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{{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             = 
|election1          = 
|leader2_type       = Leader of the House
|leader2            = ''Vacant''
|party2             = 
|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]] (27)'''
* {{Color box|{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}}} [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] (19)
* {{Color box|#FF4400}} [[Progressive Democratic Front (Andhra Pradesh)|PDF]] (4)
* {{Color box|#FF0000}} [[Andhra Pradesh United Teachers Federation|UTF]] (1)
* {{Color box|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (3)
'''Opposition (15)'''
* {{Color box|{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}}} [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (15)
'''Others (2)'''
* {{Color box|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (2)
'''Vacant (14)'''
* {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (14)

|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}}

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]] and 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 (Protem)
|Vitapu Balasubrahmanyam, PDF
|-
| Deputy Chairman
|Vacant
|-
| Leader of the House
|Vacant 
|-
| Leader of the Opposition ||[[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]], [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|-
| Secretary of Legislative Council || 
|}

=== Members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:30px;"| No
! style="width:250px;"| Party
! style="width:100px;"| Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}; text-align: center;" | 1
| [[YSR Congress Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 19
|-
| style="background-color:{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}; text-align: center;" | 2
| [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 15
|-
|style="background-color:#FA1130; text-align: center;" | 3
| [[Progressive Democratic Front (Andhra Pradesh)|Progressive Democratic Front]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
|-
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}; 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
|-
|text-align: center;" | 7
| ''Vacant''
| style="text-align: center;" | 14 
|-
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;" | 8
| '''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|{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}|[[YSRCP]] (11) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}|[[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 end
|-
| 1.
| [[C. Ramachandraiah]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 2.
| Duvvada Srinivas
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 3.
| Balli Kalyanachakravarthy 
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 4.
| Mohammed Iqbal
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 5.
| Mohmmed Karimunneesa
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2027
|-
| 6.
| Janga Krishna Murthy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 7.
| Gangula Prabhakar Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 8.
| [[Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 9.
| P.V.V.Suryanarayana Raju
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 10.
| Pothula Suneetha
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 11.
| Challa Bhageerath Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 12.
| [[Yanamala Ramakrishnudu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 13.
| Parchuri Ashok Babu
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 14.
| Duvvarapu Rama Rao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 15.
| B Tirumala Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2025
|-
| 16.
| [[Nara Lokesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 17.
| Batchula Arjunudu 
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 18.
|''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 19.
|''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 20.
|''Vacant''
|
|
|

|}

===Elected from Local Authorities constituencies===
{{legend2|{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}|[[YSRCP]] (0) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (8) |border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FFFFFF|Vacant (11) |border=solid 1px #000000}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term end
|-
| 1.
| Chittoor
| B.N. Rajasimhulu
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 2.
| West Godavari
| Angara Ramamohan
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 3.
| West Godavari
| Manthena Venkata Satyanarayana Raju
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 4.
| East Godavari
| Chikkala Ramachandra
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 5.
| Srikakulam
| [[Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla|Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 6.
| Nellore
| Vakati Narayana Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 7.
| Kurnool
| K.E. Prabhakar
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 01-05-2023
|-
| 8.
| Kadapa
| Mareddy Ravindranatha Reddy (B.Tech Ravi)
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 9.
| Anantapur
| Gunapati Deepak Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 10.
| Vizianagaram
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 11.
| Chittoor
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 12.
| East Godavari
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 13.
| Krishna 
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 14.
| Krishna
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 15.
| Visakhapatnam
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 16.
| Visakhapatnam
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 17.
| Guntur
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 18.
| Guntur
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 19.
| Prakasam
| ''Vacant''
|
|
|
|-
| 20.
| Anantapur
| ''Vacant''
| 
|
|

|}

===Elected from Graduates constituencies===
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{{legend2|{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}|[[YSRCP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}

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

|}

===Elected from Teachers constituencies===
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{{legend2|#FF0000|UTF (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}|[[Independent Politician|Independent]] (3) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term end
|-
| 1
| Srikakulam,Vizianagaram,Visakhapatnam
| Pakalapati Raghu Varma
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 30-03-2025
|-
| 2
| Chittoor,Nellore,Prakasam
| Vitapu Balasubrahmanyam 
|bgcolor=#DB5353|
| Progressive Democratic Front
| 29-03-2023
|-
| 3
| Anantapur,Kurnool,Kadapa
| Katti Narasimha Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 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
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 29-03-2027

|}

===Nominated Members===
{{legend2|{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}|[[YSRCP]] (7) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (1)
|border=solid 1px #000000}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Term start
!Term end
|-
| 1.
| Lella Appi Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 14-06-2021
| 13-06-2027
|-
| 2.
| Thota Trimurthulu
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 14-06-2021
| 13-06-2027
|-
| 3.
| R.V.Ramesh Yadav
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 14-06-2021
| 13-06-2027
|-
| 4.
| Moshen Raju
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 14-06-2021
| 13-06-2027
|-
| 5.
| [[Pandula Ravindra Babu]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 28-07-2020
| 27-07-2026
|-
| 6.
| Zakia Khanum
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 28-07-2020
| 27-07-2026
|-
| 7.
| Chadipiralla Sivanatha Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| 08-03-2019
| 20-07-2023
|-
| 8.
| [[N. M. D. Farooq]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| 21-07-2017
| 20-07-2023
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Legislatures of India}}

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