| Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | Lower house of the Telangana Legislature |
| Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 2 June 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-06-02) |
| Preceded by | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| New session started | 9 December 2023 |
| Seats | 119 |
| Elections | |
| Voting system | 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 is the lower house of the bicameral state legislature of Telangana state in India. It is housed in the Assembly Building, in Hyderabad, the capital of the state. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved earlier.
Telangana was formed on 2 Jun 2014, after the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It comprised 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh. The unified Legislative Assembly was also apportioned and 119 constituencies were assigned to the Legislative Assembly of the new state. The representatives of those constituencies, elected in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, became the members of the new assembly. Telangana has continued to have the same number of constituencies in the subsequent elections of 2018 and 2023.
Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. The 2011 census of India stated that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes constituted a significant portion of the population of the Undivided Andhra Pradesh state, at 15.6% and 9.08% respectively. The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 19 seats in the assembly, while 12 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.
Constituencies
The following is the list of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.
Reservation
Scheduled Castes (SC) Scheduled Tribes (ST)See also
- List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Telangana Legislative Council
- List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
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- "Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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- "Tribal Welfare Department and Schemes for the welfare and Development of Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana. 11 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 6, 226–249. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "Telangana State Statistical Abstract 2021" (PDF). Government of Telangana. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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