The following procedure of election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly has been taken from the 'Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly':
(1) The election of the Speaker shall be held on such date as the Governor may fix and the Secretary shall send to every member notice of the date.
(2) At any time between 10-30 a.m. and 5-00 p.m. on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may file a nomination paper nominating another member for election. The nomination paper shall contain the name of the member nominated; shall be signed by the proposer and it shall contain a declaration by the nominee that he is willing to serve as Speaker, if elected. The nomination paper with the declaration shall be delivered to the Secretary in person either by the proposer or the candidate nominated provided that a Member shall not propose his own name or propose more than one name.
(3) Where there are more than one nomination paper in favour of the same candidate one such declaration will be sufficient.
(4) The election shall take place at a meeting of the Assembly.
(5) On the date fixed for election, the person presiding at the meeting shall read out to the Assembly the names of members who have been duly nominated together with those of their proposers, and if only one member has been so nominated, shall declare that member elected. If more than one member has been so nominated, the Assembly shall proceed to elect the Speaker by ballot. Any member so nominated may withdraw his candidature at any time before the ballot commences.
(2) At any time between 10-30 a.m. and 5-00 p.m. on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may file a nomination paper nominating another member for election. The nomination paper shall contain the name of the member nominated; shall be signed by the proposer and it shall contain a declaration by the nominee that he is willing to serve as Speaker, if elected. The nomination paper with the declaration shall be delivered to the Secretary in person either by the proposer or the candidate nominated provided that a Member shall not propose his own name or propose more than one name.
(3) Where there are more than one nomination paper in favour of the same candidate one such declaration will be sufficient.
(4) The election shall take place at a meeting of the Assembly.
(5) On the date fixed for election, the person presiding at the meeting shall read out to the Assembly the names of members who have been duly nominated together with those of their proposers, and if only one member has been so nominated, shall declare that member elected. If more than one member has been so nominated, the Assembly shall proceed to elect the Speaker by ballot. Any member so nominated may withdraw his candidature at any time before the ballot commences.
(6) A member shall not be deemed to have been duly nominated if he or his proposer has not before the reading out of the names by the person presiding made and subscribed the oath or affirmation as a member of the Assembly.
(7) Where more than two candidates have been nominated and at the first ballot no candidate obtains more votes than the aggregate votes obtained by the other candidates, the candidate who has obtained the smallest number of votes shall be eliminated from the election and a balloting shall proceed, the candidate obtaining the smallest number of votes at each ballot being eliminated from the election until one candidate obtained more votes than the remaining candidates, or than the aggregate votes of the remaining candidates as the case may be.
(8) Where at any ballot any two candidates obtain an equal number of votes and one of them has to be eliminated from the election, the question shall be decided by drawing of lots.
(9) Where at any ballot any three or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes and one of them has to be eliminated from the election, the determination as among the candidates whose votes are equal, of the candidate who is to be eliminated shall be by drawing of lots.
Election of Deputy Speaker:
(0) The election of Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Governor, when there is no Speaker, or the Speaker, when there is a Speaker, may fix and the Secretary shall send to every member notice of this date.
(1) At the commencement of every session the Speaker shall nominate from amongst the members a panel of not more than six Chairmen, any one of whom may preside over the Assembly in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, when so requested by the Speaker or in his absence by the Deputy Speaker, provided that when both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are absent and no request as above has been made, any Member in the panel as shown in list in the order in which they have been mentioned by the speaker shall preside over the Assembly.
(7) Where more than two candidates have been nominated and at the first ballot no candidate obtains more votes than the aggregate votes obtained by the other candidates, the candidate who has obtained the smallest number of votes shall be eliminated from the election and a balloting shall proceed, the candidate obtaining the smallest number of votes at each ballot being eliminated from the election until one candidate obtained more votes than the remaining candidates, or than the aggregate votes of the remaining candidates as the case may be.
(8) Where at any ballot any two candidates obtain an equal number of votes and one of them has to be eliminated from the election, the question shall be decided by drawing of lots.
(9) Where at any ballot any three or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes and one of them has to be eliminated from the election, the determination as among the candidates whose votes are equal, of the candidate who is to be eliminated shall be by drawing of lots.
Election of Deputy Speaker:
(0) The election of Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Governor, when there is no Speaker, or the Speaker, when there is a Speaker, may fix and the Secretary shall send to every member notice of this date.
(1) At the commencement of every session the Speaker shall nominate from amongst the members a panel of not more than six Chairmen, any one of whom may preside over the Assembly in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, when so requested by the Speaker or in his absence by the Deputy Speaker, provided that when both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are absent and no request as above has been made, any Member in the panel as shown in list in the order in which they have been mentioned by the speaker shall preside over the Assembly.
(2) The members of the panel of Chairmen nominated under sub-rule (1) shall hold, Office until a new Panel of Chairmen has been nominated.
(3) If the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are both absent and if no member of the Panel of Chairmen is present, the Assembly may, if there is a quorum, by motion elect one of its members present to preside and act as a Chairman and the Secretary shall conduct such election.
(4). The Deputy Speaker or other member competent to preside over a sitting of the Assembly under the Constitution, or these rules, shall when so presiding, have the same powers as the Speaker when so presiding and all references to the Speaker in these rules shall, in these circumstances, be deemed to be references to any such person so presiding.
(3) If the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are both absent and if no member of the Panel of Chairmen is present, the Assembly may, if there is a quorum, by motion elect one of its members present to preside and act as a Chairman and the Secretary shall conduct such election.
(4). The Deputy Speaker or other member competent to preside over a sitting of the Assembly under the Constitution, or these rules, shall when so presiding, have the same powers as the Speaker when so presiding and all references to the Speaker in these rules shall, in these circumstances, be deemed to be references to any such person so presiding.
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