Andhra Pradesh Legislature

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Andhra Pradesh Legislature ఆంధ్ర శాసనాంగాలు Āndhra Śāsanaṅgālu
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)	N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP since 12 June 2024
Leader of the Opposition (Śāsana Manḍali)	TBD, YSRCP
Speaker (Saasana Sabha)	TBD, TBD since 24 June 2024
Deputy Speaker (Śāsana Sabha)	TBD, TBD
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) (Śāsana Sabha)	N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP since 12 June 2024
Leader of the Opposition (Śāsana Sabha)	None
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 (164)   NDA (164)   TDP (135)   Jana Sena (21)   BJP (8) Official Opposition (0) Other opposition (11)   YSRCP (11)
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	13 May 2024
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.