Andhra
Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The state of Andhra was carved
out in the Independent India on October 1st, 1953 as an outcome of years of
struggle and Satyagraha by its determined leaders like Sarvasri Potti
Sriramulu, Tanguturi Prakasham ,
Konda Venkatappaiah
Panthulu. In the same year the Members of the erstwhile Madras
Legislative Assembly elected from the Andhra region were separated and the
first Andhra Legislative Assembly was constituted.
When the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on linguistic basis on
1st November, 1956 with
Hyderabad
as its capital, the state had two Legislative bodies– Hyderabad State
Legislative Assembly and the Andhra State Legislative Assembly. Both
were merged into one and made the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and
the first sitting of the composite body was held on December 3rd, 1956.
From 1956 to 1958 the Andhra Pradesh
Legislature was Unicameral and from 1 July 1958 when the Legislative Council
was formed with 90 Members, it became Bicameral and continued till 1 June
1985 when the Legislative Council was abolished. And since then, the Andhra
Pradesh Legislature has become once again Unicameral. The State Legislature
became Bicameral once again after
the revival of Legislative Council on 30th March, 2007.