Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, a vibrant state in the heart of India, boasts a rich political landscape, where the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly holds center stage. Comprising 175 elected members, this legislative body is the beating heart of democracy in the state, voicing the concerns of its people and shaping its future.
1956:
- Andhra Pradesh formed, merging Andhra State and Telugu areas of Hyderabad.
- Unicameral legislature established with 301 members.
- First Assembly session held, Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao elected Speaker.
1958:
- Legislature becomes bicameral with addition of Legislative Council.
1956-1978:
- Assembly size fluctuates due to delimitation, ranging from 245 to 287 members.
1978 onwards:
- Assembly size stabilized at 294 members.
2014:
- Andhra Pradesh bifurcated, present(2024) Assembly reduced to 175 members.
- The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is one of the most important legislatures in India.
- It was formed in 1956, when the state of Andhra Pradesh was created.
- It is made up of two houses: the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
- The Legislative Assembly is the lower house, and it has 175 members.
- The Legislative Council is the upper house, and it has 58 members.
The members of the Legislature are elected by the people of Andhra Pradesh. The elections are held every five years.
The Legislature has a number of important functions. It passes laws, approves the budget, and holds the government accountable. It also plays a role in shaping public policy.
Speaker's role in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Constitutional Position: The Speaker is a critical constitutional role, mandated by Article 178 of the Indian Constitution.
- Election: Chosen from among the Assembly members, following specific rules outlined in the Assembly’s Conduct of Business Rules.
- Voice of the House: Acts as the principal spokesperson for the Assembly, representing its collective views and serving as its sole official representative.
- Communication Hub: Facilitates communication between the Governor and the House, ensuring the smooth flow of information and decisions.
- Regulator of Debates: Oversees the order and conduct of debates and proceedings within the Assembly, ensuring adherence to rules and guidelines.
- Decision-Maker: Determines the admissibility of questions, resolutions, motions, and petitions, ensuring they align with Assembly rules and procedures.
- Financial Authority: Holds the power to classify matters as “money matters,” falling under the Assembly’s jurisdiction. Their decision on Money Bills is final.
- Casting Vote: Exercises a casting vote in cases of tied votes, resolving deadlocks and ensuring decisions are reached.
- Term of Office: Serves from the date of election until the first Assembly meeting following its dissolution, unless they cease to be a member due to reasons specified in the Constitution.
Deputy Speaker's role in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Constitutional Mandate: The Deputy Speaker’s role is also established by Article 178 of the Indian Constitution.
- Election: Chosen from among Assembly members, with the election date set by the Speaker and following similar procedures as the Speaker’s election.
- Stand-in Speaker: Assumes the Speaker’s duties when the Speaker is absent or the office is vacant, ensuring continuity in leadership.
- Equal Powers: When presiding over Assembly sessions, the Deputy Speaker holds the same powers and authority as the Speaker.
- Term of Office: Serves until the dissolution of the Assembly, unless they cease to be a member for reasons outlined in the Constitution.
Committees in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Committees in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly play a crucial role in scrutinizing legislation and overseeing the executive branch.
- Types of Committees: There are two main types of committees: Standing Committees and Ad-hoc Committees.
- Standing Committees: These are permanent committees that are reconstituted annually or at other intervals as per the rules. They have specific areas of focus, such as finance, public accounts, or agriculture.
- Ad-hoc Committees: These are temporary committees that are appointed to investigate specific issues or matters.
Committees have a number of important functions, including:
- Scrutinizing bills: Committees review proposed legislation and make recommendations for amendments.
- Overseeing the executive branch: Committees hold hearings and investigate the activities of government agencies.
- Gathering information: Committees can invite experts and members of the public to testify on issues before them.
- Preparing reports: Committees issue reports that contain their findings and recommendations.
The work of committees is essential to the functioning of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. By providing a forum for detailed scrutiny and investigation, committees help to ensure that the laws passed by the Assembly are well-considered and that the executive branch is accountable to the legislature.
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Committees
Andhra Pradesh Legislative AssemblyJoint Committees
- Committee on Estimates
- Committee on Library
- A Committee on Public Accounts
- Committee on Public Undertakings
- Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- A Committee on Welfare of Backward Classes
- Committee on Welfare of Schedule Caste
- Committee on Welfare of Schedule Tribes
- A Committee on Wildlife and Environment Protection
- Committee on Welfare of Women, Children, Disabled and Old-aged
- A Committee on Welfare of Minorities
- Committee on Amenities
Srikakulam
- Ichchapuram: Ashok Bendalam
- Palasa: Dr. Seediri Appalaraju
- Tekkali: Atchannaidu Kinjarapu
- Pathapatnam: Reddy Shanthi
- Srikakulam: Dharmana Prasada Rao
- Amadalavalasa: Thammineni Seetharam
- Etcherla: Gorle Kiran Kumar
- Narasampeta: Dharmana Krishna Das
- Rajamahendravaram (SC): Kambala Jogulu
- Palakonda (ST): Viswasarayi Kalavath
Vizianagaram
- Kurupampa (ST): Smt. Pamula Pushpa Sreevani
- Parvathipura (SC): Sri Alajangi Joga Rao
- Salur (ST): Sri Rajanna Dora Pedika
- Bobbili: Sri Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu
- Cheepurupalli: Sri Botcha Satyanarayana
- Gajapathinagaram: Sri Botcha Appala Narasayya
- Nellimarla: Sri Baddukonda Appala Naidu
- Vizianagaram: Sri Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
- Srungavarapukota: Sri Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao
Visakhapatnam
- Bhimili: Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
- Gajuwaka: Tippala Nagi Reddy
- Chodavaram: Karanam Dharmasri
- Madugula: Budi Muttyala Naidu
- Araku Valley (ST): Chetti Palguna
- Paderu (ST): Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi
- Anakapalli: Gudivada Amarnath
- Pendurthi: Annamreddy Adeep Raj
- Yelamanchili: Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamoorthy Raju
- Payakaraopet (SC): Golla Babu Rao
- Visakhapatnam East: Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
- Visakhapatnam South: Vasupally Ganesh Kumar
- Narasapur: Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh
- Visakhapatnam North: Ganta Srinivasa Rao
- Visakhapatnam West: P.G.V.R. Naidu
East Godavari
- Tuni: Dadisetti Raja
- Prathipadu: Parvatha Sri Purnachandra Prasad
- Pithapuram: Pendem Dorababu
- Kakinada Rural: Kurasala Kannababu
- Peddapuram: Nimmakayala China Rajappa
- Anaparthi: Dr. Sathi Suryanarayana Reddy
- Kakinada City: Dwarampudi Chandrashekar Reddy
- Ramachandrapuram: Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalkrishna
- Mummidivaram: Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar
- Amalapuram (SC): Pinipe Vishwarupu
- Razole (SC): Rapaka Vara Prasad Rao
- Gannavaram (SC): Kondeti Chittibabu
- Kothapeta: Chirla Jaggi Reddy
- Mandapeta: Vegulla Jogeswara Rao
- Rajanagaram: Jakkampudi Raja
- Rajahmundry City: Sri AdIREDDY Bhavani
- Rajahmundry Rural: Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
- Jaggampeta: Jyothhula Chantibabu
- Rampachodavaram (ST): Nagulappali Dhanalakshmi
West Godavari
- Kovvur (SC): Taneti Vanita
- Nidadavole: G. Srinivas Naidu
- Achanta: Cherukuwada Sri Ranganatha Rao
- Palacole: Dr. Nimmala Rama Naidu
- Narsapuram: Mudunuri Naga Raja Vara Prasad Rao
- Bhimavaram: Grandhi Srinivas
- Unadi: Sri Mantena Ramaraju
- Tanaku: Karumuri Venkata Nageswar Rao
- Tadepalligudem: Kottu Satyanarayana
- Ungatur: Puppala Srinivasa Rao
- Denduluru: Kothari Abbaya Chowdary
- Eluru: Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas
- Talare Venkatrao: Gopalapuram (SC)
- Tellam Bala Raju: Polavaram (ST)
- Vunnamatala Eliza: Chintalapudi (SC)
Krishna
- Tiruvuru (SC): Kokkiligada Rakshana Nidhi
- Nuzvid: Meka Venkata Pratap Appa Rao
- Gannavaram: Dr. Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan (TDP)
- Gudivada: Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao
- Kaikalur: Dulam Nageswar Rao
- Pedana: Jogi Ramesh
- Machilipatnam: Sri Perni Venkata Ramaiah
- Avanigadda: Simhaadri Ramesh Babu
- Pamarru (SC): Kailu Anil Kumar
- Vijayawada West: Sri Vellampally Srinivasa Rao
- Vijayawada Central: Sri Malladi Vishnu
- Penamaluru: Kolusu Partha Sarathy
- Vijayawada East: Gadde Rama Mohan (TDP)
- Mylavaram: Sri Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad
- Nandigama (SC): Dr. Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao
- Jaggayyapet: Sammineni Udaya Bhanu
Guntur
- Peddakurpadu: Namburu Sankara Rao
- Tadikonda (SC): Vundavally Sridevi
- Mangalagiri: Alla Rama Krishna Reddy
- Ponnur: Kilari Venkata Rosaiah
- Vemuru (SC): Merugu Nagarjuna
- Repalle: Anagani Satya Prasad (TDP)
- Tenali: Annabathuni Siva Kumar
- Bapatla: Kona Raghupati
- Prathipadu (SC): Mekahoti Sucharita
- Guntur West: Maddili Giridhara Rao (TDP)
- Guntur East: Mohammed Mustafa Shaik
- Chilakalurupet: Vidadala Rajini
- Narasaraopet: Dr. Gopireddy Srinivasa Reddy
- Sattenapalle: Ambati Rambabu
- Vinukonda: Kasu Mahesh Reddy
- Gurajala: Sri Kasu Mahesh Reddy
- Macherla: Pinnelli Rama Krishna Reddy
Prakasam
- Yerragondapalem (SC): Audimulapu Suresh
- Darsi: Maddisetti Venugopal
- Paruchur: Yeluri Sambasiva Rao (TDP)
- Addanki: Gottipati Ravi Kumar (TDP)
- Chirala: Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy (TDP)
- Santhanuthalapadu (SC): T.J.R Sudhakar Babu
- Ongole: Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
- Kandukur: Mangunta Maheedhar Reddy
- Kondepi (SC): Dr. Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy (TDP)
- Markapur: Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy
- Giddalur: Sri Anna Rambabu
- Kanigire: Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav
Nellore
- Kavali: Rami Reddy Pratap Kumar Reddy
- Atmakur: Mekapati Vikram Reddy
- Kovur: Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
- Nellore City: Anil Kumar Poluboina
- Nellore Rural: Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy
- Sarvepalli: Kakani Govardhana Reddy
- Gudur (SC): Sri Sanjeevaiah Kiliveti
- Sulurpet (SC): Sri Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
- Venkatagiri: Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy
- Udayagiri: Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy
Kadapa
- Badvel (SC): Dasari Sudha
- Rajampet: Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy
- Kadapa: Amzatha Basha Shaik Bepari
- Kodur (SC): Koramutala Srinivasulu
- Rayachoti: Gadikota Srikanth Reddy
- Pulivendula: Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
- Kamalapuram: Pochimareddy Ravindranadh Reddy
- Jammalamadugu: Mule Sudheer Reddy
- Proddatur: Rachamalla Siva Prasad Reddy
- Mydukur: Raghurami Reddy Settipally
Kurnool
- Allagadda: Gangula Brijendra Reddy
- Srisailam: Silpa Chakrapani Reddy
- Nandikotkur (SC): Thoguru Arthur
- Kurnool: Abdul Hafeez Khan
- Panyam: Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy
- Nandyal: Shilpa Ravi Chandra Kishore Reddy
- Banaganapalle: Katasani Ramu Reddy
- Dhone: Buggana Rajendranath
- Pattikonda: Kangati Sreedevi
- Kodumur (SC): Jaradoddy Sudhakar
- Yemmiganur: Chenna Kesava Reddy
- Mantralaayam: Y. Bala Nagi Reddy
- Adoni: Y. Sai Prasad Reddy
- Alur: Gummnur Jayaram
Anantapur
- Rayadurg: Kapu Ramchandra Reddy
- Uravakonda: Payyavula Keshav (TDP)
- Guntakal: Y. Venkatarama Reddy
- Tadipatri: K. Pedda Reddy
- Singanamala (SC): Jonnalagadda Padmavatthy
- Anantapur Urban: Anantha Venkatarami Reddy
- Kalyandurg: K.V. Usha Sricharan
- Raptadu: Thopudurti Prakash Reddy
- Madakasira (SC): Mopurugundu Tippeswamy
- Hindupur: Balakrishna Nandamuri (TDP)
- Penukonda: Malagundla Sankaranarayana
- Puttaparthi: Duddukunta Sreedhar Reddy
- Dharamavaram: Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy
- Kadiri: P.V. Sidda Reddy
Chittoor
- Thamballapalle: Peddireddy Dwarakanath Reddy
- Pileru: Chintala Ramachandra Reddy
- Madanapalle: M. Nawaz Basha
- Punganur: Dr. Peddireddy Ramakrishna Reddy
- Chandragiri: Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy
- Tirupati: Bhumana Karunakara Reddy
- Srikalahasti: Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy
- Satyavedu (SC): Koneti Adimulam
- Nagari: Smt. R.K. Roja
- Gangadhara Nellore (SC): K. Narayanaswamy
- Chittoor: Aranii Sreenivasulu
- Puthalapattu (SC): M. Babu
- Palmaner: N. Venkate Gowda
- Kuppam: Nara Chandra Babu Naidu
Leader of the House
The Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly Leader of the House, often the Chief Minister, oversees smooth functioning of the House by:
- Leading the majority party: Guiding party members and coordinating with other parties.
- Scheduling government business: Planning legislative agendas and setting meeting schedules.
- Building consensus: Discussing proposals with party leaders and incorporating suggestions.
- Managing debates: Responding to opposition, controlling disruptions, and assisting the Speaker.
Overall, the Leader of the House acts as a bridge between the government, opposition, and the legislative process, ensuring efficient and productive sessions.
The Leader of the Opposition is the head of the largest opposition party and plays a crucial role in holding the government accountable. They raise important issues, participate in debates, and cooperate with the Speaker in running the House(Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly). They receive special privileges like a front-row seat and an office.
