Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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15th Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh | |
Type | |
Houses | Bicameral |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Founded | 1956 |
Preceded by | Hyderabad Legislative Assembly |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Chief Secretary | Adityanath Das |
Structure | |
Seats | 175 |
Political groups | Government (151)
Opposition (23)
Others (1)
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Elections | |
Voting system | First past the post |
Last election | 11 April 2019 |
Next election | May 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Assembly Building Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Website | |
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The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature.
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.[1]
The assembly is Bicameral and holds three sessions annually: one for Budget, Monsoon and Winter.
The Legislative Assembly took up residence in the interim Legislative Assembly Building in Amaravati beginning in the 2016 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and automatic vote recording.
History[]
The Andhra Legislative Assembly 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 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 Eighth Legislative Assembly and the State Legislature once again became unicameral.[1]
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.
Assembly Elections took place in Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 to constitute the fifteenth Legislative Assembly. These elections were held concurrently with the Indian general election. Results were announced on 23 May, the day of ballot counting. YSR Congress Party swept the polls by winning a record margin of 151 of 175 seats, their best poll performance to date. YSR Congress Party completely swept Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore and Vizianagaram districts. They lost only 3 seats (Kuppam, Hindupur, Uravakonda) in Rayalaseema Region. The ruling Telugu Desam Party was reduced to 23 seats, their worst poll record since their party formed. Only 3 ministers (Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Kinjarapu Achennaidu) of 26 ministers won. JSP+ alliance won a single seat (Razole), while the leader of the alliance Pawan Kalyan lost both seats. National parties such as INC and BJP won no seats.
Designations and present members[]
The present assembly is the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.
Designation | Name |
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Governor | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
Speaker | Tammineni Sitaram |
Deputy Speaker | Kona Raghupathi |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister of State) | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
Leader of the Opposition | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Srikakulam district | |||||||
1 | Ichchapuram | Ashok Bendalam | Telugu Desam Party | None | |||
2 | Palasa | Appalaraju Seediri | YSR Congress Party | ||||
3 | Tekkali | Atchannaidu Kinjarapu | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
4 | Pathapatnam | Reddy Shanthi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
5 | Srikakulam | Dharmana Prasada Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
6 | Amadalavalasa | Thammineni Seetharam | YSR Congress Party | ||||
7 | Etcherla | Gorle Kiran Kumar | YSR Congress Party | ||||
8 | Narasannapeta | Dharmana Krishna Das | YSR Congress Party | ||||
9 | Rajam (SC) | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
10 | Palakonda (ST) | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Vizianagaram district | |||||||
11 | Kurupam (ST) | Pushpasreevani Pamula | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
12 | Parvathipuram (SC) | Alajangi Joga Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
13 | Salur (ST) | Peedika Rajanna Dora | YSR Congress Party | ||||
14 | Bobbili | Sambangi Venkatachina Appala Naidu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
15 | Cheepurupalli | Botsa Satyanarayana | YSR Congress Party | ||||
16 | Gajapathinagaram | Appalanarasayya Botcha | YSR Congress Party | ||||
17 | Nellimarla | Appalanaidu Baddukonda | YSR Congress Party | ||||
18 | Vizianagaram | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | YSR Congress Party | ||||
19 | Srungavarapukota | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Visakhapatnam district | |||||||
20 | Bhimili | Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
21 | Visakhapatnam East | Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
22 | Visakhapatnam South | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
23 | Visakhapatnam North | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
24 | Visakhapatnam West | P.G.V.R Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
25 | Gajuwaka | Tippala Nagireddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
26 | Chodavaram | Karanam Dharmasri | YSR Congress Party | ||||
27 | Madugula | Budi Mutyalanaidu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
28 | Araku Valley (ST) | Chetti Palguna | YSR Congress Party | ||||
29 | Paderu (ST) | Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli | YSR Congress Party | ||||
30 | Anakapalle | Avss Amarnath Gudivada | YSR Congress Party | ||||
31 | Pendurthi | Annamreddy Adeep Raj | YSR Congress Party | ||||
32 | Yelamanchili | Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju | YSR Congress Party | ||||
33 | Payakaraopet (SC) | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
34 | Narsipatnam | Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh | YSR Congress Party | ||||
East Godavari district | |||||||
35 | Tuni | Dadisetti Raja | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
36 | Prathipadu | Purnachandra Prasad Parvatha | YSR Congress Party | ||||
37 | Pithapuram | Dorababu Pendem | YSR Congress Party | ||||
38 | Kakinada Rural | Kurasala Kannababu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
39 | Peddapuram | Nimmakayala Chinarajappa | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
40 | Anaparthy | Sathi Suryanarayana Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
41 | Kakinada City | Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
42 | Ramachandrapuram | Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna | YSR Congress Party | ||||
43 | Mummidivaram | Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar | YSR Congress Party | ||||
44 | Amalapuram (SC) | Pinipe Viswarup | YSR Congress Party | ||||
45 | Razole (SC) | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | Jana Sena Party | NDA | |||
46 | Gannavaram (SC) | Kondeti Chittibabu | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
47 | Kothapeta | Chirla Jaggireddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
48 | Mandapeta | V Jogeswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
49 | Rajanagaram | Jakkampudi Raja | YSR Congress Party | ||||
50 | Rajahmundry City | Adireddy Bhavani | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
51 | Rajahmundry Rural | Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
52 | Jaggampeta | Jyothula Chantibabu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
53 | Rampachodavaram (ST) | Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
West Godavari district | |||||||
54 | Kovvur(SC) | Taneti Vanitha | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
55 | Nidadavole | G Srinivas Naidu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
56 | Achanta | Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju | YSR Congress Party | ||||
57 | Palakollu | Nimmala Rama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
58 | Narasapuram | Mudunuri Prasada Raju | YSR Congress Party | ||||
59 | Bhimavaram | Grandhi Srinivas | YSR Congress Party | ||||
60 | Undi | Mantena Ramaraju | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
61 | Tanuku | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
62 | Tadepalligudem | Kottu Satyanarayana | YSR Congress Party | ||||
63 | Unguturu | Puppala Srinivasarao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
64 | Denduluru | Abbaya Chowdary Kothari | YSR Congress Party | ||||
65 | Eluru | Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas | YSR Congress Party | ||||
66 | Gopalapuram (SC) | Talari Venkatrao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
67 | Polavaram (ST) | Tellam Balaraju | YSR Congress Party | ||||
68 | Chintalapudi (SC) | Vunnamatla Eliza | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Krishna district | |||||||
69 | Tiruvuru (SC) | Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
70 | Nuzvid | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
71 | Gannavaram | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
72 | Gudivada | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
73 | Kaikalur | Dulam Nageswara Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
74 | Pedana | Jogi Ramesh | YSR Congress Party | ||||
75 | Machilipatnam | Perni Venkataramaiah | YSR Congress Party | ||||
76 | Avanigadda | Ramesh Babu Simhadri | YSR Congress Party | ||||
77 | Pamarru (SC) | Anil Kumar Kaile | YSR Congress Party | ||||
78 | Penamaluru | Kolusu Parthasarathy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
79 | Vijayawada West | Vellampalli Srinivas | YSR Congress Party | ||||
80 | Vijayawada Central | Malladi Vishnu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
81 | Vijayawada East | Gadde Ramamohan | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
82 | Mylavaram | Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad | YSR Congress Party | ||||
83 | Nandigama (SC) | Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao | YSR Congress Party | ||||
84 | Jaggayyapeta | Udayabhanu Samineni | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Guntur district | |||||||
85 | Pedakurapadu | Namburu Sankara Rao | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
86 | Tadikonda (SC) | Vundavalli Sridevi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
87 | Mangalagiri | Alla Rama Krishna Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
88 | Ponnuru | Kilari Venkata Rosaiah | YSR Congress Party | ||||
89 | Vemuru (SC) | Merugu Nagarjuna | YSR Congress Party | ||||
90 | Repalle | Anagani Satya Prasad | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
91 | Tenali | Annabathuni Siva Kumar | YSR Congress Party | ||||
92 | Bapatla | Kona Raghupathi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
93 | Prathipadu (SC) | Mekathoti Sucharita | YSR Congress Party | ||||
94 | Guntur West | Maddali Giridhara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
95 | Guntur East | Mohammad Musthafa Shaik | YSR Congress Party | ||||
96 | Chilakaluripet | Vidadala Rajini | YSR Congress Party | ||||
97 | Narasaraopet | Gopireddy Srinivasareddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
98 | Sattenapalle | Ambati Rambabu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
99 | Vinukonda | Bolla Brahma Naidu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
100 | Gurajala | Kasu Mahesh Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
101 | Macherla | Ramakrishna Reddy Pinnelli | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Prakasam district | |||||||
102 | Yerragondapalem (SC) | Audimulapu Suresh | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
103 | Darsi | Maddisetty Venugopal | YSR Congress Party | ||||
104 | Parchur | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
105 | Addanki | Gottipati Ravikumar | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
106 | Chirala | Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
107 | Santhanuthalapadu (SC) | T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
108 | Ongole | Balineni Srinivasa Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
109 | Kandukur | Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
110 | Kondapi (SC) | Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
111 | Markapuram | Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
112 | Giddalur | Anna Rambabu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
113 | Kanigiri | Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Nellore district | |||||||
114 | Kavali | Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
115 | Atmakur | Mekapati Goutham Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
116 | Kovur | Nallapa Reddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
117 | Nellore City | Anil Kumar Poluboina | YSR Congress Party | ||||
118 | Nellore Rural | Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
119 | Sarvepalli | Kakani Govardhan Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
120 | Gudur (SC) | Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli | YSR Congress Party | ||||
121 | Sullurpeta (SC) | Kiliveti Sanjeevaiah | YSR Congress Party | ||||
122 | Venkatagiri | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
123 | Udayagiri | Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Kadapa district | |||||||
124 | Badvel(SC) | Dasari Sudha | YSR Congress Party | None | Won in 2021 bypoll | ||
125 | Rajampet | Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
126 | Kadapa | Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari | YSR Congress Party | ||||
127 | Kodur (SC) | Koramutla Sreenivasulu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
128 | Rayachoti | Gadikota Srikanth Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
129 | Pulivendla | Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
130 | Kamalapuram | Pochimareddy Ravindranath Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
131 | Jammalamadugu | Mule Sudheer Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
132 | Proddatur | Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
133 | Mydukur | Raghuramireddy Settipalli | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Kurnool district | |||||||
134 | Allagadda | Gangula Brijendra Reddy | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
135 | Srisailam | Silpa Chakrapani Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
136 | Nandikotkur (SC) | Thoguru Arthur | YSR Congress Party | ||||
137 | Kurnool | Abdul Hafeez Khan | YSR Congress Party | ||||
138 | Panyam | Katasani Rambhupal Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
139 | Nandyal | Shilpa Ravi Chandra Kishore Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
140 | Banaganapalle | Katasani Rami Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
141 | Dhone | Buggana Rajendranath | YSR Congress Party | ||||
142 | Pattikonda | Kangati Sreedevi | YSR Congress Party | ||||
143 | Kodumur (SC) | Jaradoddi Sudhakar | YSR Congress Party | ||||
144 | Yemmiganur | K Chenna Kesava Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
145 | Mantralayam | Y Balanagi Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
146 | Adoni | Y Sai Prasad Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
147 | Alur | Gummanur Jayaram | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Anantapur district | |||||||
148 | Rayadurg | Kapu Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
149 | Uravakonda | Payyavula Keshav | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
150 | Guntakal | Y.Venkatarama Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
151 | Tadipatri | K. Pedda Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
152 | Singanamala (SC) | Padmavathy Jonnalagadda | YSR Congress Party | ||||
153 | Anantapur Urban | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
154 | Kalyandurg | K. V. Ushashri Charan | YSR Congress Party | ||||
155 | Raptadu | Thopudurthi Prakash Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
156 | Madakasira (SC) | M. Thippeswamy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
157 | Hindupur | Nandamuri Balakrishna | Telugu Desam Party | ||||
158 | Penukonda | Malagundla Sankaranarayana | YSR Congress Party | ||||
159 | Puttaparthi | Duddukunta Sreedhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
160 | Dharmavaram | Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
161 | Kadiri | P.V. Sidda Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
Chittoor district | |||||||
162 | Thamballapalle | Peddireddi Dwarakanatha Reddy | YSR Congress Party | None | |||
163 | Pileru | C Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
164 | Madanapalle | M. Nawaz Basha | YSR Congress Party | ||||
165 | Punganur | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
166 | Chandragiri | Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
167 | Tirupati | Bhumana Karunakar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
168 | Srikalahasti | Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
169 | Sathyavedu | Adimulam Koneti | YSR Congress Party | ||||
170 | Nagari | R. K. Roja | YSR Congress Party | ||||
171 | Gangadhara Nellore (SC) | K. Narayana Swamy | YSR Congress Party | ||||
172 | Chittoor | Aranii Srenevasulu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
173 | Puthalapattu (SC) | M. Babu | YSR Congress Party | ||||
174 | Palamaner | N Venkate Gowda | YSR Congress Party | ||||
175 | Kuppam | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
See also[]
- Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
- Andhra Pradesh Legislature
- List of Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
References[]
- Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- State lower houses in India