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background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council</div> <br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><span title="Telugu-language text"><i lang="te-Latn">Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍali</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg/350px-Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg/525px-Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg/700px-Emblem_of_Andhra_Pradesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></div> of the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislature" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislature">Andhra Pradesh Legislature</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 1958 – 31 May 1982; <br /> 30 March 2007 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State Legislative Council</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of governors of Andhra Pradesh">Governor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Nazeer" title="Syed Abdul Nazeer">Syed Abdul Nazeer</a> <br />since 24 February 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Secretary General</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar <br />since 15 July 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chairpersons_of_the_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council" title="List of chairpersons of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council">Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Koyye_Moshenu_Raju" title="Koyye Moshenu Raju">Koyye Moshenu Raju</a>, <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> <br />since 19 November 2021 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_legislative_speakers_and_chairpersons" title="List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons">Deputy Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khanam" title="Zakia Khanam">Zakia Khanam</a>, <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> <br />since 26 November 2021 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Government of Andhra Pradesh">Leader of the House</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh">Chief Minister</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/N._Chandrababu_Naidu" title="N. Chandrababu Naidu">N. Chandrababu Naidu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> <br />since 12 June 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Legislative_Affairs_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Legislative Affairs of Andhra Pradesh">Minister of Legislative Affairs</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Payyavula_Keshav" title="Payyavula Keshav">Payyavula Keshav</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> <br />since 12 June 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_opposition_leaders" title="List of current Indian opposition leaders">Leader of the Opposition</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Botsa_Satyanarayana" title="Botsa Satyanarayana">Botsa Satyanarayana</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> <br />since 22 Aug 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">58 (50 elected + 8 nominated)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg/300px-AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg/450px-AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg/600px-AP_Legislative_Council_strength_as_on_Aug_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Government of Andhra Pradesh">Government</a> (10)</b> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F98C1F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> (10) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFED00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> (9)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#e8232a; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">JSP</a> (1)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_(India)" title="Official Opposition (India)">Official Opposition</a> (36)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1569C7; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> (36)</dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition" title="Parliamentary opposition">Other Opposition</a>(6)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DB5353; color:black;"> </span> PDF (2)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> (4)</dd></dl> <p><b>Vacant (6)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vacant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant">Vacant</a> (6)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">Single transferable vote</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">16 August 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2024</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg/300px-Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg/450px-Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg/600px-Andhra_Pradesh_Secretariat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Council Building<br /><a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a>, Andhra Pradesh, India</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council</b> or <b>Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍali</b> is the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> of the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> being the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly</a>. It is situated in the state capital of <a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a> comprising a total of 58 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/State_legislative_councils_of_India" title="State legislative councils of India">Sasana Mandali</a> has been in existence in two spells: from 1958 to 1985, and from 2007 continuing till today. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the first years since its creation in post-independence India, the state of Andhra Pradesh worked under a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> parliamentary system. On 5 December 1956, the Andhra Pradesh Vidhana Sabha passed a resolution calling for the creation of an upper house, the Vidhan Parishad, to transition to a <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> system. The members of the majority party/coalition in the lower house would be the ruling party of the upper house, regardless of number. The house will have a chairman who conducts day-to-day affairs, rather than a speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vidhan Parishad was formed officially on 1 July 1958 under article 168 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>. The first <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a> inaugurated the Vidhan Parishad on 8 July 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abolition_in_1980">Abolition in 1980</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abolition in 1980"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1980s, Andhra Pradesh became one of the first states to seek the abolition of the upper houses, which were being increasingly criticised as being unnecessary, unrepresentative of the population, a burden on the state budget and causing delays in passing legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the move was criticised by the opposition's as an attempt by the then-ruling party, the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> (TDP), to deny their main political opposition, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress (I)</a> of influence in the state government and the control of the upper house, which could delay TDP-sponsored legislation and where the TDP held no seats.<sup id="cite_ref-D_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In accordance with a resolution passed by the Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Parliament">Indian Parliament</a> abolished the Vidhan Parishad through the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council (Abolition) Act in 1985, after the Congress (I) suffered a major defeat in the state elections in Andhra Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revival_in_2007">Revival in 2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Revival in 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Subsequent attempts were made to revive the Legislative Council under Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Marri_Chenna_Reddy" title="Marri Chenna Reddy">Marri Chenna Reddy</a>, who belonged to the Congress (I), which had won the state elections in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A resolution to revive the Legislative Council was passed in the Vidhan Sabha on 22 January 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, passed legislation authorising the revival of the Legislative Council as per the resolution of the state Vidhan Sabha on 28 May 1990, but the legislation stalled in the lower house, the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, primarily due to its dissolution in 1991 before the completion of its five-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subsequent Lok Sabhas did not take any further decision or action. </p><p>After its victory in the 2004 state elections, the Congress-led Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed another resolution on 8 July 2004 calling for the revival of the Legislative Council.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This time it was introduced in the Lok Sabha as the Andhra Pradesh Council Bill on 16 December 2004. On 15 December 2006 the Lok Sabha passed the legislation, which was quickly passed by the Rajya Sabha on 20 December, and received the assent of the President on 10 January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly revived Legislative Council was constituted on 30 March 2007 and inaugurated on 2 April by <a href="/wiki/Rameshwar_Thakur" title="Rameshwar Thakur">Rameshwar Thakur</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Andhra Pradesh">Governor of Andhra Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_abolition_proposed_in_2020">Second abolition proposed in 2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second abolition proposed in 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ruling <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSR Congress Party</a> made and passed the resolution for abolition of the Legislative Council in the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 27 January 2020 to make way for the YSRCP-sponsored capital decentralization bill which has been stalled by the opposition TDP which had majority in the council, as the chairman decided to send the two bills pertaining to the decentralization of the capital that are the <i><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Decentralisation_and_Inclusive_Development_of_All_Regions_Act,_2020" title="Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020">Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020</a></i> and the <i>Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020</i> to a select committee.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The resolution was later withdrawn by the ruling YSRCP as it gained a majority by then in the council making a way to pass it's sponsored bills<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with no response from the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> regarding the decision to abolish the council.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chairman, elected by the council, presides over the sessions of the council. The deputy chairman is also elected to preside in the chairman's absence.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presiding_officers">Presiding officers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presiding officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Designation </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Andhra Pradesh">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Abdul_Nazeer" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Abdul Nazeer">S. Abdul Nazeer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_chairpersons_of_the_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council" title="List of chairpersons of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council">Chairman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koyye_Moshenu_Raju" title="Koyye Moshenu Raju">Koyye Moshenu Raju</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deputy Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khanam" title="Zakia Khanam">Zakia Khanam</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh">Leader of the House</a><br />(Chief Minister) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Chandrababu_Naidu" title="N. Chandrababu Naidu">N. Chandrababu Naidu</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leader of the Opposition </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Botsa_Satyanarayana" title="Botsa Satyanarayana">Botsa Satyanarayana</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council" title="List of members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council">List of members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_by_Members_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(20)"><span id="Elected_by_Members_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_.2820.29"></span>Elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (20)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (20)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1569C7; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/YSRCP" class="mw-redirect" title="YSRCP">YSRCP</a> (9) </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FFED00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> (6) </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#e8232a; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">JSP</a> (1) </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#F8F9FA; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vacant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant">Vacant</a> (4) </span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._V._V._Suryanarayana_Raju" title="P. V. V. Suryanarayana Raju">P. V. V. Suryanarayana Raju</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 28-Aug-2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Bommi Israel </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 23-Nov-2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Chandragiri Yesuratnam </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Marri Rajashekar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>D. C. Govinda Reddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>29-Nov-2021 </td> <td>28-Nov-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Palavalasa Vikranth </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>29-Nov-2021 </td> <td>28-Nov-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Basha" title="Isaac Basha">Isacc Basha</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>29-Nov-2021 </td> <td>28-Nov-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 30-Aug-2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duvvada_Srinivas" title="Duvvada Srinivas">Duvvada Srinivas</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2021 </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Ruhulla" title="Mohammed Ruhulla">Mohammed Ruhulla</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>21-Mar-2022 </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panchumarthi_Anuradha" title="Panchumarthi Anuradha">Panchumarthi Anuradha</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Ramachandraiah" title="C. Ramachandraiah">Chennamsetty Ramachandraiah</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>08-Jul-2024 </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yanamala_Rama_Krishnudu" title="Yanamala Rama Krishnudu">Yanamala Rama Krishnudu</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Babu" title="Ashok Babu">Ashok Babu</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>B. Tirumala Naidu </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Duvvarapu Rama Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Pidugu Hariprasad </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #e8232a;" data-sort-value="Janasena Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">JSP</a> </td> <td>08-Jul-2024 </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 17-May-2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Local_Authorities_constituencies_(20)"><span id="Elected_from_Local_Authorities_constituencies_.2820.29"></span>Elected from Local Authorities constituencies (20)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elected from Local Authorities constituencies (20)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1569C7; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/YSRCP" class="mw-redirect" title="YSRCP">YSRCP</a> (20) </span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Chitoor </td> <td>Cipai Subramanyam </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>East Godavari </td> <td>Kudupudi Suryanarayana Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Kurnool </td> <td>A. Madhusudhan </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Srikakulam </td> <td>Narthu Ramarao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Nellore </td> <td>Meriga Muralidhar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>West Godavari </td> <td>Kavuru Srinivasa Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>West Godavari </td> <td>Vanka Raveendranath </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-May-2023 </td> <td>01-May-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Anantpuram </td> <td>Sanipalli Mangamma </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>Kadapa </td> <td>Ponnapureddy Rama Subba Reddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Anantapuram </td> <td>Yellareddygari Sivaramireddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>Chitoor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._R._J._Bharath" title="K. R. J. Bharath">K. R. J. Bharath</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>East Godavari </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ananta_Babu" title="Ananta Babu">Ananta Satya Udaya Bhaskar</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Guntur </td> <td>Murugudu Hanumantha Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Guntur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ummareddy_Venkateswarlu" title="Ummareddy Venkateswarlu">Ummareddy Venkateswarlu</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>Krishna </td> <td>Monditoka Arunkumar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>Krishna </td> <td>Talasila Raghuram </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>Prakasam </td> <td>Tumati Madhava Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Visakhapatnam </td> <td>Varudu Kalyani </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>2-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Visakhapatnam </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Botsa_Satyanarayana" title="Botsa Satyanarayana">Botsa Satyanarayana</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>21-Aug-2024 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td>Vizianagaram </td> <td>Indukuri Raghu Raju </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>02-Dec-2021 </td> <td>1-Dec-2027 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Graduates_constituencies_(5)"><span id="Elected_from_Graduates_constituencies_.285.29"></span>Elected from Graduates constituencies (5)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elected from Graduates constituencies (5)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FFED00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> (3) </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DB5353; color:black;"> </span> PDF (2) </span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Srikakulam_%E2%80%93_Vizianagaram_%E2%80%93_Visakhapatnam_Graduates_Council_constituency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Srikakulam – Vizianagaram – Visakhapatnam Graduates Council constituency (page does not exist)">Srikakulam-Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram</a> </td> <td>Vepada Chiranjeevi Rao </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakasam%E2%80%93Nellore%E2%80%93Chittoor_Graduates_constituency" title="Prakasam–Nellore–Chittoor Graduates constituency">Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor</a> </td> <td>Kancharla Srikanth </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Kadapa-Anantapuram-Kurnool </td> <td>Bhumireddy Ramagopal Reddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>East Godavari-West Godavari </td> <td>Illa Venkateswara Rao </td> <td bgcolor="#DB5353"> </td> <td align="left">PDF </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Krishna-Guntur </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._S._Lakshmana_Rao" title="K. S. Lakshmana Rao">K. S. Lakshmana Rao</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#DB5353"> </td> <td align="left">PDF </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Teachers_constituencies_(5)"><span id="Elected_from_Teachers_constituencies_.285.29"></span>Elected from Teachers constituencies (5)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elected from Teachers constituencies (5)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Politician" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Politician">IND</a> (4) </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#F8F9FA; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vacant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant">Vacant</a> (1)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor </td> <td>Parvathareddy Chandra Sekhar Reddy </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Kadapa-Kurnool-Anantapur </td> <td>M. V. Ramachandra Reddy </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td>30 Mar 2023 </td> <td>29-Mar-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>East Godavari-West Godavari </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 15-Dec-2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Krishna-Guntur </td> <td>Tamatam Kalpalatha </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2021 </td> <td>29-Mar-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam-Srikakulam </td> <td>Pakalapati Raghu Varma </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td>30-Mar-2019 </td> <td>29-Mar-2025 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nominated_by_Governor_(8)"><span id="Nominated_by_Governor_.288.29"></span>Nominated by Governor (8)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nominated by Governor (8)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Keys:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#1569C7; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/YSRCP" class="mw-redirect" title="YSRCP">YSRCP</a> (7) </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#F8F9FA; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vacant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant">Vacant</a> (1)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Kumbha Ravibabu </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>10-Aug-2023 </td> <td>09-Aug-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 30-Aug-2024<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td> <td>09-Aug-2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Rajagolla Ramesh Yadav </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>16-Jun-2021 </td> <td>15-Jun-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koyye_Moshenu_Raju" title="Koyye Moshenu Raju">Koyye Moshenu Raju</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>16-Jun-2021 </td> <td>15-Jun-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Lella Appi Reddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>16-Jun-2021 </td> <td>15-Jun-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Thota Thrimurthulu </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>16-Jun-2021 </td> <td>15-Jun-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pandula_Ravindra_Babu" title="Pandula Ravindra Babu">Pandula Ravindra Babu</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>28-Jul-2020 </td> <td>27-Jul-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khanam" title="Zakia Khanam">Mayana Zakia Khanam</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1569C7;" data-sort-value="YSR Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> </td> <td>28-Jul-2020 </td> <td>27-Jul-2026 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