The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh.[1]
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha | |
|---|---|
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 October 1953 |
| Preceded by |
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| Leadership | |
S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023 | |
Secretary to the Legislature | P. P. K. Ramacharyulu |
TBD | |
Deputy Speaker | TBD |
Vacant since 09 June 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 175 |
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Political groups | Government (164)
Others (11)
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Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 11 February 1955 |
Last election | 13 May 2024 |
Next election | 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
| Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.jpg | |
| Assembly Building, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-past-the-post system. The duration of the Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless it is decided to dissolve the Assembly sooner. The Legislative Assembly's main functions include legislation, overseeing of administration, passing the budget, and airing public grievances.[2]
The Legislative Assembly holds three sessions annually, one for Budget and the other for Monsoon and Winter sessions.[3]
The Legislative Assembly took up residence in the interim Legislative Assembly Building[4] in Amaravati beginning from the 2016 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and automatic vote recording.
History edit
The Andhra Legislative Assembly[5] was constituted after the formation of Andhra State on 1 October 1953. When Andhra Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956 by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State, the 140 Members of the Andhra State Legislative Assembly and 105 Members representing the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State merged to form APLA. At the time of formation, the Legislature was unicameral with only an Assembly with 301 Members. The first meeting was held on 3 December 1956. Sri Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao and Sri Konda Lakshman Bapuji were the first Speaker and the first Deputy Speaker, respectively.
With the formation of the Legislative Council on 1 July 1958, the Andhra Pradesh Legislature became Bicameral and remained so until 1 June 1985 when the Legislative Council was dissolved on 31 May 1985 during the period of the Eighth Legislative Assembly and the State Legislature once again became unicameral.[2]
On 2 June 2014, the state of Andhra Pradesh was split to form the new state of Telangana. Andhra Pradesh was allocated 175 legislative seats with the remaining 119 allocated to Telangana Legislative Assembly.[6]
In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election held on 11 April 2019,[7] the YSR Congress Party won 151 seats and the ruling Telugu Desam Party bagged 23 seats. Jana Sena Party won one seat.[8]
Composition edit
The current assembly is the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.
Presiding officers edit
| Designation | Name |
|---|---|
| Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
| Speaker[9] | Vacant |
| Deputy Speaker | Vacant |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) |
| Leader of the Opposition | Vacant |
Members edit
| Party | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 135 | |
| Jana Sena Party | 21 | |
| YSR Congress Party | 11 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 8 | |
| Total | 175 | |
Electoral history edit
Andhra State (1953–1956) edit
| Years | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | TDP | KLP | CPI | PSP | KMPP | IND | ||
| 1955 | 119 | ~ | 22 | 15 | 13 | 05 | 22 | 196 |
United Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014) edit
| Years | Others | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | TDP | LEFT | IND | |||
| 1957 | 187 | ~ | 37 | 34 | 43 | 301 |
| 1962 | 177 | 51 | 21 | 51 | 300 | |
| 1967 | 165 | 20 | 68 | 34 | 287 | |
| 1972 | 219 | 8 | 57 | 1 | ||
| 1978 | 175 | 14 | 15 | 90 | 294 | |
| 1983 | 60 | 201 | 9 | 16 | 12 | |
| 1985 | 50 | 202 | 22 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1989 | 181 | 74 | 14 | 15 | 10 | |
| 1994 | 26 | 226 | 34 | 12 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 91 | 180 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 185 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 156 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
Andhra Pradesh (2014–Present) edit
| Years | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | YCP | JSP | BJP | IND | |||
| 2014 | 102 | 67 | ~ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| 2019 | 23 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 135 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
List of the assemblies edit
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Andhra Assembly withdraws resolution to abolish Legislative Council". The Indian Express. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Winter session of Andhra Pradesh assembly begins today, to be held for 5 days". The Times of India. 15 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Kanisetti, Venkatesh (May 2016). "Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly building, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh". SPA Bhopal Repository.
- ^ The Indian Express. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Centre: No increase in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana assembly seats till 2026". The Times of India. 4 August 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "AP Election Result Date | Andhra Pradesh (AP) Assembly Elections 2019 Results Date - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "AP Election Results: Election Results of Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election | Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Speaker bans mobile phones in Andhra Pradesh assembly". The Week. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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