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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Andhra Pradesh Legislature}}

{{Infobox legislative election
| country = India
| previous_election = [[2021 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council elections|2021]]
| next_election = [[2025 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council elections|2025]]
| election_date = 2023
| seats_for_election = 21 seats in the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| ongoing = no
| nopercentage = yes
| party1 = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| leader1 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| current_seats1 =
| seats1 =
| last_election1 =
| party2= [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| leader2 = [[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]]
| current_seats2 =
| seats2 =
| last_election2 =
}}

The 2023 '''Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council elections''' were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among different types of Legislative Council Constituencies in [[Andhra Pradesh]] in March 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=AP & TS Graduate MLC Elections Notification Released 2023 {{!}} AP / TS Election Commission Graduate MLC's - TeacherNews |url=https://teachernews.in/ap-ts-graduate-mlc-elections-notification/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> to elect 21 of its 58 members, of which the through their legislators elect 50 and the remaining 8 are appointed by the governor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview - Legislative Council - Liferay DXP |url=https://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council/overview |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.aplegislature.org}}</ref>

== Elections ==
List according to poll dates

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency type
!Members retiring
!Date of poll
!Date of retirement
|-
| Graduates constituency
| 3
| rowspan="3" |13 March 2023
| rowspan="2" | 29 March 2023
|-
| Teachers constituency
| 2
|-
| Local Authorities constituency
| 9
| 1 May 2023
|-
| MLA's constituency
| 7
| 23 March 2023
| 29 March 2023
|}

== Members Elected ==

=== [[Elected from Graduates constituencies|Graduates constituencies]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!#
!Name
!Previous MLC
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term end
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
|-
|1
| [[Prakasam–Nellore–Chittoor Graduates constituency|Prakasam – Nellore – Chittoor]]
|Yandlapalli Srinivasulu Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|29-03-2023
|Kancharla Srikanth<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-03-18 |title=Kancharla Srikanth wins Prakasam – Nellore – Chittoor graduates' MLC poll |url=https://theprint.in/india/kancharla-srikanth-wins-prakasam-nellore-chittoor-graduates-mlc-poll/1454601/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|29-03-2029
|-
|2
|Kadapa- Anantapur – Kurnool
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|3
|Srikakulam – Vizianagaram – Visakhapatnam
|P.V.N. Madhav
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|29-03-2023
|V. Chiranjeevi Rao
|29-03-2029
|}

=== [[Elected from Graduates constituencies|Local Authorities constituencies]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!#
!Name
!Previous MLC
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term end
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
|-
|1
|Anantapur
|Gunapati Deepak Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|29-03-2023
|Kancharla Srikanth<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-03-18 |title=Kancharla Srikanth wins Prakasam – Nellore – Chittoor graduates' MLC poll |url=https://theprint.in/india/kancharla-srikanth-wins-prakasam-nellore-chittoor-graduates-mlc-poll/1454601/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|29-03-2029
|-
|2
|Kadapa
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|3
|Nellore
|P.V.N. Madhav
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|29-03-2023
|V. Chiranjeevi Rao
|29-03-2029
|-
|4
|West Godavari
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|5
|West Godavari
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|6
|East Godavari
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|7
|Sriakulam
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|8
|Chittoor
|Vennapusa Gopal Reddy
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|-
|9
|Kurnool
|K.E. Prabhakar
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|29-03-2023
| B. Ramgopal Reddy
|29-03-2029
|}

== See also ==

* [[2023 elections in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council}}
[[Category:State Legislative Council elections in India]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:2023 elections in India]]
[[Category:2020s in Andhra Pradesh]]

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