Amaravati: The Election Commission (EC)is making arrangements for the upcoming Member of Legislative Council (MLC) elections in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There is a possibility of the EC releasing the schedule on the ninth of this month and there is also a proposal of completing the process of elections by March 20 is what the officials are saying.

Out of the total 58 MLC seats, 8 MLCs are going to complete their turn on March 29.

Out of the 20 MLCs who will complete their turn:

5 Under the MLA quota
2 Under the Graduates quota
1 Under the Teachers quota

Apart from these 8 MLCs one seat in Visakhapatnam is also vacant after the death of MVVS Murthi who was elected from the Local Authorities Constituency quota. MVVS Murthy was elected in 2015, but his position fell vacant after he died in an accident in the US.But the one who gets selected for this seat will serve the term only till 2021 as spelt out by the EC authorities.

MLCs who complete their term on March 29 are:

Yanamala Ramakrishnudu
P Narayana
Samanthakamani

Graduates MLCs

K Ravi Kiran varma (Godavari)
Boddu Nageshwara Rao ( Krishna , Guntur )

Teachers MLCs

G Srinivasulu Naidu ( North Andhra)

Under the MLAs quota MLC Adirreddy Apparao continues as a YSR Congress Party MLC though he joined the TDP. Another Congress MLC Lakshmi Sivakumarini joined the TDP unofficially.

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If we examine the strength of each party in the Assembly TDP could win 4 seats, YSRCP could win one seat. For each MLC seat the support of at least 29 MLAs is needed and as per the assembly records, YSRCP has 66- seat strength. In this scenario YSRCP could easily win 2 out of 5 seats. It should also be noted that nineteen MLAs and four ministers had won the seats on the YSRCP ticket but defected to the TDP and are continuing in the cabinet and assembly.

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