Telangana Legislative Assembly

Telangana Legislative Assembly

Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha
3rd Telangana Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded2 June 2014
(10 years ago)
 (2014-06-02)
Preceded byAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
New session started
9 December 2023
Leadership
Jishnu Dev Varma
since 31 July 2024
Secretary General
Dr. Narasimha Charyulu
since 1 September 2017
Gaddam Prasad Kumar, INC
since 14 December 2023
Deputy Speaker
Vacant
since 3 December 2023
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Revanth Reddy, INC
since 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of the House
(Deputy Chief Minister)
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, INC
since 7 December 2023
K. Chandrashekar Rao, BRS
since 16 December 2023[1]
Structure
Seats119
Political groups
Government (76)
  INDIA (76)

Official Opposition (28)

  BRS (28)

Other Opposition (15)

  NDA (8)
  AIMIM (7)
Length of term
2023 – 2028
Elections
First past the post
First election
30 April 2014
Last election
30 November 2023
Next election
November 2028
Meeting place
Assembly Building, Hyderabad, Telangana
Website
Telangana Legislative Assembly

The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha) is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members.

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.

  1. ^ "TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY-RECOGNITION OF SRI KALVAKUNTLA CHANDRASHEKAR RAO, M.L.A. AS LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN THE THIRD TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". 16 December 2023.