What is in news :Election for Appointment of Speaker in Maharashtra legislature is stalled due to Covid reasons

How they are elected

• Article 178 speaks about Speaker and Deputy Speaker of state legislature
• There is no time limit nor the process for  elections specified for election
• Legislatures to decide how to hold these elections. In Lok Sabha and state legislatures
• The President/Governor sets a date for the election of the Speaker
• Speaker who decides the date for the election of the Deputy Speaker
• Legislators of the respective Houses vote to elect one among themselves to these offices.

Facts : Haryana and Uttar Pradesh specify a time-frame for holding the election to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker’s offices.