 Out of the 294 elected Members of the Legislative Assembly 68 Members were Independents.Sri P. Ranga Reddy, who has been elected as Speaker in 1972 by the Fifth Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly also served as the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from 1968 to 1972.He was the only person who has served as the Presiding Officer for both the Houses of Andhra Pradesh Legislature.