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Lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state , Andhra Pradesh .[1]
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.[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[4] in Amaravati beginning from the 2016 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and automatic vote recording.
History [ edit ]
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 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 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. Jana Sena Party won one seat.[8]
Composition [ edit ]
The current assembly is the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.
Presiding officers [ edit ]
Members [ edit ]
Electoral history [ edit ]
Members of Legislative Assembly [ edit ]
District
No.
Constituency
Name
Party
Remarks
Srikakulam
1
Ichchapuram
Ashok Bendalam
Telugu Desam Party
2
Palasa
Seediri Appalaraju
YSR Congress Party
3
Tekkali
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
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
11
Kurupam (ST)
Pamula Pushpa Sreevani
YSR Congress Party
12
Parvathipuram (SC)
Alajangi Jogarao
YSR Congress Party
13
Salur (ST)
Peedika Rajanna Dora
YSR Congress Party
14
Bobbili
Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu
YSR Congress Party
15
Cheepurupalli
Botcha Satyanarayana
YSR Congress Party
16
Gajapathinagaram
Botcha Appalanarasayya
YSR Congress Party
17
Nellimarla
Baddukonda Appala Naidu
YSR Congress Party
18
Vizianagaram
Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
YSR Congress Party
19
Srungavarapukota
Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao
YSR Congress Party
Visakhapatnam
20
Bhimili
Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
YSR Congress Party
21
Visakhapatnam East
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu
Telugu Desam Party
22
Visakhapatnam South
Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar
Telugu Desam Party
Defected to YSRCP in 2020, disqualified in 2024[10]
Vacant
23
Visakhapatnam North
Ganta Srinivasa Rao
Telugu Desam Party
Resigned in 2021, being accepted in 2024[11]
Vacant
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 Mutyala Naidu
YSR Congress Party
28
Araku Valley (ST)
Chetti Palguna
YSR Congress Party
29
Paderu (ST)
Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi
YSR Congress Party
30
Anakapalli
Gudivada Amarnath
YSR Congress Party
31
Pendurthi
Annamreddy Adeep Raj
YSR Congress Party
32
Yelamanchili
Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju
YSR Congress Party
33
Payakaraopet (SC)
Golla Babu Rao
YSR Congress Party
Elected to Rajya Sabha in 2024[12]
Vacant
34
Narsipatnam
Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh
YSR Congress Party
East Godavari
35
Tuni
Dadisetti Raja
YSR Congress Party
36
Prathipadu (Kakinada)
Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad
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 Chandrasekhar Reddy
YSR Congress Party
42
Ramachandrapuram
Chelluboyina Venugopala Krishna
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
Left JSP and extended support to YSRCP in 2020
YSR Congress Party
46
Gannavaram (Konaseema) (SC)
Kondeti Chittibabu
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and joined INC in 2024[13]
Indian National Congress
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
54
Kovvur (SC)
Taneti Vanitha
YSR Congress Party
55
Nidadavole
Geddam 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 Rama Raju
Telugu Desam Party
61
Tanuku
Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao
YSR Congress Party
62
Tadepalligudem
Kottu Satyanarayana
YSR Congress Party
63
Unguturu
Puppala Srinivasa Rao
YSR Congress Party
64
Denduluru
Kotaru Abbaya Chowdary
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
Left YSRCP and joined INC in 2024[14]
Indian National Congress
Krishna
69
Tiruvuru (SC)
Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi
YSR Congress Party
70
Nuzvid
Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao
YSR Congress Party
71
Gannavaram (Krishna)
Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan
Telugu Desam Party
Defected to YSRCP in 2019, disqualified in 2024[15]
Vacant
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
Simhadri Ramesh Babu
YSR Congress Party
77
Pamarru (SC)
Kaile Anil Kumar
YSR Congress Party
78
Penamaluru
Kolusu Parthasarathy
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and extended support to TDP in 2024[16]
Telugu Desam 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
Left YSRCP and extended support to TDP in 2024[17]
Telugu Desam Party
83
Nandigama (SC)
Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao
YSR Congress Party
84
Jaggayyapeta
Samineni Udayabhanu
YSR Congress Party
Guntur
85
Pedakurapadu
Namburu Sankara Rao
YSR Congress Party
86
Tadikonda (SC)
Undavalli Sridevi
YSR Congress Party
Defected to TDP in 2023, disqualified in 2024[18]
Vacant
87
Mangalagiri
Alla Ramakrishna Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Resigned in 2024, yet to be accepted[19]
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 (Guntur) (SC)
Mekathoti Sucharita
YSR Congress Party
94
Guntur West
Maddali Giridhar Rao
Telugu Desam Party
Defected to YSRCP in 2019, disqualified in 2024[20]
Vacant
95
Guntur East
Mohammad Musthafa Shaik
YSR Congress Party
96
Chilakaluripet
Vidadala Rajini
YSR Congress Party
97
Narasaraopet
Gopireddy Srinivasa Reddy
YSR Congress Party
98
Sattenapalle
Ambati Rambabu
YSR Congress Party
99
Vinukonda
Bolla Brahma Naidu
YSR Congress Party
100
Gurazala
Kasu Mahesh Reddy
YSR Congress Party
101
Macherla
Ramakrishna Reddy Pinnelli
YSR Congress Party
Prakasam
102
Yerragondapalem (SC)
Audimulapu Suresh
YSR Congress Party
103
Darsi
Maddisetty Venugopal
YSR Congress Party
104
Parchur
Yeluri Sambasiva Rao
Telugu Desam Party
105
Addanki
Gottipati Ravi Kumar
Telugu Desam Party
106
Chirala
Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Telugu Desam Party
Defected to YSRCP in 2020, disqualified in 2024[21]
Vacant
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 Madhusudan Yadav
YSR Congress Party
Nellore
114
Kavali
Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy
YSR Congress Party
115
Atmakur
Mekapati Goutham Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Died on 21 February 2022
Mekapati Vikram Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Elected in 2022
116
Kovur
Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
YSR Congress Party
117
Nellore City
Anil Kumar Poluboina
YSR Congress Party
118
Nellore Rural
Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Defected to TDP in 2023, disqualified in 2024[22]
Vacant
119
Sarvepalli
Kakani Govardhan Reddy
YSR Congress Party
120
Gudur (SC)
Velagapalli Varaprasad Rao
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and extended support to BJP in 2024[23]
Bharatiya Janata Party
121
Sullurpeta (SC)
Kiliveti Sanjeevaiah
YSR Congress Party
122
Venkatagiri
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Defected to TDP in 2023, disqualified in 2024[22]
Vacant
123
Udayagiri
Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Defected to TDP in 2023, disqualified in 2024[24]
Vacant
Kadapa
124
Badvel (SC)
Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah
YSR Congress Party
Died on 28 March 2021
Dasari Sudha
YSR Congress Party
Elected in 2021
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
Pulivendula
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
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
134
Allagadda
Gangula Brijendra Reddy
YSR Congress Party
135
Srisailam
Silpa Chakrapani Reddy
YSR Congress Party
136
Nandikotkur (SC)
Thoguru Arthur
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and joined INC in 2024[25]
Indian National Congress
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
Left YSRCP and extended support to TDP in 2024[26]
Telugu Desam Party
Anantapur
148
Rayadurg
Kapu Ramachandra Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP in 2024 to join BJP[27] [28]
Bharatiya Janata Party
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)
Jonnalagadda Padmavathy
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
162
Thamballapalle
Peddireddi Dwarakanatha Reddy
YSR Congress Party
163
Pileru
Chintala Ramachandra Reddy
YSR Congress Party
164
Madanapalle
Mohammed 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
Satyavedu (SC)
Adimulam Koneti
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and extended support to TDP in 2024[29]
Telugu Desam Party
170
Nagari
R. K. Roja
YSR Congress Party
171
Gangadhara Nellore (SC)
K. Narayana Swamy
YSR Congress Party
172
Chittoor
Arani Srinivasulu
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and extended support to JSP in 2024[30]
Jana Sena Party
173
Puthalapattu (SC)
M. S. Babu
YSR Congress Party
Left YSRCP and joined INC in 2024
Indian National Congress
174
Palamaner
N. Venkate Gowda
YSR Congress Party
175
Kuppam
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Telugu Desam Party
Leader of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
See also [ edit ]
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