Sir Sitaram and Begum Aijaz Rasul were elected the President and the Vice-President of the Legislative Council respectively.

After the independence and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and served until 5 May 1958.

When, under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, the Legislative Council came into existence in the United Provinces, it comprised 60 members.

On 26 January 1950, the total membership of the Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) of Uttar Pradesh state was increased from 60 to 72.

The vacant seats are filled up by fresh elections and nominations (by Governor) at the beginning of every third year.

Kunwar Manvendra Singh is the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.