Telangana Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of Telangana, also known as the Telangana Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Telangana. It consists of 119 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Hyderabad, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Telangana were held in Nov 2023.
The Legislative Assembly of Telangana, also known as the Telangana Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Telangana. It consists of 119 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Hyderabad, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Telangana were held in Nov 2023.
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PARTY COMPOSITION
The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Telangana formed post the elections held in Nov 2023 consists of 119 MLAs. INC won the 2023 Assembly elections by a landslide margin grabbing 64 seats in the 119 seat Assembly. Its ally (CPI) won 1 seat pushing the NDA comfortably across the majority mark to form the government. Subsequently, there were a few changes in the composition of the assembly based on the bye-elections held in specific constituencies.
- The INC now has 67 MLAs in the Telangana Assembly giving it control over 56% of the total seats in the Assembly
- The BHRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) has 35 MLAs and sits in the Opposition
- All other parties and independent MLAs together account for 16 seats
- 1 seats is currently vacant
Key leaders in the Assembly:
- Speaker: Gaddam Prasad Kumar (INC)
- Chief Minister: Anumula Revanth Reddy (INC)
- Leader of the Opposition: K. Chandrashekar Rao (BHRS)
MLA PROFILE
- 35% MLAs in the current Assembly have little to no education (grade 12 or below), in comparison to 38% in the previous Assembly.
- 22% MLAs in the current Assembly are Graduates, in comparison to 21% in the previous Assembly.
- 39% MLAs in the current Assembly are highly qualified (professionals and above), in comparison to 37% in the previous Assembly.
- Only 8% of MLAs in the current Assembly are women
- The percentage of women in the Telangana Legislative Assembly has remained below 10%
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