Andhra Pradesh Legislature

Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Vidhan Parishad Vidhan Sabha
Leadership
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan Since 27 December 2009
Chairman of Vidhan Parishad	Dr. A. Chakrapani, Nominated Since 3 April 2007
Deputy Chairman of the Vidhan Parishad	Singa Reddy Venkata Satish Kumar Reddy, TDP
Speaker of Vidhan Sabha	Kodela Siva Prasad Rao, TDP
Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha	Mandali Buddha Prasad, TDP
Leader of the House (Vidhan Parishad)	Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, TDP Since 8 June 2014
Leader of the House (Vidhan Sabha)	Nara Chandrababu Naidu, TDP Since 8 June 2014
Structure
Seats	234 58 Members of Vidhan Parishad 176 Members of Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Parishad political groups	TDP (24)      INC (7)      PDF (6)      YSRCP (5)      PRTU (2)      BJP (1)      CPI (1)      Independent (4)      Nominated (8)
Vidhan Sabha political groups	Government coalition (106)      TDP (102)      BJP (4) Opposition parties (69)      YSRCP (67)      Navodayam Party (1)      Independent (1)      Nominated (1)
Elections
Vidhan Parishad voting system	Single transferable vote
Vidhan Sabha voting system	First past the post
Vidhan Sabha last election	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014
Website
www.aplegislature.org

Government coalition (106)

Opposition parties (69)

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is the state legislature of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh legislature has been both unicameral and bicameral in its history.

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently

From 1956 to 1958 the Andhra Pradesh Legislature was unicameral and from 1958 when the Council was formed, it became bicameral and continued till 1 June 1985 when the Legislative Council was abolished and the Andhra Pradesh Legislature once again became unicameral. This continued until March 2007 when the Legislative Council was reestablished and elections were held for its seats as per The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Bill, 2004.

Until the formation of Telangana in June 2014, the State Assembly Building, located in Hyderabad city was the seat of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. It was built in 1913. It adjoins the picturesque public gardens also known as the famous hanging gardens. The legislature is planning to relocate to temporary facilities in the Velagapudi neighbourhood of the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati in 2017.

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha)

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad)

There are a total of 175 Assembly Constituencies, across 13 districts, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Following are the years of constitution and dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.