| Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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 Seal of Bihar | |
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| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal) |
| Member of | Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Residence | Patna |
| Appointer | Members of the Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | During the life of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | Ram Dayalu Singh |
| Deputy | Narendra Narayan Yadav |
The Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. Speakers hold office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resigning from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
List
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name | Term[1] | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Dayalu Singh | 23 July 1937 | 11 November 1944 | 7 years, 111 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
| After Independence | ||||||||
| 1 | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | 25 April 1946 | 14 March 1962 | 15 years, 323 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 1st | ||||||||
| 2nd | ||||||||
| 2 | Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu | 15 March 1962 | 15 March 1967 | 5 years, 0 days | 3rd | |||
| 3 | 
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Dhanik Lal Mandal | 16 March 1967 | 10 March 1969 | 1 year, 359 days | 4th | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 4 | Ram Narayan Mandal | 11 March 1969 | 20 March 1972 | 3 years, 9 days | 5th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 | 
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Harinath Mishra | 21 March 1972 | 26 June 1977 | 5 years, 97 days | 6th | ||
| 6 | Tripurari Prasad Singh | 28 June 1977 | 22 June 1980 | 2 years, 360 days | 7th | Janata Party | ||
| 7 | Radhanandan Jha | 24 June 1980 | 1 April 1985 | 4 years, 281 days | 8th | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 8 | Shivchandra Jha | 4 April 1985 | 23 January 1989 | 3 years, 294 days | 9th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 9 | Md Hidayatullah Khan | 27 March 1989 | 19 March 1990 | 357 days | ||||
| 10 | Ghulam Sarwar | 20 March 1990 | 9 April 1995 | 5 years, 20 days | 10th | Janata Dal | ||
| 11 | Deo Narayan Yadav | 12 April 1995 | 6 March 2000 | 4 years, 329 days | 11th | |||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||||||||
| 12 | 
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Sadanand Singh | 9 March 2000 | 28 June 2005 | 5 years, 111 days | 12th | Indian National Congress | |
| 13 | Uday Narayan Choudhary | 30 November 2005 | 29 November 2010 | 9 years, 360 days | 14th | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2 December 2010 | 28 November 2015 | 15th | ||||||
| 14 | 
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Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | 2 December 2015 | 15 November 2020 | 4 years, 349 days | 16th | ||
| 15 | 
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Vijay Kumar Sinha | 25 November 2020 | 24 August 2022 | 1 year, 272 days | 17th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 16 | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | 26 August 2022 | 12 February 2024 | 1 year, 170 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
| 17 | 
|
Nand Kishore Yadav | 15 February 2024 | 30 November 2025 | 1 year, 288 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 18 |
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Dr. Prem Kumar[2][3][4] | 2 December 2025 | Incumbent | 85 days | 18th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Pro tem Speaker
[edit]Narendra Narayan Yadav was appointed as the Pro tem on 24 November 2025 after the conclusion of 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election to facilitate the oath taking of new MLAs and the election of the new Assembly Speaker. [5]
Deputy
[edit]List of Pro tem Speakers
[edit]- Sadanand Singh 2015
- Jitan Ram Manjhi 2020
- Narendra Narayan Yadav 2025
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "BJP's Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker". Deccan Herald. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey". The New Indian Express. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "JD(U) leader Narendra Yadav appointed Pro-tem speaker of Bihar Assembly". thehindu.com. 24 November 2025.
