List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council is a permanent body comprising 58 members.

Term

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. House strength is 58 and the term of members is 6 years (renewable).

Constituencies and Members (58)

ProportionSeats Method of SelectionOne-third (1/3rd)20Elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly by proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote SystemOne-third (1/3rd)20Elected by the members of local self governmental bodies like corporations, municipalities and district boards.One-sixth (1/6th)8Nominated by the Governor on the advice of the cabinet. They were supposed to have excelled in fields like arts, science, literature, cooperative movement or social serviceOne-twelfth (1/12th)5Elected by an electorate consisting of electors who have held Graduate degrees for a minimum of three yearsOne-twelfth (1/12th)5Elected by an electorate consisting of teachers of secondary schools, colleges and universities with a minimum experience of three years

Among the 58 members of the Legislative Council, 20 are elected by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly members, 20 are elected by local authorities, 5 are elected by the Graduates, 5 are elected by the Teachers and 8 members are nominated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

The present Council coustituencies were established by the "Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Andhra Pradesh) Order, 2006", and it was modified by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. While the Council's established in 2007 had a total of 90 members, consisting of 31 elected by MLAs, 31 elected from Local Authorities’, 8 from Graduates’ and 8 from Teachers’ Constituencies and the remaining 12 members to be nominated by the Governor. After the bifurcation of the state it attained its present number.

MLA - elected by Members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly LA - Local Authorities GR - Graduates TR - Teachers NOM - Nominated

StateModified byMLALANOMTRGR1/31/31/61/121/12United Andhra PradeshDelimitation Order, 200631311288Andhra PradeshAs per Act 6 of 20141717655Amendment by Act 12 of 2015 (Currtent numbers)2020855TelanganaAs per Act 6 of 20141414633

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (20)

#ConstituencyGeographical Area CoveredNo of seats1SrikakulamSrikakulam12VizianagaramVizianagaram13VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam24East GodavariEast Godavari 25West GodavariWest Godavari26KrishnaKrishna27GunturGuntur28PrakasamPrakasam19NelloreNellore110ChittoorChittoor211KadapaKadapa112AnantapurAnantapur213KurnoolKurnool1

Elected from Graduates constituencies (5)

#ConstituencyGeographical Area CoveredNo of seats1Srikakulam–Vizianagaram–VisakhapatnamSrikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam12East Godavari–West GodavariEast Godavari, West Godavari13Krishna–GunturKrishna, Guntur14Prakasam–Nellore–ChittoorPrakasam, Nellore, Chittoor15Kadapa–Kurnool–AnantapurKadapa, Anantapur, Kurnool1

Elected from Teachers' constituencies (5)

List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council

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