how many legislative assemblies are there in india
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title: Member of the Legislative Assembly text: referred to as Members of Legislative Assembly or MLAs. Each legislative constituency of the State or UT is represented by only one MLA. As outlined in the Constitution of India, the number of legislative seats in a legislature cannot be more than 500 members and fewer than 60 members. However, with an Act of Parliament, the seats can be fewer than 60, as such is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the UT of Puducherry. Depending on the population and other factors, each State or UT has varying numbers of MLAs, the highest being in the title: Vidhan Sabha text: Vidhan Sabha The Vidhan Sabha or the State Legislative Assembly is a house of a state legislature in the States & Union Territories of India. In the 29 states & 2 union territories with a unicameral state legislature it is the sole legislative house. In 9 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being Vidhan Parishad or Legislative Council. 5 Union Territories are governed directly by the Union Government and have no legislative body. Members of a Vidhan Sabha are referred to as MLAs and are directly elected to serve 5 year title: Legislative assembly text: name House of Assembly is used instead. It is one of the main names used in everyday In India, the lower or sole house of each constituent state's parliament is called the legislative assembly, or Vidhan Sabha. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Puducherry. The upper house in the seven states with a bicameral legislature is called the legislative council, or Vidhan Parishad. Members of the former are called MLAs, and those of the latter MLCs. The lower houses of the parliaments of the Australian title: State governments of India text: of Jammu and Kashmir has higher autonomy compared to other states by virtue of Article 370. For every state, there is a legislature, which consists of Governor and one House or, two Houses as the case may be. In Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, there are two Houses known as legislative council and legislative assembly. In the remaining states, there is only one House known as legislative assembly. Parliament may, by law, provide for abolition of an existing legislative council or for creation of one where it does not exist, if proposal is title: Parliament of India text: Parliament of India The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. The Parliament is composed of the President of India and the houses. It is a bicameral legislature with two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President in his role as head of legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha. The president can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the Prime Minister and his Union Council of Ministers. Those elected or nominated