Bihar Legislative Council

Bihar Legislative Council

Bihar Vidhan Parishad
Bihar Legislative Council ; Bihar Vidhan Parishad
Type
Type	Upper house of the Bihar Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor	Rajendra Arlekar ; since 17 February 2023
Chairman	Devesh Chandra Thakur, JD(U) ; since 24 August 2022
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) ; since 27 July 2017
Structure
Seats	75 (63 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (50); NDA (50) BJP (24); JD(U) (24); RLJP (1); HAM(S) (1); Opposition (19); MGB (19) RJD (14); INC (4); CPI (1); Others (6) IND (6);
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Meeting place
	Bihar Legislative Council, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
	Bihar Legislative Council

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

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