Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior MLA Satish Mahana is all set to be elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Mahana filed his nomination papers for the Speaker’s post on Monday and no Opposition party filed nomination against him.
The deadline for filing nomination was 2 pm on Monday.
Mahana, accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, filed his nomination papers before Returning Officer Pradeep Kumar Dube, who is principal secretary of UP assembly secretariat.
Raja Bhaiya of Jansatta Dal was among the proposers.
The result will be declared on Tuesday.
Mahana was state minister for industrial development in the first term of the Yogi Adityanath government.
Satish Mahana, who has won his eighth assembly election this year, represents Maharajpur assembly constituency in Kanpur.