The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
19. Allocation of sitting members.
1. Every
sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of the existing State of Andhra
Pradesh elected to fill a seat in that Assembly from a constituency which on
the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of section 17 stands allotted,
with or without alteration of boundaries, to the State of Telangana shall, on
and from that day, cease to be a member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra
Pradesh and shall be deemed to have been elected to fill a seat in the
Legislative Assembly of Telangana from that constituency as so allotted.
2. All
other sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of the existing State of
Andhra Pradesh shall continue to be members of the Legislative Assembly of that
State and any such sitting member representing a constituency, the extent or
the name of which are altered by virtue of the provisions of section 17, shall
be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh by
that constituency as so altered.
3. Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the
Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana shall be deemed to be
duly constituted on the appointed day.