The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the
lower house
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of
bicameral
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legislature of the Indian state
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
.
There are 403 seats in the house.
Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult
universal suffrage
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and a
first-past-the-post
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system to represent their respective
constituencies
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, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the
Governor
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on the advice of the
council of ministers
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. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the
Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital.
History
List of Assemblies
Eighteenth assembly
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
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Uttar Pradesh Legislature
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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council also known as Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, c ...
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First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
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Eighteenth Uttar Pradesh Assembly
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Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Government of Uttar Pradesh (International Organization for Standardization, ISO: ''Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra''; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appoin ...
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List of by-elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Note
References
Sources
History of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh
External links
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State lower houses in India