# Telangana Legislative Assembly

The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha, Telugu: తెలంగాణ శాసనసభ) 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.

## History

Telangana legislative assembly came into existence with 119 seats in June 2014 with the formation of Telangana. TRS swept the first election and formed the government with INC and TDP as opposition parties. In the 2018 elections, TRS won with a greater majority. There was one nominated member from the Anglo-India community till 2023.

## Election Process

The duration of the Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless it is decided to dissolve the Assembly sooner. The Legislative Assembly's main functions include legislation, overseeing of administration, passing the budget, and airing public grievances.
There are currently 119 MLAs in the legislative assembly elected by the people. The state is divided into 119 constituencies with roughly equal populations. Every 5 years the assembly is up for election. However election can happen earlier if:
* Failure to govern the state under the constitution
* Inability of anyone to command majority support in the house for more than one month
* Unopposed decision of cabinet to dissolve the house

## Composition

The current assembly is the third Legislative Assembly of Telangana.

### Presiding officers

| Designation | Name |
| Governor | Jishnu Dev Varma |
| Speaker | Gaddam Prasad Kumar (INC) |
| Deputy Speaker | Vacant |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Revanth Reddy (INC) |
| Leader of the Opposition | K. Chandrashekar Rao (BRS) |

### Members

As of July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Members |
| | Indian National Congress | 75 |
| | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 28 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8 |
| | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 |
| | Communist Party of India | 1 |
| Total | Total | 119 |

## List of the assemblies

| Assembly (Election) | Ruling Party | Chief Minister | Deputy Chief Minister | Speaker | Deputy Speaker | Leader of the House | Leader of the Opposition |
| 1st (2014) | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrashekar Rao | M. Mahmood Ali T. Rajaiah Kadiyam Srihari | Madhusudana Chary Sirikonda | M. Padma Devender Reddy | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Kunduru Jana Reddy |
| 2nd (2018) | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Vacant | Srinivas Reddy Parige (Pocharam) | T. Padma Rao | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka |
| 2nd (2018) | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Vacant | Srinivas Reddy Parige (Pocharam) | T. Padma Rao | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Vacant |
| 3rd (2023) | Indian National Congress | Anumula Revanth Reddy | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Gaddam Prasad Kumar | Vacant | Anumula Revanth Reddy | K. Chandrashekar Rao |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

Source:
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks |
| Kumuram Bheem Asifabad | 1 | Sirpur | Palvai Harish Babu | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP Deputy Floor Leader |
| Mancherial | 2 | Chennur (SC) | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Mancherial | 3 | Bellampalli (SC) | Gaddam Vinod | Indian National Congress | |
| Mancherial | 4 | Mancherial | Kokkirala Premsagar Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Kumuram Bheem Asifabad | 5 | Asifabad (ST) | Kova Laxmi | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Nirmal | 6 | Khanapur (ST) | Vedma Bhojju | Indian National Congress | |
| Adilabad | 7 | Adilabad | Payal Shanker | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Adilabad | 8 | Boath (ST) | Anil Jadhav | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Nirmal | 9 | Nirmal | Alleti Maheshwar Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP Floor Leader |
| Nirmal | 10 | Mudhole | Pawar Ramarao Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nizambad | 11 | Armur | Paidi Rakesh Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nizambad | 12 | Bodhan | Podduturi Sudarshan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Kamareddy | 13 | Jukkal (SC) | Thota Laxmi Kantha Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Nizambad | 14 | Banswada | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Nizambad | 14 | Banswada | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Kamareddy | 15 | Yellareddy | K. Madan Mohan Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Kamareddy | 16 | Kamareddy | K. V. Ramana Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP Deputy Floor Leader |
| Nizambad | 17 | Nizamabad Urban) | Dhanpal Suryanarayana Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nizambad | 18 | Nizamabad Rural | Rekulapally Bhoopathi Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nizambad | 19 | Balkonda | Vemula Prashanth Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Jagital | 20 | Koratla | Kalvakuntla Sanjay | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Jagital | 21 | Jagtial | M. Sanjay Kumar | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jagital | 21 | Jagtial | M. Sanjay Kumar | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jagital | 22 | Dharmapuri | Adluri Laxman Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| Peddapalli | 23 | Ramagundam | Makkan Singh Raj Thakur | Indian National Congress | |
| Peddapalli | 24 | Manthani | Duddilla Sridhar Babu | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Peddapalli | 25 | Peddapalle | Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Karimnagar | 26 | Karimnagar | Gangula Kamalakar | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Karimnagar | 27 | Choppadandi (SC) | Medipally Sathyam | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajanna Sircilla | 28 | Vemulawada | Aadi Srinivas | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajanna Sircilla | 29 | Sircilla | K. T. Rama Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Karimnagar | 30 | Manakondur (SC) | Kavvampally Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| Karimnagar | 31 | Huzurabad | Padi Kaushik Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Siddipet | 32 | Husnabad | Ponnam Prabhakar | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Siddipet | 33 | Siddipet | T. Harish Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Medak | 34 | Medak | Mynampally Rohith | Indian National Congress | |
| Sangareddy | 35 | Narayankhed | Patlolla Sanjeeva Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Sangareddy | 36 | Andole (SC) | Damodar Raja Narasimha | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Medak | 37 | Narsapur | Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Sangareddy | 38 | Zahirabad (SC) | Koninty Manik Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Sangareddy | 39 | Sangareddy | Chintha Prabhakar | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Sangareddy | 40 | Patancheru | Gudem Mahipal Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Sangareddy | 40 | Patancheru | Gudem Mahipal Reddy | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Siddipet | 41 | Dubbak | Kotha Prabhakar Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Siddipet | 42 | Gajwel | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Leader of Opposition |
| Medchal Malkajgiri | 43 | Medchal | Malla Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Medchal Malkajgiri | 44 | Malkajgiri | Marri Rajashekar Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Medchal Malkajgiri | 45 | Quthbullapur | K. P. Vivekanand Goud | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Medchal Malkajgiri | 46 | Kukatpally | Madhavaram Krishna Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Medchal Malkajgiri | 47 | Uppal | Bandari Lakshma Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Ranga Reddy | 48 | Ibrahimpatnam | Malreddy Ranga Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranga Reddy | 49 | L. B. Nagar | Devireddy Sudheer Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Ranga Reddy | 50 | Maheshwaram | Sabitha Indra Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Ranga Reddy | 51 | Rajendranagar | T. Prakash Goud | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Ranga Reddy | 51 | Rajendranagar | T. Prakash Goud | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Ranga Reddy | 52 | Serilingampally | Arekapudi Gandhi | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Ranga Reddy | 52 | Serilingampally | Arekapudi Gandhi | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Ranga Reddy | 53 | Chevella (SC) | Kale Yadaiah | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Ranga Reddy | 53 | Chevella (SC) | Kale Yadaiah | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Vikarabad | 54 | Pargi | T. Ram Mohan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Vikarabad | 55 | Vikarabad (SC) | Gaddam Prasad Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| Vikarabad | 56 | Tandur | B. Manohar Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | 57 | Musheerabad | Muta Gopal | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Hyderabad | 58 | Malakpet | Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 59 | Amberpet | Kaleru Venkatesh | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Hyderabad | 60 | Khairatabad | Danam Nagender | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Hyderabad | 60 | Khairatabad | Danam Nagender | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Hyderabad | 61 | Jubilee Hills | Maganti Gopinath | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Hyderabad | 62 | Sanathnagar | Talasani Srinivas Yadav | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Hyderabad | 63 | Nampally | Mohammad Majid Hussain | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 64 | Karwan | Kausar Mohiuddin | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 65 | Goshamahal | T. Raja Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hyderabad | 66 | Charminar | Mir Zulfeqar Ali | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 67 | Chandrayangutta | Akbaruddin Owaisi | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | AIMIM Floor Leader |
| Hyderabad | 68 | Yakutpura | Jaffer Hussain | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 69 | Bahadurpura | Mohammed Mubeen | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | |
| Hyderabad | 70 | Secunderabad | T. Padma Rao Goud | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Hyderabad | 71 | Secunderabad Cantt. (SC) | G. Lasya Nanditha | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Died on 23 February 2024 |
| Hyderabad | 71 | Secunderabad Cantt. (SC) | Narayanan Sri Ganesh | Indian National Congress | Won By-election |
| Vikarabad | 72 | Kodangal | Anumula Revanth Reddy | Indian National Congress | Chief Minister of Telangana |
| Narayanpet | 73 | Narayanpet | Chittem Parinika Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahabubnagar | 74 | Mahbubnagar | Yennam Srinivas Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahabubnagar | 75 | Jadcherla | Janampalli Anirudh Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahabubnagar | 76 | Devarkadra | Gavinolla Madhusudan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Narayanpet | 77 | Makthal | Vakiti Srihari | Indian National Congress | |
| Wanaparty | 78 | Wanaparthy | Tudi Megha Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Jogulamba Gadwal | 79 | Gadwal | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jogulamba Gadwal | 79 | Gadwal | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jogulamba Gadwal | 80 | Alampur (SC) | Vijayudu | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Nagarkurnool | 81 | Nagarkurnool | Kuchkulla Rajesh Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nagarkurnool | 82 | Achampet (SC) | Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranga Reddy | 83 | Kalwakurthy | Kasireddy Narayan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranga Reddy | 84 | Shadnagar | K. Shankaraiah | Indian National Congress | |
| Nagarkurnool | 85 | Kollapur | Jupally Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Nalgonda | 86 | Devarakonda (ST) | Nenavath Balu Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalgonda | 87 | Nagarjuna Sagar | Kunduru Jayaveer Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalgonda | 88 | Miryalaguda | Bathula Laxma Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Suryapet | 89 | Huzurnagar | Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Suryapet | 90 | Kodad | Nalamada Padmavathi Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Suryapet | 91 | Suryapet | Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Nalgonda | 92 | Nalgonda | Komatireddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Nalgonda | 93 | Munugode | Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Yadadri Bhuvanagari | 94 | Bhongir | Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalgonda | 95 | Nakrekal (SC) | Vemula Veeresham | Indian National Congress | |
| Suryapet | 96 | Thungathurthi (SC) | Mandula Samual | Indian National Congress | |
| Yadadri Bhuvanagari | 97 | Alair | Beerla Ilaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| Jangoan | 98 | Jangaon | Palla Rajeshwar Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |
| Jangoan | 99 | Ghanpur (Station) (SC) | Kadiyam Srihari | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jangoan | 99 | Ghanpur (Station) (SC) | Kadiyam Srihari | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Jangoan | 100 | Palakurthi | Mamidala Yashaswini Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahabubabad | 101 | Dornakal (ST) | Jatoth Ram Chander Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahabubabad | 102 | Mahabubabad (ST) | Murali Naik Bhukya | Indian National Congress | |
| Warangal Rural | 103 | Narsampet | Donthi Madhava Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Warangal Rural | 104 | Parkal | Revuri Prakash Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Warangal Rural | 105 | Warangal West | Naini Rajender Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Warangal Rural | 106 | Warangal East | Konda Surekha | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Warangal Rural | 107 | Waradhanapet (SC) | K. R. Nagaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| Jayashankar Bhupalpalle | 108 | Bhupalpalle | Gandra Satyanarayana Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Mulug | 109 | Mulug (ST) | Dansari Anasuya (Seethakka) | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 110 | Pinapaka (ST) | Payam Venkateswarlu | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 111 | Yellandu (ST) | Koram Kanakaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| Khammam | 112 | Khammam | Thummala Nageswara Rao | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Khammam | 113 | Palair | Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister |
| Khammam | 114 | Madhira (SC) | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Indian National Congress | Deputy Chief Minister Of Telangana. |
| Khammam | 115 | Wyra (ST) | Maloth Ramdas | Indian National Congress | |
| Khammam | 116 | Sathupalli (SC) | Matta Ragamayee | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 117 | Kothagudem | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 118 | Aswaraopeta (ST) | Jare Adinarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 119 | Bhadrachalam (ST) | Tellam Venkata Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Defected BRS to join INC |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 119 | Bhadrachalam (ST) | Tellam Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress | Defected BRS to join INC |