The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India. Its seat is at Amaravati, the capital of the state, and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early. Andhra Pradesh is India's tenth largest state by population as well as the seventh largest by area. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has had 16 terms since its creation. After the latest election in 2024, the assembly is governed by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which has 135 out of the 175 seats. The largest opposition party, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), has 21 seats.

Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The latest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency. Since 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly has had 175 single-seat constituencies, each of which directly elects a representative based on a first past the post election.

Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute , while the Scheduled Tribes constitute of the population of the state. The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 29 seats in the assembly, while 7 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.

History

+ Changes in the constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly over time Year Act Effect Totalseats Reserved seats Election(s) SC ST 1953 Andhra State Act, 1953 The new Andhra State was formed by splitting Madras State. 167 0 0 1955 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The new state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by the merger of Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State. In 1955 elections were only held in the newly-added regions. 18 2 1957 1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961 There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. Two-member constituencies were abolished. 300 43 11 1962 1964 Delimitation Commission Order, 1964 There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. 287 40 11 1967,1972 1976 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. 294 39 15 1978,1983,1985,1989,1994,1999,2004 2008 Delimitation Commission Order, 2008 There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies. 294 48 19 2009,2014 2014 Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 The new state of Telangana was created from 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh. 175 29 7 2019,2024

Constituencies

+Constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Name Reservation District Lok Sabhaconstituency Electorate(2024) 1 Ichchapuram None Srikakulam Srikakulam 2 Palasa 3 Tekkali 4 Pathapatnam 5 Srikakulam 6 Amadalavalasa 7 Etcherla Vizianagaram 8 Narasannapeta Srikakulam 9 Rajam SC Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 10 Palakonda ST Parvathipuram Manyam Araku 11 Kurupam 12 Parvathipuram SC 13 Salur ST 14 Bobbili None Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 15 Cheepurupalli 16 Gajapathinagaram 17 Nellimarla 18 Vizianagaram 19 Srungavarapukota Visakhapatnam 20 Bhimili Visakhapatnam 21 Visakhapatnam East 22 Visakhapatnam South 23 Visakhapatnam North 24 Visakhapatnam West 25 Gajuwaka 26 Chodavaram Anakapalli Anakapalli 27 Madugula 28 Araku Valley ST Alluri Sitharama Raju Araku 29 Paderu 30 Anakapalle None Anakapalli Anakapalli 31 Pendurthi 32 Elamanchili 33 Payakaraopet SC 34 Narsipatnam None 35 Tuni Kakinada Kakinada 36 Prathipadu 37 Pithapuram 38 Kakinada Rural 39 Peddapuram 40 Anaparthy East Godavari Rajahmundry 41 Kakinada City Kakinada Kakinada 42 Ramachandrapuram Konaseema Amalapuram 43 Mummidivaram 44 Amalapuram SC 45 Razole 46 Gannavaram 47 Kothapeta None 48 Mandapeta 49 Rajanagaram East Godavari Rajahmundry 50 Rajahmundry City 51 Rajahmundry Rural 52 Jaggampeta Kakinada Kakinada 53 Rampachodavaram ST Polavaram Araku 54 Kovvur SC East Godavari Rajahmundry 55 Nidadavole None 56 Achanta West Godavari Narasapuram 57 Palakollu 58 Narasapuram 59 Bhimavaram 60 Undi 61 Tanuku 62 Tadepalligudem 63 Unguturu Eluru Eluru 64 Denduluru 65 Eluru 66 Gopalapuram SC East Godavari Rajahmundry 67 Polavaram ST Eluru Eluru 68 Chintalapudi SC 69 Tiruvuru NTR Vijayawada 70 Nuzvid None Eluru Eluru 71 Gannavaram Krishna Machilipatnam 72 Gudivada 73 Kaikalur Eluru Eluru 74 Pedana Krishna Machilipatnam 75 Machilipatnam 76 Avanigadda 77 Pamarru SC 78 Penamaluru None 79 Vijayawada West NTR Vijayawada 80 Vijayawada Central 81 Vijayawada East 82 Mylavaram 83 Nandigama SC 84 Jaggayyapeta None 85 Pedakurapadu Palnadu Narasaraopet 86 Tadikonda SC Guntur Guntur 87 Mangalagiri None 88 Ponnuru 89 Vemuru SC Bapatla Bapatla 90 Repalle None 91 Tenali Guntur Guntur 92 Bapatla Bapatla Bapatla 93 Prathipadu SC Guntur Guntur 94 Guntur West None 95 Guntur East 96 Chilakaluripet Palnadu Narasaraopet 97 Narasaraopet 98 Sattenapalle 99 Vinukonda 100 Gurajala 101 Macherla 102 Yerragondapalem SC Markapuram Ongole 103 Darsi None Prakasam 104 Parchur Bapatla Bapatla 105 Addanki Prakasam 106 Chirala Bapatla 107 Santhanuthalapadu SC Prakasam 108 Ongole None Ongole 109 Kandukur Nellore 110 Kondapi SC Ongole 111 Markapuram None Markapuram 112 Giddalur 113 Kanigiri 114 Kavali Nellore Nellore 115 Atmakur 116 Kovur 117 Nellore City 118 Nellore Rural 119 Sarvepalli Tirupati 120 Gudur SC 121 Sullurpeta Tirupati 122 Venkatagiri None 123 Udayagiri Nellore Nellore 124 Badvel SCYSR Kadapa Kadapa 125 Rajampet None Rajampet 126 Kadapa Kadapa 127 Kodur SC Tirupati Rajampet 128 Rayachoti None Annamayya Rajampet 129 Pulivendla YSR Kadapa Kadapa 130 Kamalapuram 131 Jammalamadugu 132 Proddatur 133 Mydukur 134 Allagadda Nandyal Nandyal 135 Srisailam 136 Nandikotkur SC 137 Kurnool None Kurnool Kurnool 138 Panyam Nandyal Nandyal 139 Nandyal 140 Banaganapalle 141 Dhone 142 Pattikonda Kurnool Kurnool 143 Kodumur SC 144 Yemmiganur None 145 Mantralayam 146 Adoni 147 Alur 148 Rayadurg Ananthapuramu Anantapur 149 Uravakonda 150 Guntakal 151 Tadipatri 152 Singanamala SC 153 Anantapur Urban None 154 Kalyandurg 155 Raptadu Hindupur 156 Madakasira SC Sri Sathya Sai 157 Hindupur None 158 Penukonda 159 Puttaparthi 160 Dharmavaram 161 Kadiri 162 Thamballapalle Annamayya Rajampet 163 Pileru 164 Madanapalle 165 Punganur 166 Chandragiri Tirupati Chittoor 167 Tirupati Tirupati 168 Srikalahasti 169 Sathyavedu SC 170 Nagari None Chittoor Chittoor 171 Gangadhara Nellore SC 172 Chittoor None 173 Puthalapattu SC 174 Palamaner None 175 Kuppam

See also List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh

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Election Commissioner of India