Telangana Legislative Assembly Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Sabha
3rd Telangana Assembly
Type
Type	tricameral of the Telangana Legislature
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2 June 2014 (9 years ago) (2014-06-02)
Preceded by	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan since 8 September 2019
Secretary to the Legislature	V. Narasimha Charyulu since 1 September 2017
Speaker	Gaddam Prasad Kumar, INC since 14 December 2023
Deputy Speaker	Vacant since 3 December 2023
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Anumula Revanth Reddy, INC since 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, INC since 7 December 2023
Leader of the Opposition	K. Chandrashekar Rao, BRS since 9 December 2023
Structure
Seats	119
Political groups	Government (65)   INC (64)   CPI (1) Official Opposition (38)   BRS (38) Other Opposition (15)   BJP (8)   AIMIM (7) Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)
Length of term	2023 – 2028
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	30 April 2014
Last election	30 November 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Assembly Building, Hyderabad, Telangana
Website
Telangana Legislative Assembly

The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telaṅgāṇa 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.

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.

History

Telangana legislative assembly came into existence with 119 seats in June 2014 with the formation of Telangana. TRS swept the first election and formed the government with INC and TDP as opposition parties. In the 2018 elections, TRS won with a greater majority. There was one nominated member from the Anglo-India community till 2023.

Election Process

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 budjet, and airing public grievances.

There are currently 119 MLAs in the legislative assembly elected by the people. 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

Composition

The current assembly is the Third Legislative Assembly of Telangana.

Presiding officers

Members

List of the assemblies

Members of Legislative Assembly

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