Members
Member may refer to:
* Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon
* Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set
* In object-oriented programming, a member of a class
** Field (computer science), entries in ...
of the
State Legislative Assembly, the only house of
State Legislature in 22
states and 3
union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter list of their respective state/union territory, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the State Legislative Assembly elections are called 'Member of the Legislative Assembly' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the
Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
of the respective state and Lieutenant Governor of the respective union territory on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the state/union territory headed by the
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
. The assemblies meet on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws of the state as defined in the
State List
The State List or List-II is a list of 61 items. Initially there were 66 items in the list in Schedule Seven to the Constitution of India. The legislative section is divided into three lists: the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List ...
. Elections take place once in five years to elect the members for the state legislative assemblies.
Current legislative assemblies in India
* Union territory
Legislative Assembly elections by states
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Elections in Andhra Pradesh
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Elections in Arunachal Pradesh
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Elections in Assam
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Elections in Bihar
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Elections in Chhattisgarh
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Elections in Delhi
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Elections in Goa
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Elections in Gujarat
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Elections in Haryana
Elections in Haryana, which is a state in India, have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of state-level Haryana Legislative Assembly and national-level Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies (17 reserved for SC) and 10 ...
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Elections in Himachal Pradesh
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Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
Elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect the representatives of various bodies at national, state and district levels including the 114 seat (90 seats + 24 seats re ...
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Elections in Jharkhand
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Elections in Karnataka
Elections in Karnataka, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Karnataka creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature t ...
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Elections in Kerala
Elections in Kerala are regularly held to fill government officials at all levels of government in both Kerala and India as a whole. These range from national elections to regional local body or ''panchayat'' elections.
The Assembly of Kerala c ...
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Elections in Madhya Pradesh
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Elections in Maharashtra
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Elections in Manipur
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Elections in Meghalaya
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Elections in Mizoram
Elections in Mizoram have been conducted since 1972 to elect members of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha. There are 40 assembly constituencies and 1 Lok Sabha constituency.
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Elections in Nagaland
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Elections in Odisha
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Elections in Puducherry
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Elections in Punjab
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Elections in Rajasthan
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Elections in Sikkim
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Elections in Tamil Nadu
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Elections in Telangana
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Elections in Tripura
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Elections in Uttar Pradesh
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Elections in Uttarakhand
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Elections in West Bengal
Elections in West Bengal, a state in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the ...
See also
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Elections in India
India has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution, with power distributed between the central government and the states.
The President of India is the ceremonial head of state of the country and supreme commander-in-chief for a ...
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List of Indian presidential elections
The election of the President of India is an indirect election in which electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabha) of all States ...
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List of Indian vice presidential elections
The vice president is elected indirectly, by an electoral college consisting of members (elected as well as nominated) of both Houses of Parliament, by the system of proportional representation using single transferable votes and the voting is by s ...
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List of Rajya Sabha elections
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Members of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) or the upper house of Parliament of India are indirectly elected by the elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Members of the Legislative Assemblies of a ...
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List of Indian general elections
Members of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) or the lower house of Parliament of India are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citize ...
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State governments of India
State governments in India are the governments ruling over 28 states and 8 union territories of India and the head of the Council of Ministers in a state is the Chief Minister. Power is divided between the Union government and state govern ...
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State Legislature
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State legislative assemblies of India
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislativ ...
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Member of the Legislative Assembly
A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...
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Federalism in India
References
External links
Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly Election Vote Counting Live
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India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
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