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{{short description|Member of a state government of India}}
{{short description|Member of a state legislature in India}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2019}}
A '''Member of the Legislative Assembly''' ('''MLA''') is a representative elected by the voters of an [[electoral district]] (constituency) to the [[legislature]] of [[States of India|State government]] in the Indian system of [[government]]. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP) that it has in the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of India's [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of India|parliament]]. There are also members in three [[unicameral]] legislatures in [[Union Territories]]: the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]], [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]].
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
 
A '''Member of the Legislative Assembly''' ('''MLA''') is a representative elected by the voters of an [[electoral district]] (constituency) to the [[legislature]] of [[States of India|State government]] in the Indian system of [[government]]. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP) that it has in the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of India's [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of India|parliament]]. There are also members in three [[unicameral]] legislatures in [[Union Territories]]: the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]], [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become Speaker of the Legislature.


== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
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The qualifications to become a member of the Legislative Assembly are largely similar to the qualifications to be a member of Parliament.
The qualifications to become a member of the Legislative Assembly are largely similar to the qualifications to be a member of Parliament.


i) The person should be a citizen of India
# The person should be a citizen of India.
 
# Not less than 25 years of age<ref name="test">{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/faq/Contesting.asp |title=Election Commission of India: FAQs - Contesting for Elections |access-date=2010-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005144743/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/faq/Contesting.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref> to be a member of the Legislative Assembly and not less than 30 years (as per Article 173 of Indian Constitution) to be a member of the Legislative Council.
ii) Not less than 25 years of age<ref name="test">{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/faq/Contesting.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005144743/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/faq/Contesting.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref> to be a member of the Legislative Assembly and not less than 30 years as per Article 173 of Indian Constitution to be a member of the Legislative Council.
# No person can become a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of any state, unless the individual is a voter from any constituency of the state. Those who cannot become members of Parliament also cannot become members of the state legislature.
 
# The person should not be convicted of any offence and sentenced to an imprisonment of 2 years or more.
iii) No person can become a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of any state, unless the individual is a voter from any constituency of the state. Those who cannot become members of Parliament also cannot become members of the state legislature.
 
iv) The person should not be convicted of any offence and sentenced to an imprisonment of 2 years or more.


==Term==
==Term==


The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The term of the Legislative Assembly may be extended during an emergency,{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} but not more than six months at a time. The Legislative Council is the upper house in the State. Just like the [[Rajya Sabha]] it is a permanent House. The members of the state's upper house are selected based on the strength of each party in the lower house and by state gubernatorial nomination. The term of is six years, and a third of the members of the House retire after every two years. The upper house of a state assembly, unlike the upper house of the Parliament, can be abolished by the lower house, if it passes a specific law bill, which states to dissolve the upper house, and gets it attested in both houses of parliament and then signed by the president into law. Only Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have their upper houses in existence with six-year term, J&K also has six-year term lower house. All other states have abolished the upper house by the above-mentioned method, as the upper house causes unnecessary problems and issues.<ref>[https://sapfullform.com/mla-full-form/ MLA Post Tenure]</ref>
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister, when the Chief Minister has actual majority support in the Assembly. The Assembly may be dissolved earlier, if no one can prove majority support and become Chief Minister. The term of the Legislative Assembly may be extended during an emergency,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Postponement of elections in Kerala frustrates many politicians in the opposition|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19760930-postponement-of-elections-in-kerala-frustrates-many-politicians-in-the-opposition-819356-2015-04-11|date=2015-04-11|access-date=2021-04-23|website=India Today}}</ref> but not more than six months at a time. The Legislative Council is the upper house in the State. Just like the [[Rajya Sabha]] it is a permanent House. The members of the state's upper house are selected based on the strength of each party in the lower house and by state gubernatorial nomination. The term of is six years, and a third of the members of the House retire after every two years. The upper house of a state assembly, unlike the upper house of the Parliament, can be abolished by the lower house, if it passes a specific law bill, which states to dissolve the upper house, and gets it attested in both houses of parliament and then signed by the president into law. Only Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have their upper houses in existence with six-year term, J&K also has six-year term lower house. All other states have abolished the upper house by the above-mentioned method, as the upper house causes unnecessary problems, expenditure and issues.<ref>[https://sapfullform.com/mla-full-form/ MLA Post Tenure]</ref>


==Powers==
==Powers==
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Some parts of the Constitution can be amended by Parliament with the approval of half of state legislatures. Thus the state legislatures take part in the process of amendment of the Constitution.
Some parts of the Constitution can be amended by Parliament with the approval of half of state legislatures. Thus the state legislatures take part in the process of amendment of the Constitution.


== MLA by party memberships==
== MLAs by States ==
Members of Legislative Assembly by their political party ({{As of|2021|2|12}})
Members of Legislative Assembly by their political party ({{As of|2021|08|21}})
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{| style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |State/UT
! rowspan="2" |State/UT
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| Colspan=3 bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| Colspan=3 bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| Colspan=2 bgcolor=#939393|
| Colspan=2 bgcolor=#939393|
! rowspan="2" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
! rowspan="2" | Vacant
! rowspan="2" | Vacant
|-
|-
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|Rowspan=2|0
|Rowspan=2|0
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|Rowspan=2| ''None''
|bgcolor=#1569C7|
|bgcolor=#1569C7|
| [[YSRCP]] (151)
| [[YSRCP]](150)
|Rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |0
|Rowspan=2|1
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (23)
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (23)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3 |[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|Rowspan=3 |60
|60
|Rowspan=3 | 48
| 48
|bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (1)
|Rowspan=3 |4
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3| '''None'''
|Rowspan=3 |
|Rowspan=3 |
|Rowspan=3 |
|-
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (4)
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (4)
|4
|
| ''None''
| bgcolor="#003366" |
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (1), [[ All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (1)
|2
|0
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| rowspan="3" | [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam]]
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (3)
| rowspan="3" | 126
| rowspan="3" | 60
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#99CCFF" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]] (9)
| rowspan="3" | 27
| bgcolor="#00FF00" |
| [[All India United Democratic Front|AIUDF]](16)
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" 3 |0
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="3" |4
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2 | [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam]]
| bgcolor="#FF6600" |
|Rowspan=2 | 126
|[[Bodoland People's Front|BPF]](3)
|Rowspan=2 | 61
|bgcolor=#99CCFF|
| [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]] (13)
|Rowspan=2 | 19
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#00FF00|
|Rowspan=2 | [[All India United Democratic Front|AIUDF]] (14)
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF6600|
|Rowspan=2 |  [[Bodoland People's Front|BPF]] (11)
|Rowspan=2 | 7
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|[[United People's Party Liberal|UPPL]] (5)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]](1)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=4 | [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]]
|Rowspan=4 | 243
| rowspan="4" | 243
|Rowspan=4 | 74
| rowspan="4" | 74
|bgcolor=#003366|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#003366" |
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (44)
| rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (43)
|Rowspan=4 | 19
| rowspan="4" | 19
|bgcolor=#008000|
|bgcolor=#008000|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] (75)
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] (75)
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#009F3C|
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#009F3C" ; |
|Rowspan=3|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (5)
| rowspan="4" |[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (5)
|Rowspan=4|
| rowspan="4" |1
| rowspan="4" |2
|-
|-
|bgcolor=Blue|
| [[Vikassheel Insaan Party|VIP]] (4)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]] (12)
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]](2)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#E74C3C|
|bgcolor="#E74C3C" |
| [[Hindustani Awam Morcha|HAM]] (4)
| [[Hindustani Awam Morcha|HAM]] (4)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (2)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]](2)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|bgcolor="Blue" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|[[Vikassheel Insaan Party|VIP]] (4)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] (2)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(M–L)]](12)
|bgcolor=#0093DD|
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] (1)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2| [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Chhattisgarh]]
|Rowspan=2| [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Chhattisgarh]]
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|Rowspan=2| 14
|Rowspan=2| 14
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|Rowspan=2| ''None''
|Rowspan=2| 70
|Rowspan=2| 70
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|Rowspan=2| ''None''
|bgcolor=#FFC0DB|
|bgcolor=#FFC0DB|
|[[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|JCC]] (4)
|[[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|JCC]] (4)
|Rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |0
|Rowspan=2|0
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#22409A|
|bgcolor=#22409A|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party |BSP]] (2)
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party |BSP]] (2)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3| [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Goa]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Goa]]
|Rowspan=3| 40
| rowspan="2" | 40
|Rowspan=3| 27
| rowspan="2" | 27
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=3| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
| rowspan="2" | None
|Rowspan=3| 5
| rowspan="2" | 5
|Rowspan=3 Bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| bgcolor="#00B2B2" |
|Rowspan=3|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|bgcolor=#353982|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#353982" |
| [[Goa Forward Party|GFP]] (3)
| rowspan="2" | [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]] (1)
|Rowspan=3|
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#9933CC|
|
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]] (1)
|[[Goa Forward Party|GFP]] (3)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#757575|
| rowspan="2" | [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]]
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
| rowspan="2" | 182
|-
| rowspan="2" | 112
|Rowspan=2| [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]]
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=2| 182
| rowspan="2" | ''None''
|Rowspan=2| 111
| rowspan="2" | 65
|Rowspan=2|
| bgcolor="#00B2B2" |
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|Rowspan=2| 65
|Bgcolor=#00B2B2|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF0000|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|Rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Tribal Party|BTP]] (2)
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Tribal Party|BTP]] (2)
|Rowspan=2| 2
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="2" | 1
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#757575|
| bgcolor="#757575" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2|[[Haryana Legislative Assembly|Haryana]]
|[[Haryana Legislative Assembly|Haryana]]
|Rowspan=2| 90
| 90
|Rowspan=2| 40
| 40
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" |
|[[Jannayak Janta Party|JJP]] (10)
|[[Jannayak Janta Party|JJP]] (10)
|Rowspan=2| 30
| 31
|Rowspan=2|
|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
| ''None''
|bgcolor=#1D8348|
| bgcolor="#1D8348" |
|[[Gopal Goyal Kanda|HLP]] (1)
|[[Gopal Goyal Kanda|HLP]] (1)
|Rowspan=2| 2
|7
|1
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Himachal Pradesh]]
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
| 68
| 43
|
| ''None''
| 19
|
|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (5)
| ''None''
|-
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|Rowspan=2| [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Himachal Pradesh]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]](1)
|Rowspan=2| 68
|2
|Rowspan=2| 44
|3
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|Rowspan=2| 20
|Rowspan=2|
|Rowspan=2| '''None'''
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)
|Rowspan=2| 1
|-
|bgcolor=#757575|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=4| [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand]]
|Rowspan=4| [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand]]
|Rowspan=4| 81
|Rowspan=4| 81
|Rowspan=4| 26
|Rowspan=4| 26
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#FF33FF|
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF33FF" |
|Rowspan=3|[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]] (2)
| rowspan="4" |[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]] (2)
|Rowspan=4| 18
|Rowspan=4| 18
|bgcolor=#8A0000|
|bgcolor=#8A0000|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] (29)
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]](30)
|Rowspan=4|
|Rowspan=4|
|Rowspan=4|'''None'''
|Rowspan=4|''None''
|Rowspan=4| 1
| rowspan="4" |2
|Rowspan=4| 0
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#008000|
|bgcolor=#008000|
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|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]] (1)
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]](1)
|-
|-
| [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Karnataka]]
| [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Karnataka]]
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|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
| 67
| 68
|
|
|'''None'''
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|bgcolor=#138808|
|bgcolor=#138808|
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]] (32)
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]] (32)
| 3
|0
| 2


|-
|-
|Rowspan=11| [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala]]
| rowspan="11" | [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala]]
|Rowspan=11| 140
| rowspan="11" | 140
|Rowspan=11| 1
| rowspan="11" | 0
|Rowspan=11|
| rowspan="11" |
|Rowspan=11| '''None'''
| rowspan="11" | ''None''
|Rowspan=11| 21
| rowspan="11" | 21
|Rowspan=4 bgcolor=#008000|
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="#008000" |
|Rowspan=4|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]] (18)
| rowspan="5" |[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]] (15)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (58)
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]](62)
|Rowspan=11| 4
| rowspan="11" |6
| rowspan="11" | 0
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] (19)
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]](17)
|-
| bgcolor="#FF4A4A" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]] (5)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#138808|
|bgcolor=#138808|
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]] (3)
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]](2)
|-
|-
|Bgcolor=#00B2B2|
|Bgcolor=#00B2B2|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (2)
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (2)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=4 Bgcolor=#CC6601|
|
|Rowspan=4|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)-J]](2)
|[[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|RMPI]] (1)
|Bgcolor=#FF4A4A|
|Bgcolor=#2E8B57|
|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]] (2)
|LJD(1)
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Kerala Congress|KC]](2)
|Bgcolor=#CC6600|
|Bgcolor=#CC6600|
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]] (1)
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]] (1)
|-
|-
|Bgcolor=#FF0000|
|Bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|RSP(L)]] (1)
|[[national Secular Conference|NSC]] (1)
|-
|-
|Bgcolor=#FF7F7F|
|Bgcolor=#FF7F7F|
|[[Congress (Secular)|C(S)]] (1)
|[[Congress (Secular)|C(S)]] (1)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#CC6601|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CC6601" |
|Rowspan=3|[[Kerala Congress (Jacob)|KC(J)]] (1)
| rowspan="2" |[[Kerala Congress (Jacob)|KC(J)]] (1)
|Bgcolor=#008000|
|Bgcolor=#008000|
|[[Indian National League|INL]] (1)
|[[Indian National League|INL]] (1)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Kerala Janapaksham (Secular)|KJ(S)]] (1)
| [[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress |JKC]] (1)
|-
|-
|Bgcolor=#939393|
|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (4)
| 230
|-
| 125
|Rowspan=2| [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Madhya Pradesh]]
| Bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|Rowspan=2| 230
|[[Independent politician|IND]] (7)
|Rowspan=2| 126
|95
|Rowspan=2 Bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|
|Rowspan=2|[[Independent politician|IND]] (4)
|''None''
|Rowspan=2| 96
|
|Rowspan=2|
|
|Rowspan=2|'''None'''
|
|bgcolor=#22409A|
|3
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party |BSP]] (2)
|Rowspan=2|1
|-
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]] (1)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=8| [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]]
|Rowspan=8| [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]]
|Rowspan=8| 288
|Rowspan=8| 288
|Rowspan=8| 105
|Rowspan=8| 106
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|Rowspan=3|[[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] (1)
|Rowspan=3|[[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] (1)
|Rowspan=8| 44
|Rowspan=8| 43
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]] (57)
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]] (57)
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#009F3C|
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#009F3C|
|Rowspan=3|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (2)
|Rowspan=3|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (2)
|Rowspan=8| 1
|Rowspan=8| 0
| rowspan="8" |1
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
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|-
|-
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|Rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|IND]] (7)
|Rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|IND]] (5)
|Bgcolor=#FF4946|
|Bgcolor=#FF4946|
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] (1)
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] (1)
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|-
|-
|bgcolor=#757575|
|bgcolor=#757575|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (6)
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (8)
|-
|-
|Rowspan=4| [[Manipur Legislative Assembly|Manipur]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Manipur Legislative Assembly|Manipur]]
|Rowspan=4| 60
| rowspan="2" | 60
|Rowspan=4| 23
| rowspan="2" | 24
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (4)
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (4)
|Rowspan=4| 17
| rowspan="2" | 17
|Rowspan=4|
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=4|'''None'''
| rowspan="2" |''None''
|Rowspan=4 bgcolor=#3CB371|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#3CB371" |
|Rowspan=4|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (1)
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (1)
|Rowspan=4| 7
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" | 7
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#990066|
|bgcolor=#990066|
| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]] (4)
| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]] (4)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#0093DD|
| rowspan="4" | [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Meghalaya]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] (1)
| rowspan="4" | 60
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (3)
|-
|Rowspan=5| [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Meghalaya]]
|Rowspan=5| 60
|Rowspan=5| 2
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (21)
| [[National People's Party (India)|NPP]] (21)
|Rowspan=5| 19
| rowspan="4" | 17
|Rowspan=5 bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00B2B2" |
|Rowspan=5|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
| rowspan="4" |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (1)
|Rowspan=5 bgcolor=#E80000|
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#E80000" |
|Rowspan=5| [[Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement|KHNAM]] (1)
| rowspan="4" | [[Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement|KHNAM]] (1)
|Rowspan=5|
| rowspan="4" |2
| rowspan="4" |2
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#BBDBCB|
|bgcolor=#BBDBCB|
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|bgcolor=#0000CC|
|bgcolor=#0000CC|
|[[Hill State People's Democratic Party|HSPDP]] (2)
|[[Hill State People's Democratic Party|HSPDP]] (2)
|-
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
|-
|-
| [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly|Mizoram]]
| [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly|Mizoram]]
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| 5
| 5
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
|bgcolor=#FFF700|
|bgcolor=#FFF700|
| [[Zoram People's Movement|ZPM]] (6)
| [[Zoram People's Movement|ZPM]] (6)
|0
|1
|1
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2| [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]]
| [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]]
|Rowspan=2| 60
| 60
|Rowspan=2| 12
| 12
|bgcolor=#FD4242|
|bgcolor=#FD4242|
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] (20)
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] (20)
|Rowspan=2|0
|0
|Rowspan=2|
|
|Rowspan=2|'''None'''
|''None''
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#990066|
| bgcolor="#990066" |
|Rowspan=2| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]] (25)
| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]] (25)
|Rowspan=2| 1
|2
|-
| 1
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
|-
|-
| [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Odisha]]
| [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Odisha]]
| 147
| 147
| 22
| 22
|bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| bgcolor="#CDCDCD" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
| 9
| 9
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)
|bgcolor=#006400|
| bgcolor="#006400" |
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] 113
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] 113
|0
| 1
| 1
|-
|-
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|Rowspan=3| 2
|Rowspan=3| 2
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|'''None'''
|Rowspan=3|''None''
|Rowspan=3|80
|Rowspan=3|80
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|'''None'''
|Rowspan=3|''None''
|bgcolor=#5BB30E|
|bgcolor=#5BB30E|
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (19)
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]](16)
|Rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |0
|Rowspan=3|3
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#BD710F|
|bgcolor=#BD710F|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] (14)
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]](14)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#800000|
|bgcolor=#800000|
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|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
|Rowspan=3| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|Rowspan=3| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|Rowspan=3| 104
|Rowspan=3| 106
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#330066|
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#330066|
|Rowspan=2|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal|RLD]] (1)
|Rowspan=2|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal|RLD]] (1)
|Bgcolor=DBE934|
|Bgcolor=DBE934|
|[[Rashtriya Loktantrik Party|RLP]] (3)
|[[Rashtriya Loktantrik Party|RLP]] (3)
|Rowspan=3| 4
| rowspan="3" |0
|Rowspan=3| 2
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
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| [[Independent politician|IND]] (12)
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (12)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]] (2)
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (2)
|-
|-
| [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly|Sikkim]]
| [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly|Sikkim]]
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|0
|0
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front|SDF]] (1)
| [[Sikkim Democratic Front|SDF]] (1)
|  
|0
| 0
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2| [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]]
|Rowspan=2| 234
| rowspan="4" | 234
|Rowspan=2|0
| rowspan="4" | 4
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#007500|
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#007500|
|Rowspan=2| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (124)
|Rowspan=2| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (66)
|Rowspan=2| 7
| rowspan="4" | 18
|bgcolor=#BC0111|
|bgcolor=#BC0111|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (97)
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]](133)
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#873A3A|
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=2| [[Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam|AMMK]] (1)
| rowspan="4" | 0
|Rowspan=2| 4
| rowspan="4" |0
| rowspan="4" |0
|-
|bgcolor=blue|
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]] (4)
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=yellow|
| rowspan="2" |[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] (5)
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] (2)
|
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#008000|
|bgcolor=red|
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]] (1)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]](2)
|
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3| [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Telangana]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Telangana]]
|Rowspan=3| 119
| rowspan="2" | 119
|Rowspan=3| 2
| rowspan="2" | 2
|Rowspan=3|
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=3|'''None'''
| rowspan="2" |''None''
|Rowspan=3| 6
| rowspan="2" | 6
|Rowspan=3|
| rowspan="2" |
|Rowspan=3| '''None'''
| rowspan="2" | ''None''
|bgcolor=#FFC0DB|
| bgcolor="#FFC0DB" |
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] (102)
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] (103)
|Rowspan=3|1
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#009F3C|
|bgcolor=#009F3C|
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (7)
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (7)
|-
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (1)
|-
|-
| [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Tripura]]
| [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Tripura]]
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| 36
| 36
|bgcolor=#008000|
|bgcolor=#008000|
| [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura|IPFT]] (8)
| [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura|IPFT]] (7)
|0
|0
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (16)
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (16)
|
|0
|1
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]
|Rowspan=3| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]
|Rowspan=3| 403
|Rowspan=3| 403
|Rowspan=3| 312
|Rowspan=3| 305
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF33CC|
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF33CC|
|Rowspan=2|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)|AD(S)]] (9)
|Rowspan=2|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)|AD(S)]] (9)
|Rowspan=3| 7
|Rowspan=3| 7
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|
|Rowspan=3|'''None'''
|Rowspan=3|''None''
|Bgcolor=#FF0000|
|Bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]] (49)
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]] (49)
|Rowspan=3| 1
| rowspan="3" |0
|Rowspan=3| 8
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#22409A|
|bgcolor=#22409A|
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| 56
| 56
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
| 11
| 10
|
|''None''
|
|
|'''None'''
|0
|bgcolor=#939393|
|2
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
| 2
| 1
|-
|-
|Rowspan=3| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]]
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]]
|Rowspan=3| 294
| 294
|Rowspan=3| 16
| 74
|Rowspan=3|
|
|Rowspan=3|'''None'''
|''None''
|Rowspan=3| 23
| 0
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|bgcolor=blue|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (19)
| None
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#3CB371|
|bgcolor=#32E84B|
|Rowspan=2|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (210)
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]](211), [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|GJM (T)]](1)[[Indian Secular Front|ISF]] (1)
|Rowspan=3|21
|0
|-
|7
|bgcolor=#800080|
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] (2)
|-
|bgcolor=#FF4A4A|
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] (2)
|bgcolor=#003366|
|[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha|GJM]] (2)
|-
|-
| [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Delhi]]
| [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Delhi]]
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| 8
| 8
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
|0
|0
|
|
|'''None'''
|''None''
|bgcolor=#5BB30E|
|bgcolor=#5BB30E|
| [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] 62
| [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (62)
|
|0
|0
|-
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|[[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|90
|90
|
|
|
|
|
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|90
|90
|-
|-
|Rowspan=2| [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly|Puducherry]]
| [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly|Puducherry]]
|Rowspan=2| 33
| 30
|Rowspan=2| 3
|6
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|bgcolor="{{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}"|
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]] (7)
|[[AINRC]](10)
|Rowspan=2| 12
|2
|bgcolor=#BC0111|
|bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (3)
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (6)
|Rowspan=2|
|
|Rowspan=2|'''None'''
|
|Rowspan=2| 4
|6
|-
|0
| bgcolor=#007500|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (4)
|bgcolor=#757575|
| [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
|-
|-
!Total
!Total
!4036
!4123
!1374
!1431
!Colspan=2|387
!Colspan=2|309
!779
!762
!Colspan=2|426
!Colspan=2|457
!Colspan=2|1005
!Colspan=2|981
!157
!39
!144
|}
|}


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|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|1374
|1432
|-
|-
|2.
|2.
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|779
|763
|-
|-
|3.
|3.
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|211
|212
|-
|-
|4.
|4.
|bgcolor=#1569C7|
|bgcolor=#1569C7|
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|151
|150
|-
|-
|5.
|5.
| bgcolor=#007500|
| bgcolor="#BC0111" |
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|128
|139
|-
|-
|6.
|6.
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|bgcolor=#FFC0DB|
|bgcolor=#FFC0DB|
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|102
|103
|-
|-
|8.
|8.
|bgcolor=#BC0111|
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|100
|88
|-
|-
|9.
|9.
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
| bgcolor="#CDCDCD" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|98
|81
|-
|-
|10.
|10.
|bgcolor=#5BB30E|
| bgcolor="#5BB30E" |
| [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|81
|78
|-
|-
|11.
|11.  
|bgcolor=#008000|
| bgcolor="#008000" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|76
|76
|-
|-
|12.
|12.
|
| bgcolor="#007500" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|70
|66
|-
|-
|13.
|13.
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| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|52
|51
|-
|-
|16.
|16.
| bgcolor="#003366" |
| bgcolor="#003366" |
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|45
|44
|-
|-
|17.
|17.
|
|bgcolor=#138808|
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|35
|34
|-
|-
|18.
|18.
|
|bgcolor=#8A0000|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|30
|-
|19.
|bgcolor=#990066|
|[[Naga People's Front]]
|29
|29
|-
|-
|19.  
|20.  
|
|bgcolor=#DB7093|
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
|29
|-
|20.
|
|[[Naga People's Front]]
|29
|29
|-
|-
|21.
|21.
|
|bgcolor=#2E5694|
|[[Mizo National Front]]
|[[Mizo National Front]]
|27
|27
|-
|-
|22.
|22.
|
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|23
|23
|-
|-
|23.
|23.
|
|bgcolor=blue|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|22
|22
|-
|-
|24.
|24.
|
|bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|21
|21
|-
|-
|25.
|25.
|
|bgcolor=#FD4242|
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
|20
|20
|-
|-
|26.
|26.
|
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Indian union muslim league]]
|19
|-
|27.
|
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
|19
|19
|-
|-
|28.
|27.  
|
|bgcolor="#0A8612" |
|[[All India United Democratic Front]]
|[[All India United Democratic Front]]
|14
|16
|-
|28.
|bgcolor="#008000" |
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|15
|-
|-
|29.
|29.
|
|bgcolor=#BD710F|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|14
|14
|-
|-
|30.
|30.
|
|bgcolor="#00FF00" |
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|14
|14
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|32.
|32.
|
|
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|[[All India N.R Congress|AINRC]]
|13
|10
|-
|-
|33.
|33.  
|
|
|[[Bodoland People's Front]]
|Vacant
|11
|141
|-
|-
|34.
|34.
|
|
|Vacant
|Others
|157
|134
|-
|-
|35.
|Total
|
|
|Others
|
|121
|4123
|}
|}


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*[[2021 elections in India]]
*[[2021 elections in India]]
*[[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha]]
*[[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha]]
*[[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Rajya Sabha]]


Revision as of 19:23, 25 August 2021


A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become Speaker of the Legislature.

Introduction

In states where there are two houses, there is a State Legislative Council, and a State Legislative Assembly. In such a case, the Legislative Council is the upper house, while the Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the state legislature.

The Governor shall not be a member of the Legislature or Parliament, shall not hold any office of profit, and shall be entitled to emoluments and allowances. (Article 158 of the Indian constitution).

The Legislative Assembly consists of not more than 500 members and not fewer than 60. The biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, has 404 members in its Assembly. States which have small populations and are small in size have a provision for having an even lesser number of members in the Legislative Assembly. Puducherry has 33 members. Mizoram and Goa have only 40 members each. Sikkim has 32. All members of the Legislative Assembly are elected on the basis of adult franchise, and one member is elected from one constituency. Until January 2020, the President had the power to nominate two Anglo Indians to the Lok Sabha and the Governor had the power to nominate one member[1] from the Anglo Indian community as he/she deems fit, if he/she is of the opinion that they are not adequately represented in the Assembly. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State legislatures of India were abolished by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.[2][3]

Qualification

The qualifications to become a member of the Legislative Assembly are largely similar to the qualifications to be a member of Parliament.

  1. The person should be a citizen of India.
  2. Not less than 25 years of age[4] to be a member of the Legislative Assembly and not less than 30 years (as per Article 173 of Indian Constitution) to be a member of the Legislative Council.
  3. No person can become a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of any state, unless the individual is a voter from any constituency of the state. Those who cannot become members of Parliament also cannot become members of the state legislature.
  4. The person should not be convicted of any offence and sentenced to an imprisonment of 2 years or more.

Term

The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister, when the Chief Minister has actual majority support in the Assembly. The Assembly may be dissolved earlier, if no one can prove majority support and become Chief Minister. The term of the Legislative Assembly may be extended during an emergency,[5] but not more than six months at a time. The Legislative Council is the upper house in the State. Just like the Rajya Sabha it is a permanent House. The members of the state's upper house are selected based on the strength of each party in the lower house and by state gubernatorial nomination. The term of is six years, and a third of the members of the House retire after every two years. The upper house of a state assembly, unlike the upper house of the Parliament, can be abolished by the lower house, if it passes a specific law bill, which states to dissolve the upper house, and gets it attested in both houses of parliament and then signed by the president into law. Only Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have their upper houses in existence with six-year term, J&K also has six-year term lower house. All other states have abolished the upper house by the above-mentioned method, as the upper house causes unnecessary problems, expenditure and issues.[6]

Powers

The most important function of the legislature is law making. The state legislature has the power to make laws on all items on which Parliament cannot legislate. Some of these items are police, prisons, irrigation, agriculture, local governments, public health, Pilgrimage, and burial grounds. Some topics on which both Parliament and states can make laws are education, marriage and divorce, forests, and the protection of wild animals and birds.

As regards money bills, the position is the same. Bills can originate only in the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council can either pass the bill within 14 days of the date of the receipt of the Bill or suggest changes in it within 14 days. These changes may or may not be accepted by the Assembly.

The state legislature, besides making laws, has one electoral power, in electing the President of India. Elected members of the Legislative Assembly along with the elected members of Parliament are involved in this process.

Some parts of the Constitution can be amended by Parliament with the approval of half of state legislatures. Thus the state legislatures take part in the process of amendment of the Constitution.

MLAs by States

Members of Legislative Assembly by their political party (As of 21 August 2021)

State/UT Total Independent Vacant
BJP NDA INC UPA Others
Andhra Pradesh 175 0 JSP (1) 0 None YSRCP(150) 0 1
TDP (23)
Arunachal Pradesh 60 48 NPP (4) 4 None JDU (1), AITC (1) 2 0
Assam 126 60 AGP (9) 27 AIUDF(16) 0 1 4
BPF(3)
UPPL (5) CPI(M)(1)
Bihar 243 74 JDU (43) 19 RJD (75) AIMIM (5) 1 2
CPI(2)
HAM (4) CPI(M)(2)
VIP (4) CPI(M–L)(12)
Chhattisgarh 90 14 None 70 None JCC (4) 0 0
BSP (2)
Goa 40 27 None 5 NCP (1) MGP (1) 3 0
GFP (3)
Gujarat 182 112 None 65 NCP (1) BTP (2) 0 1
IND (1)
Haryana 90 40 JJP (10) 31 None HLP (1) 7 1
Himachal Pradesh 68 43 None 19 None CPI(M)(1) 2 3
Jharkhand 81 26 AJSU (2) 18 JMM(30) None 2 0
RJD (1)
NCP (1)
CPI(ML)(1)
Karnataka 224 119 IND (2) 68 IND (1) JD(S) (32) 0 2
Kerala 140 0 None 21 IUML (15) CPI(M)(62) 6 0
CPI(17)
KC(M) (5)
JD(S)(2)
NCP (2)
RMPI (1) LJD(1)
KC(2) KC(B) (1)
NSC (1)
C(S) (1)
KC(J) (1) INL (1)
JKC (1)
Madhya Pradesh 230 125 IND (7) 95 None 3
Maharashtra 288 106 RSP (1) 43 SHS (57) AIMIM (2) 0 1
NCP (53)
BVA (3)
JSS (1) PJP (2) MNS (1)
SP (2)
SWP (1)
IND (5) PWPI (1) CPI(M) (1)
IND (8)
Manipur 60 24 NPP (4) 17 None AITC (1) 3 7
NPF (4)
Meghalaya 60 2 NPP (21) 17 NCP (1) KHNAM (1) 2 2
UDP (8)
PDF (4)
HSPDP (2)
Mizoram 40 1 MNF (27) 5 None ZPM (6) 0 1
Nagaland 60 12 NDPP (20) 0 None NPF (25) 2 1
Odisha 147 22 IND (1) 9 CPI(M) (1) BJD 113 0 1
Punjab 117 2 None 80 None AAP(16) 0 3
SAD(14)
LIP (2)
Rajasthan 200 71 IND (1) 106 RLD (1) RLP (3) 0 2
BTP (2)
IND (12) CPI(M) (2)
Sikkim 32 12 SKM (19) 0 None SDF (1) 0 0
Tamil Nadu 234 4 AIADMK (66) 18 DMK(133) 0 0 0
VCK (4)
PMK (5) CPI (2)
CPI(M)(2)
Telangana 119 2 None 6 None TRS (103) 0 1
AIMIM (7)
Tripura 60 36 IPFT (7) 0 None CPI(M) (16) 0 1
Uttar Pradesh 403 305 AD(S) (9) 7 None SP (49) 0 8
BSP (18)
IND (3) SBSP (4)
Uttarakhand 70 56 None 10 None 0 2 2
West Bengal 294 74 None 0 None AITC(211), GJM (T)(1)ISF (1) 0 7
Delhi 70 8 None 0 None AAP (62) 0 0
Jammu and Kashmir 90 90
Puducherry 30 6 AINRC(10) 2 DMK (6) 6 0
Total 4123 1431 309 762 457 981 39 144

MLAS by party affiliation

S.No Party MLA
1. Bharatiya Janata Party 1432
2. Indian National Congress 763
3. All India Trinamool Congress 212
4. YSR Congress Party 150
5. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 139
6. Biju Janata Dal 113
7. Telangana Rashtra Samithi 103
8. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 88
9. Independent 81
10. Aam Aadmi Party 78
11. Rashtriya Janata Dal 76
12. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 66
13. Nationalist Congress Party 59
14. Shiv Sena 57
15. Samajwadi Party 51
16. Janata Dal (United) 44
17. Janata Dal (Secular) 34
18. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 30
19. Naga People's Front 29
20. National People's Party 29
21. Mizo National Front 27
22. Telugu Desam Party 23
23. Bahujan Samaj Party 22
24. Communist Party of India 21
25. Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party 20
26. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 19
27. All India United Democratic Front 16
28. Indian Union Muslim League 15
29. Shiromani Akali Dal 14
30. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 14
31. Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 13
32. AINRC 10
33. Vacant 141
34. Others 134
Total 4123

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Government Structure at State Level". KKHSOU.
  2. ↑ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Anglo Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) of India - Powers, Salary, Eligibility, Term". www.elections.in.
  4. ↑ "Election Commission of India: FAQs - Contesting for Elections". Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Postponement of elections in Kerala frustrates many politicians in the opposition". India Today. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ↑ MLA Post Tenure
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