The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసనసభ, 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 | |
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| 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)
Other 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
editThe 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
editThe current assembly is the sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.
Presiding officers
edit| 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 |
| Leader of the House |  |
N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) |
| Leader of the Opposition | None |
Members
edit| Party | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 135 | |
| Janasena Party | 21 | |
| YSR Congress Party | 11 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 8 | |
| Total | 175 | |
Electoral history
editAndhra State (1953–1956)
edit| Years | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | KLP | CPI | PSP | KMPP | IND | ||
| 1955 | 119 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 196 |
Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
edit| 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[b] | |
| 2009 | 92 | 156 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
Andhra Pradesh (since 2014)
edit| Years | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | YSRCP | JSP | BJP | IND | |||
| 2014 | 102 | 67 | –[c] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| 2019 | 23 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 135 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
List of the assemblies
edit1953–1956
edit| 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
editMembers of Legislative Assembly
editSee also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh gets new Assembly building; CM Chandrababu Naidu terms occasion historic". New Indian Express. 3 March 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (4 June 2024). "AP election results 2024 highlights: Chandrababu Naidu celebrates after TDP registers sweeping victory in Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ No official opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the assembly.
- ^ Telangana Rashtra Samithi bagged 26 seats as part of the United Progressive Alliance
- ^ did not contest and extended its support to the National Democratic Alliance
- ^ No official opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the following assembly election