Type Lower house | Seats 119 | |
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Speaker Madhusudhana Chary, TRS
Since Jun 11, 2014 Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, TRS
Since June 12, 2014 Leader of the House K. Chandrasekhar Rao, TRS
Since Jun 1, 2014 Leader of the Opposition K Jana Reddy, INC
Since Jun 3, 2014 | ||
The Telangana Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Madhusudhana Chary of TRS.
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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.
The normal term of the members lasts for five years. In case of death, resignation or disqualification of a member, a by-election is conducted for constituency represented by the member. The party which wins the most seats becomes the ruling party.
Designations and Present Members
The present state assembly is the First Legislative Assembly of Telangana State
List of members
The following is the list of members in the assembly who were elected in the Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
Elvis Stephenson is a nominated MLA.