The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (ISO: 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 | |
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 November 1956 |
| Preceded by | Andhra State Legislative Assembly |
| Leadership | |
S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023 | |
Secretary General | Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar since 15 July 2024 |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Vacant since 4 June 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 175 |
  | |
Political groups | Government (164)
Opposition (11)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 11 February 1955 |
Last election | 13 May 2024 |
Next election | April / May 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Assembly Chamber, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Website | |
| Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members who 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 in Amaravati beginning from the 2017 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and automatic vote recording.[4]
History
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 Palasa Surya Chandra Rao 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. Janasena Party won one seat.[8]
In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held on 13 May 2024, the National Democratic Alliance won a staggering number of 164 seats, and the ruling YSR Congress Party just bagged 11 seats.[9]
Composition
The current assembly is the sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.
Presiding officers
| Designation | Portrait | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Governor | _S._Abdul_Nazeer_called_on_the_President_of_India.jpg) |
Syed Abdul Nazeer |
| Speaker |  |
Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (TDP) |
| Deputy Speaker | .jpg) |
Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (TDP) |
| Leader of the House |  |
N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) |
| Leader of the Opposition | None |
Members
| Party | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 135 | |
| Janasena Party | 21 | |
| YSR Congress Party | 11 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 8 | |
| Total | 175 | |
Electoral history
Andhra State (1953–1956)
Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
| Years | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | INC | BJP | LEFT | IND | |||
| 1957 | – | 187 | – | 37 | 34 | 43 | 301 |
| 1962 | 177 | 51 | 21 | 51 | 300 | ||
| 1967 | 165 | 20 | 68 | 34 | 287 | ||
| 1972 | 219 | 8 | 57 | 3 | |||
| 1978 | 175 | 14 | 15 | 90 | 294 | ||
| 1983 | 201 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 202 | 50 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 74 | 181 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 216 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 180 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 47 | 185 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 34[a] | |
| 2009 | 92 | 156 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
Andhra Pradesh (since 2014)
List of the assemblies
1953–1956
| Year | Election | Chief Minister | Party | Party-wise seats details | Opposition Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | First Assembly | Tanguturi Prakasam | (Congress) | Total: 196. Congress: 119 CPI: 15, Independents: 8 |
N.A. | |
| 1955 | First Assembly | Bezawada Gopala Reddy | (Congress) | Total: 196. Congress: 119 CPI: 15, Independents: 8 |
Puchalapalli Sundarayya | |
Since 1956
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
References
Notes
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