Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍal
Type
Type	Upper house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Term limits	6 years
History
Founded	1 July 1958 – 31 May 1982; 30 March 2007 – present
Preceded by	Andhra State Legislative Council
Leadership
Governor	Syed Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023
Chairman	Koyye Moshenu Raju, YSRCP since 19 November 2021
Deputy Chairman	Zakia Khanam, YSRCP since 26 November 2021
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP since 12 June 2024
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	Konidala Pawan Kalyan, JSP since 12 June 2024
Minister of Legislative Affairs	Payyavula Keshav, TDP since 12 June 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant since 12 June 2024
Structure
Seats	58 (50 Elected + 8 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (10)   TDP (9)   JSP (1) Opposition (44)   YSRCP (38)   IND (4)   PDF (2) Vacant (4)   Vacant (4)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	13 March 2023
Next election	March 2025
Meeting place
Council Building Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website
www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council or Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍali is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh; the lower house being the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the state capital of Amaravati comprising a total of 58 seats.^[1] The Sasana Mandali has been in existence in two spells: from 1958 to 1985, and from 2007 continuing till today.