Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసనసభ
Type
Type	Lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Leadership
Speaker	Kodela Siva Prasad Rao, TDP
Deputy Speaker	Mandali Buddha Prasad, TDP
Leader of the House	Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, TDP
Leader of the Opposition	YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSRCP
Structure
Seats	175 + 1 (Nominated)
Political groups	Government coalition (106)      TDP (102)      BJP (4) Opposition parties (69)      YSRCP (66)      Navodayam Party (1)      Independents (1)      Vacant (Nandyal) (1)      Nominated (1)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	May 2014
Meeting place
Interim Legislative Building Amaravati
Website
www.aplegislature.org

Government coalition (106)

Opposition parties (69)

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. As of 2014^[update] the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh consists of 175 MLA's with a term of 5 years. The structure of the assembly is Bicameral and holds 3 sessions viz., Budget, Monsoon and Winter sessions.

After the formation of Andhra State on 1 October 1953, the first Andhra Legislative Assembly was constituted. Later, it was merged with Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly to form Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly when the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956. The first meeting was held on 3 December 1956 with Unicameral till 1958. With the formation of Legislative Council on 1 July 1958, it was Bicameral till 1 June 1985, before being abolished. Again, on 30 March 2007 it became Bicameral after the revival of Legislative Council. On 2 June 2014, the state of Andhra Pradesh got bifurcated to form new state of Telangana. Hence, the state was allocated 175 seats with the remaining 119 seats been allocated to Telangana Legislative Assembly.