<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> www.aplegislature.org </Td> </Tr> <P> The Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh (or the Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Parishad) is the upper house of the legislature of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh; the lower house being the Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha . It is situated in the state capital of Hyderabad, and has 58 members . The Vidhan Parishad has been in existence in two spells - from 1958 to 1985, and from 2007 till date . </P> <P> In the first years since its creation in post-independence India, the state of Andhra Pradesh worked under a unicameral parliamentary system . On December 5, 1956 the Andhra Pradesh Vidhana Sabha passed a resolution calling for the creation of an upper house, the Vidhan Parishad, to transition to a bicameral system . The Vidhan Parishad was formed officially on July 1, 1958 under article 168 of the Constitution of India . The first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the Vidhan Parishad on July 8 . </P>

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