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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox legislature
|name = Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
|coa_pic =
|coa_res =
|house_type = Upper house
|body = Andhra Pradesh Legislature
|term_limits = 6 years
|leader1_type = [[Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Chairman]]
|leader1 = '''Vacant'''
|party1 = [[YSRCP]]
|election1 =
|leader2_type = Leader of the House
|leader2 = '''Vacant'''
|party2 = [[YSRCP]]
|election2 =
|leader3_type = Leader of the Opposition
|leader3 = [[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]]
|party3 = [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|election3 =
|structure1 =
|structure1_res =
|members = '''58''' (50 Elected + 8 Nominated)
|political_groups1 =

'''[[Government of Andhra Pradesh|Government]] (25)'''
* {{Color box|#1569C7}} [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party|YSRCP]] (17)
* {{Color box|#FF4400}} [[Progressive Democratic Front|PDF]] (4)
* {{Color box|#FF0000}} [[Andhra Pradesh United Teachers Federation|UTF]] (1)
* {{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (3)
'''Opposition (25)'''
* {{Color box|#FFFF00}} [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (25)
'''Others (2)'''
* {{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (2)
'''Vacant (6)'''
* {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (6)

|voting_system1 = [[Single transferable vote]]
|session_room = Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.jpg
|session_res = 300px
|session_alt =
|meeting_place = Council Building<br>[[Amaravati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
|website = http://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council|aplegislature
}}

The '''Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh''' or '''Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Manḍali''' is the upper house of the [[legislature]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]; the [[lower house]] being the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. It is situated in the state Legislative capital of [[Amaravati]], and has 58 members. The Vidhan Parishad has been in existence in two spells - from 1958 to 1985, and from 2007 continuing till today. A resolution has been passed by AP government for dissolution of the house which awaits parliament ratification.

==History==
In the first years since its creation in post-independence India, the state of Andhra Pradesh worked under a [[unicameral]] 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 [[bicameral]] 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.<ref name="A">{{cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council History|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Andhra%20pradesh/andhracouncil-w.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre|access-date=2010-09-03}}</ref> The Vidhan Parishad was formed officially on 1 July 1958 under article 168 of the [[Constitution of India]]. The first [[President of India]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]] inaugurated the Vidhan Parishad on 8 July 1958.<ref name="A"/>

===Abolition in 1980 ===
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.<ref name="A"/><ref name="B">{{cite book|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India, Fifth Edition|pages=212–13|author=Sharma|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-203-3674-2}}</ref><ref name="C">{{cite book|title=Indian Polity For UPSC 3E|author=Laxmikanth|year=2010|pages=27–1|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-015316-5}}</ref><ref name="D">{{cite book|title=State politics in India: reflections on Andhra Pradesh|pages=97–110|author=Agarala Easwara Reddy|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|year=1994|isbn=978-81-85880-51-8}}</ref> However, the move was criticised as an attempt by the then-ruling party, the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP), to deny their main political opposition, the [[Indian National Congress]] (then Congress (I)) 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.<ref name="D"/> In accordance with a resolution passed by the Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, the [[Indian Parliament]] 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.<ref name="A"/><ref name="D"/>

===Revival in 1989===
Subsequent attempts were made to revive the Legislative Council under Chief Minister Dr. [[Marri Chenna Reddy]], who belonged to the Congress (I), which had won the state elections in 1989.<ref name="A"/><ref name="D"/> A resolution to revive the Legislative Council was passed in the Vidhan Sabha on 22 January 1990.<ref name="A"/> The [[Rajya Sabha]], 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 [[Lok Sabha]], primarily due to its dissolution in 1991 before the completion of its five-year term.<ref name="A"/> The subsequent Lok Sabhas (1991–1996, 1996–1998, 1998–2004) did not take any further action.

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.<ref name="A"/> 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.<ref name="A"/> The newly revived Legislative Council was constituted on 30 March 2007 and inaugurated on 2 April by [[Rameshwar Thakur]], the [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="A"/>

=== Second abolition proposed in 2020 ===
[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] made and passed the resolution for abolition of the Legislative Council on 27 Jan 2020. This resolution is yet to be cleared by the [[Parliament of India]] to finally abolish the council.

==Designations and present members==
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.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

===Presiding Officers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Designation !! Name
|-
| [[List of Governors of Andhra Pradesh|Governor]] ||[[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
|-
| Chairman ||'''Vacant'''
|-
| Deputy Chairman || Reddy Subramanyam
|-
| Leader of the House ||'''Vacant''', [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|-
| Leader of the Opposition ||[[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]], [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|-
| Secretary of Legislative Council || M. Vijaya Raju
|}

=== Members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:30px;"| No
! style="width:250px;"| Party
! style="width:100px;"| Members
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFF00; text-align: center;" | 1
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 25
|-
|style="background-color:#1569C7; text-align: center;" | 2
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 17
|-
|style="background-color:#FA1130; text-align: center;" | 3
| [[Progressive Democratic Front]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
|-
|style="background-color:#FF9933; text-align: center;" | 4
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|-
|style="background-color:#FF0000; text-align: center;" | 5
| [[Andhra Pradesh United Teachers Federation|United Teachers Federation]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
|style="background-color:#DDDDDD; text-align: center;" | 6
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | 7
| Vacant
| style="text-align: center;" | 6
|-
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;" | -
| '''Total'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''58'''

|}

==Membership and tenure==
The Legislative Council is a permanent house, not subject to dissolution.<ref name="A"/> Its 58 members serves six-year term, and every two years, one-third of the total number of members "retire" in rotation, and undergo the re-election process.<ref name="A"/> To become a member, the individual must be a citizen of India and at least 30 years of age. 8 members of the Council are nominated by the [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]. 40 members are elected by an [[electoral college]] of the Legislative Assembly and local governing bodies. The 10 remaining members would be elected from constituencies of college graduates and teachers.<ref name="E">{{cite book|title=TMH General Knowledge Manual|pages=176|publisher=Tata McGraw|year=2007|isbn=978-0-07-061999-9}}</ref>

===Elected By Members Of Legislative Assembly===
{{Update section|reason=does not agree with official info at http://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council/member-s-information?p_p_id=CouncilMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_KnYF8RXrn8M0&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view|date=March 2021}}
'''Keys:'''
{{legend2|#1569C7|[[YSRCP]] (11) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FFFF00|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (6)
|border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FFFFFF|Vacant (3) |border=solid 1px #000000}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term
|-
| 1.
| [[C. Ramachandraiah]]
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 2.
| Duvvada Srinivas
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 3.
| Balli Kalyanachakravarthy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 4.
| Mohammed Iqbal
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 5.
| Mohmmed Karimunneesa
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 6.
| Janga Krishna Murthy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 7.
| Gangula Prabhakar Reddy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 8.
| [[Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad]]
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 9.
| P.V.V.Suryanarayana Raju
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 10.
| Pothula Suneetha
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 11.
| Challa Bhageerath Reddy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 12.
| [[Yanamala Ramakrishnudu]]
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 13.
| Parchuri Ashok Babu
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 14.
| Duvvarapu Rama Rao
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 15.
| B Tirumala Naidu
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 16.
| [[Nara Lokesh]]
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 17.
| Batchula Arjunudu
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 18.
|Colspan=3|'''Vacant Since 25-May-2021'''
|'''TBD'''
|-
| 19.
|Colspan=3|'''Vacant Since 25-May-2021'''
|'''TBD'''
|-
| 20.
|Colspan=3|'''Vacant Since 25-May-2021'''
|'''TBD'''

|}

===Elected from Local Authorities constituencies===
{{legend2|#FFFF00|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (15)
|border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#1569C7|[[YSRCP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FFFFFF|Vacant (3) |border=solid 1px #000000}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term
|-
| 1.
| Chittoor
| B.N. Rajasimhulu
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 2.
| West Godavari
| Angara Ramamohan
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 3.
| West Godavari
| Manthena Venkata Satyanarayana Raju
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 4.
| East Godavari
| Chikkala Ramachandra
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 5.
| Srikakulam
| [[Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla|Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju]]
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 6.
| Nellore
| Vakati Narayana Reddy
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 7.
| Kurnool
| K.E. Prabhakar
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 8.
| Kadapa
| Mareddy Ravindranatha Reddy(B.tech Ravi)
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 9.
| Anantapur
| Gunapati Deepak Reddy
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 10.
| Vizianagaram
| Dwarapureddi Jagadeeswara Rao
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 11.
| Chittoor
| Gali Saraswathi
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 12.
| East Godavari
| Reddy Subrahmanyam
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 13.
| Krishna
| Buddha Venkateswara Rao
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
|18-06-2021
|-
| 14.
| Krishna
| Y.V. Babu Rajendra Prasad
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 15.
| Visakhapatnam
| [[Pappala Chalapathirao]]
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 16.
| Visakhapatnam
| B. Naga Jagadeeswara Rao
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 17.
| Guntur
| [[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]]
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 18.
| Guntur
| '''Vacant'''
|
| '''TBD'''
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 19.
| Prakasam
| '''Vacant'''
|
| '''TBD'''
| 18-06-2021
|-
| 20.
| Anantapur
| '''Vacant'''
|
| '''TBD'''
| 18-06-2021

|}

===Elected from Graduates constituencies===
{{legend2|#DB5353|PDF (3) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#1569C7|[[YSRCP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term
|-
| 1.
| East Godavari,West Godavari
| Illa Venkateswara Rao
|bgcolor="DB5353"|
| [[Progressive Democratic Front]]
| 30-03-2025
|-
| 2.
| Krishna,Guntur
| [[Kalagara Sai Lakshmana Rao]]
|bgcolor="DB5353"|
| [[Progressive Democratic Front]]
| 30-03-2025
|-
| 3.
| Chittoor, Nellore,Prakasam
| Yandapalli Srinivasulu Reddy
|bgcolor="DB5353"|
| [[Progressive Democratic Front]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 4.
| Anantapur,Kurnool,Kadapa
| Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 5.
| Srikakulam,Vizianagaram,Visakapatnam
| [[P. V. N. Madhav]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 29-03-2023

|}

===Elected from Teachers constituencies===
{{legend2|#DB5353|PDF (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FF0000|UTF (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#CDCDCD|[[Independent Politician|Independent]] (3) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term
|-
| 1
| Srikakulam,Vizianagaram,Visakhapatnam
| Pakalapati Raghu Varma
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 30-03-2025
|-
| 2
| Chittoor,Nellore,Prakasam
| Vitapu Balasubrahmanyam
|bgcolor=#DB5353|
| Progressive Democratic Front
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 3
| Anantapur,Kurnool,Kadapa
| Katti Narasimha Reddy
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 4
| East Godavari,West Godavari
| Shaik Sabji
| bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Andhra Pradesh United Teachers Federation|United Teachers Federation]]
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 5
| Krishna,Guntur
| Tamatam Kalpalatha Reddy
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 29-03-2027

|}

===Nominated Members===
{{legend2|#1569C7|[[YSRCP]] (4) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FFFF00|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (4)
|border=solid 1px #000000}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term Start
!Term End
|-
| 1.
| [[Pandula Ravindra Babu]]
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 28-07-2020
|27-07-2026
|-
| 2.
| Zakia Khanum
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 28-07-2020
|27-07-2026
|-
| 3.
| Chadipiralla Sivanatha Reddy
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 08-03-2019
|20-07-2023
|-
| 4.
| Pamidi Samanthakamani
| bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| 08-03-2019
|11-06-2021
|-
| 5.
| [[N. M. D. Farooq]]
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 21-07-2017
|20-07-2023
|-
| 6.
| Gownivaari Sreenivasulu
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 12-06-2015
|11-06-2021
|-
| 7.
| Beeda Ravichandra
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 12-06-2015
|11-06-2021
|-
| 8.
| T.D. Janardhan
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| 12-06-2015
|11-06-2021
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Legislatures of India}}

[[Category:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council| ]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council - Revision history

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