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Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

{{short description|Lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature}}

{{About|the lower house of Andhra Pradesh Legislature|the upper house|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = #036d33

| name = Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| native_name = {{lang|te-Latn|Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha}}

| legislature = 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly

|preceded_by = Andhra State Legislative Assembly

|foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|1956|11|01}}

| coa_pic = Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg

| coa_res =

| house_type = Lower house

| body = Andhra Pradesh Legislature

| term_limits = 5 years

| leader1_type = Governor

| leader1 = Syed Abdul Nazeer

| election1 = 24 February 2023

| leader2_type = Secretary General

| leader2 = Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar

| election2 = 15 July 2024

| leader3_type = Speaker

| leader3 = Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu

| party3 = TDP

| election3 = 22 June 2024

| leader4_type = Deputy Speaker

| leader4 = Raghu Rama Krishna Raju

| party4 = TDP

| election4 = 14 November 2024

| leader5_type = Leader of the House
{{small|(Chief Minister)}}

| leader5 = N. Chandrababu Naidu

| party5 = TDP

| election5 = 12 June 2024

| leader7_type = Minister of Legislative Affairs

| leader7 = Payyavula Keshav

| party7 = TDP

| election7 = 12 June 2024

| leader8_type = Leader of the opposition

| leader8 = Vacant

| party8 =

| leader9_type = Chief Whip

| leader9 =

| party9 =

| leader10_type = Deputy Leader of the Opposition

| leader10 =

| party10 =

| leader11_type = Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

| leader11 =

| party11 = | election8 = 4 June 2024

| members = 175

| structure1 = {{Switcher|300px|By party|300px|By alliance}}

| structure1_res = 300px

| political_groups1 =

Government (164)

:{{Color box|{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}}} Kutami (164)

:*{{Color box|{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}}} TDP (135)

:*{{Color box|{{party color|Janasena Party}}}} JSP (21)

:*{{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} BJP (8)

Official Opposition

:Vacant{{efn|No party secured 10% of seats to form official opposition.}}

Other Opposition (11)

:{{Color box|{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}}} YSRCP (11)

| voting_system1 = First past the post

| first_election1 = 11 February 1955

| last_election1 = 13 May 2024

| next_election1 = April / May 2029

| term_length = 5 years

| session_room = A.P Legislative Assembly.jpg

| session_res = 300px

| session_alt =

| meeting_place = Assembly Chamber, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India

| website = {{URL|https://www.aplegislature.org/|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}

}}

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-23 |title=Andhra Assembly withdraws resolution to abolish Legislative Council |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/andhra-pradesh-assembly-resolution-abolish-legislative-council-763730/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171313/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/andhra-pradesh-assembly-resolution-abolish-legislative-council-763730/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|url=https://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/overview|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323132057/https://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/overview|url-status=live}}

The Legislative Assembly holds three sessions annually, one for Budget and the other for Monsoon and Winter sessions.{{Cite news |date=2022-09-15 |title=Winter session of Andhra Pradesh assembly begins today, to be held for 5 days |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/winter-session-of-andhra-pradesh-assembly-begins-today-to-be-held-for-5-days/articleshow/94214821.cms |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318025250/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/winter-session-of-andhra-pradesh-assembly-begins-today-to-be-held-for-5-days/articleshow/94214821.cms |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web|date=3 March 2017 |title=Andhra Pradesh gets new Assembly building; CM Chandrababu Naidu terms occasion historic|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2017/Mar/03/andhra-pradesh-gets-new-assembly-building-cm-chandrababu-naidu-terms-occasion-historic-1576975.html|website=New Indian Express}}

History

The Andhra Legislative Assembly{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJBlAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Andhra+Pradesh+Legislative+Assembly%22&pg=PA7&article_id=828,2061619 |title=The Indian Express |publisher=The Indian Express |language=en |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215114657/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJBlAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Andhra+Pradesh+Legislative+Assembly%22&pg=PA7&article_id=828,2061619#v=onepage&q=%22Andhra%20Pradesh%20Legislative%20Assembly%22&f=false |url-status=live }} 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.

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.{{Cite news |date=2021-08-04 |title=Centre: No increase in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana assembly seats till 2026 |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/centre-no-increase-in-andhra-pradesh-telangana-assembly-seats-till-2026/articleshow/85026499.cms |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318025250/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/centre-no-increase-in-andhra-pradesh-telangana-assembly-seats-till-2026/articleshow/85026499.cms |url-status=live }}

The 2019 election was held on 11 April 2019,{{Cite web |title=AP Election Result Date {{!}} Andhra Pradesh (AP) Assembly Elections 2019 Results Date - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/schedule |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203214018/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/schedule |url-status=live }} the YSR Congress Party won 151 seats and the Telugu Desam Party bagged 23 seats. Janasena Party won one seat.{{Cite web |title=AP Election Results: Election Results of Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election {{!}} Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/results |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813062205/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/results |url-status=live }} The 2024 election was held 13 May 2024, the Kutami alliance won a 164 seats, whilst the YSR Congress Party won 11 seats.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-06-04 |title=AP election results 2024 highlights: Chandrababu Naidu celebrates after TDP registers sweeping victory in Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2024-live/article68246162.ece |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Composition

The current assembly is the sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.

=Presiding officers=

class="wikitable"
Designation

!Portrait

!Name

Governor

| File:The_Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh,_Shri_Justice_(Retd.)_S._Abdul_Nazeer_called_on_the_President_of_India.jpg

|Syed Abdul Nazeer

Speaker

|File:Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu.jpg

|Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
{{small|(TDP)}}

Deputy Speaker

|File:Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (cropped).jpg

|Raghu Rama Krishna Raju
{{small|(TDP)}}

Leader of the House

|File:The_portrait_of_CM_Shri_Nara_Chandrababu_Naidu.jpg

|N. Chandrababu Naidu
{{small|(TDP)}}

Leader of the Opposition

|

|None

=Members=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+As of 2024

colspan="2" | Party

!Members

{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

|style="text-align: center;" | 135

{{Full party name with color| Janasena Party}}

|style="text-align: center;" | 21

{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}

|style="text-align: center;" | 11

{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="text-align: center;" | 8

colspan="2" | Total

!175

Electoral history

{{main|Elections in Andhra Pradesh}}

= Andhra State (1953–1956) =

{{See also|Andhra State (1953–1956)}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Years

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Krishikar Lok Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

! rowspan="2" |Total

INC

!KLP

!CPI

!PSP

!KMPP

!IND

1955

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |119

|22

|15

|13

|5

|22

|196

=Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)=

{{See also|Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Years

| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

! rowspan="2" |Others

! rowspan="2" |Total

TDP

!INC

!BJP

!LEFT

!IND

1957

! rowspan="5" |{{Ndash}}

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |187

! rowspan="5" |{{Ndash}}

| bgcolor="chili" |37

| 34

| 43

| 301

1962

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |177

| bgcolor="chili" |51

| 21

| 51

| 300

1967

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |165

| 20

| 68

| 34

| rowspan="2" | 287

1972

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |219

| 8

| 57

| 3

1978

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |175

|14

|15

|90

| rowspan="8" | 294

1983

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |201

| bgcolor="chili" |60

| 3

| 9

| 19

| 2

1985

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |202

| bgcolor="chili" |50

| 8

| 22

| 9

| 3

1989

| bgcolor="chili" |74

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |181

| 5

| 14

| 15

| 5

1994

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |216

| 26

| 3

| bgcolor="lightgreen" | 34

| 12

| 3

1999

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |180

| bgcolor="chili" |91

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |12

| 2

| 5

| 4

2004

| bgcolor="chili" |47

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |185

| 2

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |15

| 11

| 34{{efn|Telangana Rashtra Samithi bagged 26 seats as part of the United Progressive Alliance}}

2009

| bgcolor="chili" |92

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |156

| 2

| 5

| 3

| 36

=Andhra Pradesh (since 2014)=

{{See also|Andhra Pradesh}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Years

| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janasena Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

! rowspan="2" |Others

! rowspan="2" |Total

TDP

!YSRCP

!JSP

!BJP

!IND

2014

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |102

| bgcolor="chili" |67

!{{Ndash}}{{efn|did not contest and extended its support to the National Democratic Alliance}}

|bgcolor="lightgreen" |4

|1

|1

| rowspan="3" |175

2019

|bgcolor="chili" |23

| bgcolor="lightgreen" |151

|1

|0

|0

|0

2024

|bgcolor="lightgreen" |135

|bgcolor="chili" |11

|bgcolor="lightgreen" |21

|bgcolor="lightgreen" |8

|0

|0

List of the assemblies

= 1953–1956 =

class="wikitable"

!Year

! Election

! Colspan=2|Chief Minister

! Party

! Party-wise seats details

! Opposition Leader

1952

|First Assembly

! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |

|Tanguturi Prakasam

|(Congress)

|Total: 196. Congress: 119
CPI: 15, Independents: 8

|N.A.

---
1955

|First Assembly

! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |

|Bezawada Gopala Reddy

|(Congress)

|Total: 196. Congress: 119
CPI: 15, Independents: 8

|Puchalapalli Sundarayya

---

=Since 1956=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Assembly
{{small|(Election)}}

!Chief Minister

! colspan="2" |Party

!Deputy Chief Minister

!Speaker

!Deputy Speaker

!Leader of the House

!colspan=2|Leader of the Opposition

1th
{{small|(1955)}}

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

| rowspan="4" |Indian National Congress

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

|Vacant

| rowspan="2" |Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao

|Pasala Suryachandra Rao

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

|Vacant

| style="background:white;" |

2nd
{{small|(1957)}}

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

----

Damodaram Sanjivayya

|Vacant

----

Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy

|Konda Laxman Bapuji

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

----

Damodaram Sanjivayya

|Puchalapalli Sundarayya

|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}

3rd
{{small|(1962)}}

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

----

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

|Vacant

|B. V. Subba Reddy

|Vacant

|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

----

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

|Tarimela Nagi Reddy

4th
{{small|(1967)}}

|Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

----

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao

|Joginapally Venkat Narsing Rao

|B. V. Subba Reddy

----

K. V. Vema Reddy

|Vacant

|Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

----

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao

|Gouthu Latchanna Nukala Ramachandra Reddy

|{{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}

5th
{{small|(1972)}}

|Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao

----

Jalagam Vengala Rao

|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)}}

|Vacant

|Pidatala Ranga Reddy

----

R. Dasaratha Rami Reddy

|Vacant

|Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao

----

Jalagam Vengala Rao

|Nukala Ramachandra Reddy

|style="background:white;|

6th
{{small|(1978)}}

|Marri Chenna Reddy

----

Tanguturi Anjaiah MLC

----

Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy MLC

----

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

|Indian National Congress (Indira)

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}

|Vacant

----

Vacant

----

Chowti Jagannatha Rao

----

Vacant

|Divi Kondaiah Chowdary

----

Kona Prabhakara Rao

----

Agarala Eswar Reddy

|Kona Prabhakara Rao

----

Agarala Eswara Reddi

----

Ireni Lingaiah

|Marri Chenna Reddy

----

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

|Gouthu Latchanna

|{{party color cell|Janata Party}}

7th
{{small|(1983)}}

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

----

Nadendla Bhaskara Rao

----

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

| rowspan="2" |Telugu Desam Party

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

|Vacant

|Tangi Satyanarayana

----

Nissanakararao Venkatratnam

|Vacant

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

----

Nadendla Bhaskara Rao

----

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

|rowspan=2|Mogaligundla Baga Reddy

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Indira)|rowspan=2}}

8th
{{small|(1985)}}

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

|Vacant

|G. Narayana Rao

|Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

9th
{{small|(1989)}}

|Marri Chenna Reddy

----

Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy

----

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

|Indian National Congress (Indira)

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}

|Vacant

----

Vacant

----

Koneru Ranga Rao

|P. Ramachandra Reddy

----

D. Sripada Rao

|Alapati Dharma Rao

----

Buragadda Vedavyas

|Marri Chenna Reddy

----

Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy

----

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

10th
{{small|(1994)}}

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

----

Nara Chandrababu Naidu

| rowspan="2" |Telugu Desam Party

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

|Vacant

|Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

|Vacant

----

N. M. D. Farooq

|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

----

Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Vacant

|style="background:white;|

11th
{{small|(1999)}}

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Vacant

|K. Pratibha Bharati

|K. Chandrashekar Rao

----

Koppula Harishwar Reddy

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}

12th
{{small|(2004)}}

|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress

|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

|Vacant

|K. R. Suresh Reddy

|Gummadi Kuthuhalamma

|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

|rowspan=2|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

13th
{{small|(2009)}}

|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

----

Konijeti Rosaiah MLC

----

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

|Vacant

----

Vacant

----

Damodar Raja Narasimha

|Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

----

Nadendla Manohar

|Nadendla Manohar

----

Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka

|Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

----

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

14th
{{small|(2014)}}

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Telugu Desam Party

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|Nimmakayala Chinarajappa

----

K. E. Krishna Murthy

|Kodela Siva Prasada Rao

|Mandali Buddha Prasad

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|{{party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

15th
{{small|(2019)}}

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party

|{{party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

|Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas

----

Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari

----

Kalattur Narayana Swamy

----

Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose

----

Pamula Pushpa Sreevani

----

Dharmana Krishna Das

----

Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari

----

Budi Mutyala Naidu

----

Kalattur Narayana Swamy

----

Kottu Satyanarayana

----

Peedika Rajanna Dora

|Thammineni Seetharam

|Kona Raghupathi

----

Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

16th
{{small|(2024)}}

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Telugu Desam Party

|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|Konidala Pawan Kalyan

|Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu

|Raghu Rama Krishna Raju

|Nara Chandrababu Naidu

|Vacant{{efn|No official opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the following assembly election}}

| style="background:white;" |

Members of Legislative Assembly

{{transcluded section|source=16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly}}

{{#section-h:16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly|List of the Members of the Legislative Assembly}}

See also

References

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Notes

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