The Telangana Legislative Council or Telangana Saasana Mandali is the
upper house
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of the
Telangana Legislature
The Telangana Legislature is the state legislature of Telangana.
State legislature
The Telangana Legislature is currently bicameral.
# The lower house is called the Telangana Legislative Assembly. At present the Legislative Assembly consists ...
of the
India
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n state of
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...
; the
lower house
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being the
Telangana Legislative Assembly
The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian communi ...
. It is situated in the state capital of
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, and has 40 members. The Vidhan Parishad has been in existence from 2 June 2014 after bifurcation from the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Current members
Telangana Legislative Council has its members represented from TRS, INC, AIMIM parties only. BJP has no representation in the House. The Only BJP member Ramchander Rao who represented the Mahboobnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad constituency from 2015-2021 lost in the 2021 elections.
The following list includes the members:
* 14 members elected by MLAs (1/3rd): 13 from TRS, 1 from AIMIM
* 14 members from local authorities (1/3rd): 13 from TRS, 1 from AIMIM
* 6 members nominated by the Governor (1/6th): 6 from TRS
* 3 members elected by teachers of the state (1/12th): No Affiliation
* 3 members elected by graduates (1/12th): 2 from TRS, 1 from INC
Elected by the Legislative Assembly members
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Elected by the local Authorities
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Elected from Graduates constituencies
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Elected from Teachers Constituencies
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Nominated by Governor
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Old Members from 2007
See also
List of members of the Telangana Legislative Council
The Telangana Legislative Council, (officially in Kannada, Telangana Vidhana Parishad) is the upper house of the Telangana Legislature, bicameral legislature of Telangana state in south eastern India.
Members of Telangana Legislative Council
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References
{{Legislatures of India
2014 establishments in Telangana