Andhra Pradesh Legislature

Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral Legislature of the Andhra Pradesh
Houses	Śāsana Manḍali (Upper House); Saasana Sabha (Lower House)
Leadership
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer ; since 13 February 2023
Chairman; (Śāsana Manḍali)	Koyye Moshenu Raju, YSRCP ; since 19 November 2021
Deputy Chairman; (Śāsana Manḍali)	Zakia Khanam, YSRCP ; since 21 November 2021
Leader of the House; (Śāsana Manḍali); (Chief Minister)	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSRCP ; since 30 May 2019
Leader of the Opposition; (Śāsana Manḍali)	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu, TDP
Speaker; (Saasana Sabha)	Thammineni Seetharam, YSRCP ; since 13 June 2019
Deputy Speaker; (Śāsana Sabha)	Kolagatla Veera Bhadra Swamy, YSRCP ; since 19 September 2022
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister); (Śāsana Sabha)	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSRCP ; since 30 May 2019
Leader of the Opposition; (Śāsana Sabha)	N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP ; since 30 May 2019
Structure
Seats	58 (Śāsana Manḍali) ; 175 (Śāsana Sabha)
Śāsana Manḍali political groups	Government (42) YSRCP (42); Opposition (12) TDP (10); PDF (2); Others (2) IND (2); Vacant (2) Vacant (2);
Śāsana Sabha political groups	Government (136) YSRCP (135); IND (1); Opposition(26) TDP (23); BJP (2); JSP (1); Others (5) INC (5); Vacant (10) Vacant (10)
Elections
Śāsana Manḍali voting system	Single transferable vote
Śāsana Sabha voting system	First past the post
Last Śāsana Manḍali election	13 March 2023
Last Śāsana Sabha election	11 April 2019
Meeting place
	Assembly Building; Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website
	www.aplegislature.org

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is the state legislature of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and is composed of an

Appointed Governor of Andhra
The indirectly-elected Andhra Sasana Mandali
The popularly-elected Andhra Sasana Sabha.

The Legislature works at the transit building located in the state capital Amaravati.The legislature derives its authority from the Indian constitution, with sole authority to make laws on 61 subjects specified in the state list and shares law-making power in 52 concurrent subjects with the Parliament of India. The state uses first-past-the-post method territorial constituencies for electing members to the lower house. The members of the upper house are indirectly-elected by special constituencies or nominated by the governor. The governor is head of the state authorized to the leader of the legislature.

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