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Type Bicameral of Uttar Pradesh Houses Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Founded April 1, 1957 (1957-04-01) Disbanded March 6, 1962 (1962-03-06) Preceded by 1st Legislative Assembly | ||
The Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a.Second Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) (Hindi: दूसरी उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा) was constituted on 01 Apr 1957 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 which was concluded on 25 Feb 1957. The Second Legislative Assembly had 430 elected and 1 nominated MLAs. The assembly was in house for full term of five years before being dissolved on 06 Mar 1962.
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Important members
Sampurnanand was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by Kamlapati Tripathi and Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to Rajasthan as the Governor. Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
Party wise strength
As of 10 Apr 1957, total 430 MLAs were elected from 341 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.