Telangana Legislative Council

Telangana Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Telangana Legislature
Term limits	6 years
History
Founded	2 June 2014 (7 years ago) (2014-06-02)
Leadership
Pro tem Chairman	Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri, AIMIM since 12 JAN 2022
Deputy Chairman	Vacant
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekhar Rao, TRS
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant
Structure
Seats	40 (34 Elected + 6 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (34)   TRS (33)   IND (1) Others (5)   AIMIM (2)   INC (1)   IND (2) Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	30 December 2015
Meeting place
Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad
Website
Legislative Council - Telangana-Legislature

The Telangana Legislative Council is the upper house of the Telangana Legislature of the Indian state of Telangana; the lower house being the Telangana Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the state capital of Hyderabad, and has 40 members. The Vidhan Parishad has been in existence from 2 June 2014 after bifurcation from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Current members[]

Telangana Legislative Council has its members represented from TRS, INC, AIMIM parties only. BJP has no representation in the House. The Only BJP member Ramchander Rao who represented the Mahboobnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad constituency from 2015-2021 lost in the 2021 elections. The following list includes the members:

• 14 members elected by MLAs (1/3rd): 13 from TRS, 1 from AIMIM
• 14 members from local authorities (1/3rd): 13 from TRS, 1 from AIMIM
• 6 members nominated by the Governor (1/6th): 6 from TRS
• 3 members elected by teachers of the state (1/12th): No Affiliation
• 3 members elected by graduates (1/12th): 2 from TRS, 1 from INC

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members[]

Keys:   TRS (13)   AIMIM (1)

Elected by the local Authorities[]

Keys:   TRS (13)   AIMIM (1)

Elected from Graduates constituencies[]

Keys:   TRS (2)   INC (1)

Elected from Teachers Constituencies[]

Keys:   Independent (3)

Nominated by Governor[]

Keys:   TRS (5)   Vacant (1)

Old Members from 2007[]

  TRS (14)   TDP (8)   INC (20)   BJP (1)   CPI (2)   IND (4)

See also[]

List of members of the Telangana Legislative Council

References[]