Telangana Legislative Assembly
Telangana Sasana Sabha | |
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2nd Telangana Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | of the Telangana Legislature |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Founded | 2 June 2014 |
Preceded by | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Leadership | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Vacant since 6 June 2019 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 119 |
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Political groups | Government (102)
Other Opposition (15) Vacant (1)
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Elections | |
First past the post | |
First election | June 2014 |
Last election | 7 December 2018 |
Next election | December 2023 |
Meeting place | |
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Assembly Building, Hyderabad, Telangana, India | |
Website | |
Telangana Legislative Assembly |
The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community. Its chief engineer was Nawab Sarwar Jung.
The members of the Vidhana Sabha are directly elected by people through adult franchise. Each constituency elects one member of the assembly. Members are popularly known as M.L.A.s. The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or "first past the post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India.
After the official division of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the state would be a bicameral assembly with a legislative council and a legislative assembly.
The new state Telangana would be given 119 seats and its very first election would take place in April 2014. TRS had swept the election and formed the government with a super majority. With INC coming as the opposition and TDP as the 3rd largest. Then in 2018 the assembly dissolved earlier then expected and in the 2018 election TRS won with a greater majority.
Then in 2019 the assembly approved the addition of another MLA. And instead of being MLA this would be a nominated MLA by the ruling party from the Anglo-India community. Stephenos Elvis is the current nominated MLA from the BRS party.
The duration of the Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless it is decided to dissolve the Assembly sooner. The Legislative Assembly's main functions include legislation, overseeing of administration, passing the budget, and airing public grievances.
There are currently 120 MLAs in the legislative assembly. Out of which 119 members are elected by the people and 1 is nominated from the Anglo-India community. The state is divided into 119 constituencies with roughly equal populations. Every 5 years the assembly is up for election. However election can happen earlier if :
1. Failure to govern the state under the constitution
2. Inability of anyone to command majority support in the house for more than 1 month
3. Unopposed decision of cabinet to dissolve the house.
Designation | Name |
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Governor | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
Speaker | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy |
Deputy Speaker | T. Padma Rao Goud |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister of State) | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
Leader of the Opposition | Vacant |
Election year | Assembly | Winning party | Chief Minister | Speaker | Opposition party | Leader of Opposition | |||
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2014 | 1st Assembly | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrashekar Rao | S. Madhusudhana Chary | Indian National Congress | Kunduru Jana Reddy | |||
2018 | 2nd Assembly | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrashekar Rao | S. Madhusudhana Chary (Till 16/1/19)
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (From 17/1/19) |
Indian National Congress | Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu (Till 6/6/2019) |
Party | Member | Leader Of Party | |
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Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 102 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | |
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | Akbaruddin Owaisi | |
Indian National Congress | 5 | Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | Etela Rajender | |
Vacant | 1 | ||
Total | 119 |