Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh and Members in AP

Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh

The Legislative Council of a state is constituted as per Article 168 of Indian Constitution. As per Article 171 of the Indian Constitution the total number of Members in the Legislative council of a State shall not exceed one third of the total number of Members in the Legislative Assembly.

Of the total number of Members of the Legislative Council, 1/3 of Members are elected by electorates consisting of the Members of Local Authorities, 1/12 are elected by electorates consisting of graduates residing in the State, 1/12 are elected by electorates consisting of persons engaged in teaching, 1/3 are elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly and the remaining are nominated by the Governor.

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council was formed for the first time on 1st July, 1958 and it was abolished on 31st May, 1985. It was reconstituted on 30th March, 2007. The total number of Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council is 90. The Legislative Council is a permanent legislative body. 1/3 of its Members shall retire for every 2 years.

The role and responsibilities of Members of Legislative Council are almost all similar to that of Members of Legislative Assembly except in financial matters (like bills) .

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL of AP MEMBERS INFORMATION

Members' Information S. No Name of the member Party Affiliation 1 Mr M.V.S. Sarma INDT  2 Mr Katcha George Victor   INDT  3 Mr Chigurupati Vara Prasad TDP 4 Mr Yandapalli Srinivasulu Reddy    INDT  5 Dr. M. Geyanand      INDT  6 Dr. K. Nageshwar        INDT  7 Mr Naradasu Laxman Rao      TRS 8 Mr Kapilavai Dileep Kumar    TRS 9 Mr Gade Srinivasulu Naidu    INDT  10 Mr K.V.V. Satyanarayana Raju INDT  11 Mr K.S. Lakshmana Rao       INDT  12 Mr Vitapu Balasubrahmanyam INDT  13 Dr. Mr  Bachala Pullaiah    INDT  14 Mr Katepally Janardhan Reddy      INDT  15 Mr B. Mohan Reddy    INDT  16 Mr Chukka Ramaiah    INDT  17 Mr Ilapuram Venkaiah  INC 18 Mr Y.V. B. Rajendra Prasad       TDP 19 Mr Narayana Reddy Chadipiralla    INDT  20 Mr Mettu Govinda Reddy     TDP 21 Mr Yellareddigari Sivarami Reddy      INC 22 Mr Peerukatla Viswa Prasada Rao          INC 23 Mr Vasireddy Varada Rama Rao  INC 24 Mr D.V. Suryanarayana Raju INC 25 Mr Dadi Veerabhadra Rao     TDP 26 Mr Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao TDP 27 Mr China Rajappa Nimmakayala   TDP 28 Mr Angara Rama Mohan      TDP 29 Mr Meka Seshu Babu      INDT 30 Mr T.G.V. Krishna Reddy     INC 31 Dr. Rayapati Srinivas  INC 32 Mr Pothula Rama Rao INC 33 Mr Narayana Reddy Vakati INC 34 Mr K. Jayachandra Naidu    INC 35 Dr. Desai Thippa Reddy      INDT 36 Vacant  -- 37 Mr S. Jagadeeswar Reddy      INC 38 Mr V. Bhoopal Reddy INC 39 Mr Arikala Narsa Reddy      TDP  40 Mr K. Premsagar Rao  INC 41 Mr T. Bhanu Prasad Rao  INC 42 Vacant    -- 43 Mr Potla Nageswar Rao     TDP  44 Mr Nethi Vidya Sagar INC 45 Mr M. S. Prabhakar Rao     INC 46 Mr Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri AIMIM 47 Mr Patnam Narender Reddy      TDP 48 Mr K.R. Amos INC 49 Mr S. Indrasain Reddy INC 50 Mr I. B. A. Masquati TDP 51 Mr Kompally Yadava Reddy INC 52 Mr Gangadhar Goud Vullolla TDP 53 Mr B. Changal Rayudu INC 54 Mr Cherupally Seetha Ramulu CPIM 55 Mr Jalli Wilson      CPI 56 Mr Gundumala Thippe Swamy     INC 57 Mr Nagapuri Rajalingam    INC 58 Mr Rudraraju Padma Raju     INC 59 Mr Paladugu Venkata Rao  INC 60 Mr D. Srinivas INC 61 Mrs. Pulla Padmavathi   INC 62 Mr M. Ranga Reddy   INC 63 Mr Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy    INC 64 Mr Balasani Lakshminarayana  TDP 65 Mr C. Ramachandraiah      PRP 66 Mrs. Bharathi Dhiravat     INC 67 Mr Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu TDP 68 Mr S.V. Satish Kumar Reddy    TDP 69 Mr Mohammad Jani     INC 70 Mrs. Nannapaneni Raja Kumari  TDP 71 Mr Pogaku Yadagiri  TDP 72 Mr Peer Shabbir Ahmed  INC 73 Mr K. Laxmi Durgesh Prasad    INC 74 Mr P.J. Chandra Shekara Rao CPI  75 Mr Singam Basava Punnaiah    INC 76 Mr Sidda Raghava Rao TDP 77 Mr Syed Altaf Hyder Razvi AIMIM 78 Mr M. Sudhakar Babu  INC 79 Mr Reddivari Reddappa Reddy  Nominated 80 Dr. P.V. Ranga Rao Nominated 81 Dr. A. Chakrapani  Nominated 82 Mrs. Angoori Lakshmi Shiva Kumari Nominated 83 Mr Jupudi Prabhakara Rao  Nominated 84 Mr Shaik Hussain Nominated 85 Mrs. Balashali Indira     Nominated 86 Mr D. Rajeshwar Rao Nominated 87 Dr. M.V. Rao Nominated 88 Mr Kanukula Janardhan Reddy Nominated 89 Mr Farooq Hussain Nominated 90 Mr B. Venkata Rao Nominated