Satish Mahana (born 14 October 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of the

Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adul ...

. Currently, he is serving as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is eight time MLA from Kanpur Cantt, having served since the 11th Legislative Assembly, and currently represents Maharajpur constituency of

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

. He participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from

. He was the Vice Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in 16th Vidhan Sabha of

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and he is a former coordinator of

Bajrang Dal Bajrang Dal () is a Hindu nationalist militant organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). It is a member of the right-wing Sangh Parivar. The ideology of the organisation is based on Hindutva. It was foun ...

youth wing of

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at Kanpur Purvottar District.

Early life and education

Mahana was born on 14 October 1960 in

to his father Ram Avtar Mahana, in a

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Khatri Khatri () is a caste system in India, caste originating from the Malwa (Punjab), Malwa and Majha areas of Punjab region of South Asia that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Khatris claim they are war ...

family. In 1981 he married Anita Mahana, they have one son Karan Mahana and one daughter Neha Mahana. He did his early schooling from St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Kanpur. He attended the

Kanpur University Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered un ...

and attained

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degree.

Political career

Mahana is serving as MLA of UP for 8th term. Mahana has been MLA for 8 straight terms. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Developing from 27 October 1997 to 8 March 2002 but because of his good work he was again given the post of Minister of State for Housing. After 2012, he represents Maharajpur (Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency) of

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. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes. In March 2017, he was appointed Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. He got ministry of

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. The slogan 'Jiske Sath Jamana hai, uska naam mahana hai' is also related to him. He was awarded the Ideal Legislative Assembly Speaker Award at the 14th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad, Pune, 2025.

Posts held

References

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