kumar Singh (Bihar politician, Rashtriya Janata Dal)">Ajay Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td>Madhubani </td> <td>Ambika Gulab Yadav </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>Gopalganj </td> <td>Rajeev Singh </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td>Begusarai-Khagaria </td> <td>Rajeev Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>08-Apr-2022 </td> <td>07-Apr-2028 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Graduates_Constituencies_(6)"><span id="Elected_from_Graduates_Constituencies_.286.29"></span>Elected from Graduates Constituencies (6)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elected from Graduates Constituencies (6)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1D3463; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> (3)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (2)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DDDDDD; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DDDDDD; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vacant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant">Vacant1</a> (1)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Tirhut </td> <td colspan="4">Vacant </td> <td>16-Nov-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Patna </td> <td>Neeraj Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>17-Nov-2020 </td> <td>16-Nov-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Koshi </td> <td>Narendra Kumar Yadav </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>17-Nov-2020 </td> <td>16-Nov-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Darbhanga </td> <td>Sarvesh Kumar </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td>17-Nov-2020 </td> <td>16-Nov-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Saran </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Narayan_Yadav" title="Virendra Narayan Yadav">Virendra Narayan Yadav</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#003366"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JDU</a> </td> <td>09-May-2023 </td> <td>08-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Gaya </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awadhesh_Narain_Singh" title="Awadhesh Narain Singh">Awadhesh Narain Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>09-May-2023 </td> <td>08-May-2029 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Teachers_Constituencies_(6)"><span id="Elected_from_Teachers_Constituencies_.286.29"></span>Elected from Teachers Constituencies (6)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elected from Teachers Constituencies (6)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span 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title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Bihar_Legislative_Council" title="List of members of the Bihar Legislative Council">List of members of the Bihar Legislative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Parishad" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Parishad">Vidhan Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administration_in_Bihar" title="Administration in Bihar">Administration in Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_of_India_by_type_of_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="List of states of India by type of legislature">List of states of India by type of legislature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bihar_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External 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