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Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha
16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1 November 1956 (68 years ago) (1956-11-01)
Preceded by	Andhra State Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023
Secretary General	Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar since 15 July 2024
Speaker	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu, TDP since 22 June 2024
Deputy Speaker	Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, TDP since 14 November 2024
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP
Minister of Legislative Affairs	Payyavula Keshav, TDP since 12 June 2024
Leader of the opposition	Vacant since 4 June 2024
Structure
Seats	175
By partyBy alliance
Political groups	Government (164)   NDA (164) Opposition (11)   YSRCP (11)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	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 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (ISO: Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh.

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.

The Legislative Assembly holds three sessions annually, one for Budget and the other for Monsoon and Winter sessions.

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.

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 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.

In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election held on 11 April 2019, the YSR Congress Party won 151 seats and the ruling Telugu Desam Party bagged 23 seats. Janasena Party won one seat.

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.

Composition

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

Presiding officers

Designation	Portrait	Name
Governor		Syed Abdul Nazeer
Speaker		Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (TDP)
Deputy Speaker		Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (TDP)
Leader of the House		N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP)
Leader of the Opposition		None

Members

Electoral history

Andhra State (1953–1956)

Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)

Andhra Pradesh (since 2014)

List of the assemblies

1953–1956

Since 1956

Members of Legislative Assembly

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh
• 2024 elections in India
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• Government of Andhra Pradesh

References

1. "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.
2. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
3. "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.
4. "Andhra Pradesh gets new Assembly building; CM Chandrababu Naidu terms occasion historic". New Indian Express. 3 March 2017.
5. The Indian Express. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. 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. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

See also

• Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
• List of Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
• List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Note

1. •   TDP (135)
   •   JSP (21)
   •   BJP (8)

2. Telangana Rashtra Samithi bagged 26 seats as part of the United Progressive Alliance
3. did not contest and extended its support to the National Democratic Alliance
4. No official opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the following assembly election

Notes

v t e Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Presiding officers and functionaries	Speaker Deputy Speaker Pro tem Speaker Panel of Speakers Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees Whips Secretariat Secretary General
Members	Constituencies Former Constituencies 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Members by the Legislative assemblies	1st LA Members 2nd LA Members 3rd LA Members 4th LA Members 5th LA Members 6th LA Members 7th LA Members 8th LA Members 9th LA Members 10th LA Members 11th LA Members 12th LA Members 13th LA Members 14th LA Members 15th LA Members 16th LA Members
Elections	1955 1957 1962 1967 1972 1978 1983 1985 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Next
Bye-Elections	2012 2021 2022

v t e Legislatures of India
Parliament of India	Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha
State Legislative Council	Current Andhra Pradesh Bihar Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana Uttar Pradesh Former Assam Bombay Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Tamil Nadu West Bengal
State Legislative Assembly	Current Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Former Ajmer Bhopal Bombay Coorg Patiala and East Punjab States Union
British Raj	Council of India Imperial Legislative Council Council of State Central Legislative Assembly Chamber of Princes Provincial Legislatures Constituent Assembly of India

• Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• State lower houses in India