Telangana Legislative Council

This article is about the upper house of Telangana Legislature. For the lower house, see Telangana Legislative Assembly.

The Telangana Legislative Council or Telangana Śāsana Mandali is the upper house of the Telangana 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 Legislative Council has been in existence since 2 June 2014 after bifurcation from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Telangana Legislative Council Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Mandali
Type
Type	Upper house of the Telangana Legislature
Term limits	6 years
History
Founded	2 June 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-06-02)
Leadership
Governor	Jishnu Dev Varma since 31 July 2024
Secretary General	Dr. Narasimha Charyulu since 1 September 2017
Chairman	Gutha Sukender Reddy, BRS since 14 March 2022
Deputy Chairman	Banda Prakash, BRS since 12 February 2023
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Anumula Revanth Reddy, INC since 07 December 2023
Minister of Legislative Affairs	D. Sridhar Babu, INC since 07 December 2023
Leader of the Opposition	S. Madhusudhana Chary, BRS since 11 September 2024
Structure
Seats	40 (34 Elected + 6 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (13)   INDIA (13)   INC (12)   CPI (1) Official Opposition (19)   BRS (19) Other Opposition (6)   BJP (3)   AIMIM (2)   PRTU (1) Vacant (2)   Vacant (2)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	January 2022
Meeting place
Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad
Website
Telangana Legislative Council

Composition

The chairman, elected by the council, presides over the sessions of the council. The deputy chairman is also elected to preside in the chairman's absence.^[1][2]

Presiding officers

Designation	Name
Governor	Jishnu Dev Varma
Chairman	Gutha Sukender Reddy (BRS)
Deputy Chairman	Banda Prakash (BRS)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Revanth Reddy (INC)
Leader of the Opposition	S. Madhusudhana Chary (BRS)

Members

Party		Members
	Bharat Rashtra Samithi	19
	Indian National Congress	12
	Bharatiya Janata Party	3
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	2
	Communist Party of India	1
	Progressive Recognized Teachers Union	1
	Vacant	2
Total		40

Current members

Elected by Members of the Legislative Assembly (14)

Keys:   BRS (8)   INC (5)   CPI (1)

#	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Dasoju Sravan Kumar		BRS	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
2	Challa Venkatrami Reddy		BRS	30-Mar-2023	29-Mar-2029
3	Kurumaiahgari Naveen Kumar		BRS	30-Mar-2023	29-Mar-2029
4	Deshapathi Srinivas		BRS	30-Mar-2023	29-Mar-2029
5	Banda Prakash		BRS	22-Nov-2021	21-Nov-2027
6	Parupati Venkatrama Reddy		BRS	22-Nov-2021	21-Nov-2027
7	Thakkellapally Ravindar Rao		BRS	22-Nov-2021	21-Nov-2027
8	Gutha Sukender Reddy		BRS	22-Nov-2021	21-Nov-2027
9	Vijaya Shanthi Moturi		INC	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
10	Addanki Dayakar		INC	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
11	Kethavath Shankar Naik		INC	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
12	Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud		INC	23-Jan-2024	21-Nov-2027
13	Balmoor Venkat Narsing Rao		INC	23-Jan-2024	21-Nov-2027
14	Nellikanti Satyam		CPI	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031

Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies (14)

Keys:   BRS (8)   INC (4)   AIMIM (2)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Adilabad	Dande Vittal		INC	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
2	Karimnagar	T. Bhanu Prasad Rao		INC	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
3	Karimnagar	L. Ramana		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
4	Medak	Vanteri Yadav Reddy		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
5	Ranga Reddy	Sunkari Raju		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
6	Mahabubnagar	Naveen Kumar Reddy[3]		BRS	02-Jun-2024	04-Jan-2028
7	Mahabubnagar	Kuchukulla Damodar Reddy		INC	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
8	Khammam	Tata Madhusudhan		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
9	Warangal	Pochampally Srinivas Reddy		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
10	Nalgonda	Mankena Koti Reddy		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
11	Ranga Reddy	P. Mahender Reddy		INC	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
12	Hyderabad	Mirza Riyaz Ul Hassan Effendi		AIMIM	02-May-2025	01-May-2031
13	Nizamabad	K. Kavitha		BRS	05-Jan-2022	04-Jan-2028
14	Hyderabad	Mirza Rahmat Baig		AIMIM	02-May-2023	01-May-2029

Elected from Graduates constituencies (3)

Keys:   BJP (1)   INC (1)   BRS (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Nalgonda-Warangal-Khammam	Teenmar Mallanna		INC	7-Jun-2024	29-Mar-2027
2	Mahabubnagar-Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy	Surabhi Vani Devi		BRS	30-Mar-2021	29-Mar-2027
3	Nizamabad-Adilabad-Medak-Karimnagar	Chinnamile Anji Reddy		BJP	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031

Elected from Teachers constituencies (3)

Keys:   BJP (2)   PRTU (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Nalgonda-Warangal-Khammam	Pingili Sripal Reddy		PRTU	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
2	Nizamabad-Adilabad-Medak-Karimnagar	Malka Komaraiah		BJP	30-Mar-2025	29-Mar-2031
3	Mahabubnagar-Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy	A. Venkata Narayana Reddy		BJP	30-Mar-2023	29-Mar-2029

Nominated by Governor (6)

Keys:   INC (2)   BRS (2)   Vacant (2)

#	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1	Boggarapu Dayanand		INC	15-Nov-2020	14-Nov-2026
2	Basavaraju Saraiah		INC	15-Nov-2020	14-Nov-2026
3	S. Madhusudhana Chary		BRS	14-Dec-2021	13-Dec-2027
4	Goreti Venkanna		BRS	15-Nov-2020	14-Nov-2026
5	Vacant since 27 May 2023 [4]
6	Vacant since 27 May 2023 [4]

Former Members from 2007

  BRS (17)   TDP (8)   INC (23)   BJP (1)   CPI (2)   IND (5)

#	Member	Party
1.	Thelukutla Gopala Venkata Krishna Reddy		INC
2.	Paturi Sudhakar Reddy		BRS
3.	V. Bhoopal Reddy		INC
4.	S. Jagadeeswar Reddy		INC
5.	Nethi Vidya Sagar		INC
6.	Potla Nageswara Rao		TDP
7.	Arikela Narsa Reddy		TDP
8.	Patil Venugopal Reddy		INC
9.	Naradasu Laxman Rao		BRS
10.	Konda Muralidhar Rao		INC
11.	S. Indrasain Reddy		INC
12.	K. B. Naranayappa		INC
13.	Poola Ravindar		IND
14.	Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy		INC
15.	Peer Shabbir Ahmed		INC
16.	Patnam Narender Reddy		TDP
17.	P. Yadagiri		TDP
18.	Nagapuri Rajalingam		INC
19.	Mohd. Ali Shabbir		INC
20.	Mohammed Saleem		TDP
21.	M.S.Prabhakar Rao		INC
22.	K.Premsagar Rao		INC
23.	K.Yadava Reddy		INC
24.	K.Swamy Goud		BRS
25.	K.R. Amos		INC
26.	Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Masquati		TDP
27.	K. Nageshwar		IND
28.	Kapilavai Dileep Kumar		BRS
29.	Chukka Ramaiah		IND
30.	Cherupally Seetha Ramulu		CPI(M)
31.	Bodakunti Venkateswarlu		TDP
32.	Bharathi Dhiravat		INC
33.	Balasani Laxminarayana		TDP
34.	B. Mohan Reddy		IND
35.	P.J.C. Shekara Raoy		CPI
36.	N. Ramchander Rao		BJP
37.	Puranam Satish Kumar		BRS
38.	Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy		INC
39.	Thummala Nageswara Rao		BRS
40.	Rekulapally Bhoopathi Reddy		BRS
41.	Tera Chinnapa Reddy		BRS
42.	Kancharla Bhupal Reddy		BRS
43.	Nayani Narasimha Reddy		BRS
44.	Yegge Mallesham		BRS
45.	K. Naveen Rao		BRS
47.	Ramulu Naik		BRS
48.	Akula Lalitha		INC
49.	Mynampally Hanumanth Rao		BRS
50.	T. Santhosh Kumar		INC
51.	Karne Prabhakar		BRS
52.	Anumula Revanth Reddy		IND
53.	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka		INC
54.	Palla Rajeshwar Reddy		BRS
55.	Padi Kaushik Reddy		BRS
56.	Kasireddy Narayan Reddy		BRS
57.	Kadiyam Srihari		BRS
57.	M. Srinivas Reddy		BRS
58.	Kura Raghotham Reddy		PRTU
59.	M. S. Prabhakar Rao		INC

See also

• List of members of the Telangana Legislative Council