Telangana Legislative Council

Telangana Legislative Council
1st Council
Type
Type
Structure
Seats 40
Political groups

Government (24)

Opposition (12)

Vacant (4)

Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
 30 December 2015
Meeting place
Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad
Website
Legislative Council - Telangana-Legislature

The Legislative Council of Telangana or the Telangana Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Telangana; the lower house being the Telangana Legislative Assembly. It is situated in the state capital of Hyderabad, and has 40 members. The Vidhan Parishad has been in existence on 2 June 2014 after bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh state.

Location

Sessions of the Legislative Council are held at the historic Jubilee Hall in Hyderabad, the state capital.[1]


Current members

The following list includes the following:

  • 14 members from Local authorities
  • 6 members nominated by Governor
  • 14 members elected by MLAs
  • 3 members elected by Teachers of the state
  • 3 members elected by Graduates


SNoNAME OF MEMBERConstituencyParty PositionTerm CommencesRetirement
1D. Rajeshwara RaoNominated by GovernorTRS06-03-201705-03-2023[2]
2Farooq HussainNominated by GovernorTRS06-03-201705-03-2023
3Syed Amin-ul Hasan JafriHyderabad Local AuthoritiesAIMIM02-05-201101-05-2023 (Re-elected)[3]
4Alimineti Krishna ReddyElected by MLAsTRS30-03-201729-03-2023[4]
5Mynampally Hanumantha RaoElected by MLAsTRS30-03-201729-03-2023
6Gangadhar Goud VullolaElected by MLAsTRS30-03-201129-03-2023 (Re-elected on TRS ticket)
7Katepally Janardan ReddyMahbubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad TeachersPRTU (Backed by TRS)30-03-201729-03-2023[5]

References

  1. ↑ "New state Legislative Assembly building allocated to Telangana". Deccan Chronicle.
  2. ↑ "TRS to contest all three MLC seats from MLAs quota". The Hindu. 2017-03-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. ↑ "Jafri elected as MLC". Telangana Today. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Council polls: 3 TRS candidates elected unopposed". Business Standard India. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. ↑ "TRS-backed nominee wins Hyderabad Teachers' MLC seat". Telangana Today. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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