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{{short description|Lower house (or only house) of an Indian state, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, or Pondocherry}}
{{short description|Lower house (or only house) of an Indian state, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, or Pondicherry}}
{{for|the upper house|State legislative councils of India}}
{{for|the upper house|State legislative councils of India}}
The '''State Legislative Assembly''', or '''Vidhan Sabha''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Vidhan_Sabha |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/vidhan+sabha |website=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]] |date=2014}}</ref> or also '''Saasana Sabha''' is a legislative body in the states and union territories of [[India]]. In the [[States and union territories of India|22 states]] and 3 [[Union territory|union territories]] with a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[State legislature (India)|state legislature]], it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the [[lower house]] of their [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] state legislatures with the [[upper house]] being [[State legislative councils of India|State Legislative Council]]. 5 union territories are governed directly by the [[Government of India|Union Government of India]] and have no legislative body.
The '''State Legislative Assembly''', or '''Vidhan Sabha''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Vidhan_Sabha |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/vidhan+sabha |website=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]] |date=2014}}</ref> or also '''Saasana Sabha''', is a legislative body in the states and union territories of [[India]]. In the [[States and union territories of India|28 states]] and 3 [[Union territory|union territories]] with a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[State legislature (India)|state legislature]], it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the [[lower house]] of their [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] state legislatures with the [[upper house]] being [[State legislative councils of India|State Legislative Council]]. 5 union territories are governed directly by the [[Government of India|Union Government of India]] and have no legislative body.


Each [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5 year terms by [[Single-member district|single-member constituencies]]. The [[Constitution of India]] states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an [[List of Acts of the Parliament of India|Act]] of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] as is the case in the states of [[Goa]], [[Sikkim]], [[Mizoram]] and the union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be [[dissolution of parliament|dissolved]] in a [[State of Emergency in India|state of emergency]], by the [[Governor (India)|Governor]] on request of the [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]], or if a [[motion of no confidence]] is passed against the ruling majority party or coalition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=State Legislative Assemblies|url=https://www.india.gov.in/sites/upload_files/npi/files/coi_part_full.pdf|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref>
Each [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5 year terms by [[Single-member district|single-member constituencies]]. The [[Constitution of India]] states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an [[List of Acts of the Parliament of India|Act]] of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] as is the case in the states of [[Goa]], [[Sikkim]], [[Mizoram]] and the union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be [[dissolution of parliament|dissolved]] in a [[State of Emergency in India|state of emergency]], by the [[Governor (India)|Governor]] on request of the [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]], or if a [[motion of no confidence]] is passed against the ruling majority party or coalition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=State Legislative Assemblies|url=https://www.india.gov.in/sites/upload_files/npi/files/coi_part_full.pdf|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref>


==Member of Legislative Assembly==
==Member of Legislative Assembly==
To become a member of a State Legislative Assembly ( voters' list of the state for which he or she is contesting an election. He or she may not be a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] and Member of the State Legislative Council at the same time. He or she should also state that there are no [[criminal procedure]]s against him or her.
To become a member of a State Legislative Assembly voters' list of the state for which they are contesting an election. They may not be a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] and Member of the State Legislative Council at the same time. They should also state that there are no [[criminal procedure]]s against him or her.
A State Legislative Assembly holds equal legislative power with the [[upper house]] of state legislature, the State Legislative Council, except in the area of [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolution]] of [[State governments of India|state government]] and passing of [[money bill]]s, in which case the State Legislative Assembly has the ultimate authority.
A State Legislative Assembly holds equal legislative power with the [[upper house]] of state legislature, the State Legislative Council, except in the area of [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolution]] of [[State governments of India|state government]] and passing of [[money bill]]s, in which case the State Legislative Assembly has the ultimate authority.


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|-
|[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.jpg|frameless|250px]]||[[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]]
|[[File:Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.jpg|frameless|100px]]||[[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]]
|[[Amaravati]] || 175
|[[Amaravati]] || 175
|style="background-color: {{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" |
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|Fifteenth  
|Fifteenth  
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|[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|||[[List of constituencies of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Itanagar]]|| 60
|||[[List of constituencies of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Itanagar]]|| 60
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Seventh  
|Seventh  
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|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Dispur]] || 126
||| [[List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Dispur]] || 126
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Fifteenth  
|Fifteenth  
|-
|-
| [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg|frameless|250px]]
|[[File:Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Patna]] || 243
|[[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Patna]] || 243
|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[17th Bihar Assembly|Seventeenth]]
|[[17th Bihar Assembly|Seventeenth]]
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||| [[List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|List]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|List]]  
| [[Naya Raipur]] || 90
| [[Naya Raipur]] || 90
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Fifth  
|Fifth  
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| [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[New Delhi]] || 70
||| [[List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[New Delhi]] || 70
|style="background-color: {{Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}" |
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|[[7th Delhi Assembly|Seventh]]
|[[7th Delhi Assembly|Seventh]]
|-
|-
| [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:India Goa Assembly.jpg|frameless|250px]]
|[[File:India Goa Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|| [[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Panaji]] || 40
|| [[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Panaji]] || 40
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Seventh
|Seventh
|-
|-
| [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:SACHIVALAY PANORAMA.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly|List]]
|[[File:SACHIVALAY PANORAMA.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly|List]]
| [[Gandhinagar]] || 182
| [[Gandhinagar]] || 182
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Fourteenth
|Fourteenth
|-
|-
| [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Secretariat Chandigarh.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chandigarh]]|| 90
|[[File:Secretariat Chandigarh.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chandigarh]]|| 90
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Fourteenth
|Fourteenth
|-
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| [[File:Himachal Pradesh e-Assembly.jpg|frameless|250px]]
| [[File:Himachal Pradesh e-Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|| [[List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Shimla]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Dharamshala]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| [[List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Shimla]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Dharamshala]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| 68
|| 68
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Thirteenth
|Thirteenth
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| [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Ranchi]] || 81
||| [[List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Ranchi]] || 81
|style="background-color:  {{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:  {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}" |
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|Fifth
|Fifth
|-
|-
| [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[File:Vidhana Souda , Bangalore.jpg|frameless|250px]] [[File:Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.jpg|frameless|250px]] ||[[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|List]]
| [[File:Vidhana Souda , Bangalore.jpg|frameless|100px]] [[File:Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.jpg|frameless|100px]] ||[[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|List]]
|| [[Bangalore]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Belgaum]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| [[Bangalore]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Belgaum]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| 224
|| 224
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[15th Karnataka Assembly|Fifteenth]]  
|[[15th Karnataka Assembly|Fifteenth]]  
|-
|-
| [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Niyamasabha Mandiram.JPG|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Thiruvananthapuram]] || 140
|[[File:Niyamasabha Mandiram.JPG|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Thiruvananthapuram]] || 140
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Fifteenth
|Fifteenth
|-
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Madhyapradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Bhopal]] || 230
|[[File:Madhyapradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Bhopal]] || 230
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Fifteenth
|Fifteenth
|-
|-
| [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Vidhan Bhavan1.jpg|frameless|250px]]
|[[File:Vidhan Bhavan1.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|| [[List of constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Mumbai]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Nagpur]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| [[List of constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Mumbai]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Nagpur]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| 288
|| 288
|style="background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|Fourteenth
|Fourteenth
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| [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Imphal]] || 60
||| [[List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Imphal]] || 60
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Twelfth
|Twelfth
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| [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Shillong]] || 60
||| [[List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Shillong]] || 60
|style="background-color: {{National People's Party (India)/meta/color}}" |  
|style="background-color: {{party color|National People's Party (India)}}" |  
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
|[[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]
|[[10th Meghalaya Assembly|Tenth]]
|[[10th Meghalaya Assembly|Tenth]]
|-
|-
| [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Mizoram Assembly House.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Aizawl]] || 40
|[[File:Mizoram Assembly House.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Aizawl]] || 40
|style="background-color: {{Mizo National Front/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Mizo National Front}}" |
|[[Mizo National Front]]
|[[Mizo National Front]]
|Seventh
|Seventh
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| [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Kohima]] || 60
||| [[List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Kohima]] || 60
|style="background-color: {{Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
|Thirteenth
|Thirteenth
|-
|-
| [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:ORISSA SECRETARIAT.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Bhubaneshwar]] || 147
|[[File:ORISSA SECRETARIAT.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Bhubaneshwar]] || 147
|style="background-color: {{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|Sixteenth  
|Sixteenth  
|-
|-
| [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Pondicherry Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|125px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || 33<sup>‡</sup>
|[[File:Pondicherry Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || 33<sup>‡</sup>
|style="background-color: {{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}" |
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|Fifteenth
|Fifteenth
|-
|-
| [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Assembly 09.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chandigarh]] || 117
|[[File:Assembly 09.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chandigarh]] || 117
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |  
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |  
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[15th Punjab Assembly|Fifteenth]]  
|[[15th Punjab Assembly|Fifteenth]]  
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| [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]  
||| [[List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Jaipur]] || 200
||| [[List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Jaipur]] || 200
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Fifteenth
|Fifteenth
|-
|-
| [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Sikkim legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Gangtok]] || 32
|[[File:Sikkim legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Gangtok]] || 32
|style="background-color: {{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}" |
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]
|Tenth  
|Tenth  
|-
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Fort St. George, Chennai 2.jpg|frameless|250x250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chennai]] || 234
|[[File:Fort St. George, Chennai 2.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Chennai]] || 234
|style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[16th Tamil Nadu Assembly|Sixteenth]]
|[[16th Tamil Nadu Assembly|Sixteenth]]
|-
|-
|[[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|250px]]||[[List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Hyderabad]] || 119
|[[File:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg|frameless|100px]]||[[List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Hyderabad]] || 119
|style="background-color: {{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}" |
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|Second
|Second
|-
|-
| [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Ujjayanta palace Tripura State Museum Agartala India.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Agartala]] || 60
|[[File:Ujjayanta palace Tripura State Museum Agartala India.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Agartala]] || 60
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[12th Tripura Assembly|Twelfth]]  
|[[12th Tripura Assembly|Twelfth]]  
|-
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:Vidhan Sabha Lucknow.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Lucknow]] || 403
|[[File:Vidhan Sabha Lucknow.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Lucknow]] || 403
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|Seventeenth]]  
|[[17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|Seventeenth]]  
|-
|-
| [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
||| [[List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Gairsain]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Dehradun]] {{small|(winter)}}
||| [[List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Bhararisain]] {{small|(summer)}}<br/ >[[Dehradun]] {{small|(winter)}}
|| 70
|| 70
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[4th Uttarakhand Assembly|Fourth]]
|[[4th Uttarakhand Assembly|Fourth]]
|-
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]  
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]  
|[[File:West Bengal State Legislative Assembly House, Kolkata.jpg|frameless|250px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Kolkata]] || 294
|[[File:West Bengal State Legislative Assembly House, Kolkata.jpg|frameless|100px]]|| [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|List]] || [[Kolkata]] || 294
|style="background-color: {{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Seventeenth  
|Seventeenth  
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[[File:State- and union territory-level parties.svg|alt=|thumb|350x350px|Current ruling parties in India
[[File:State- and union territory-level parties.svg|alt=|thumb|350x350px|Current ruling parties in India
{{legend|#FF9933|BJP (12)}}
{{legend|#FF9933|BJP (12)}}
{{legend|#FFC969|[[National Democratic Alliance|BJP as junior partner]] (6)}}
{{legend|#FFC969|[[National Democratic Alliance|BJP Alliance]] (5)}}
{{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (3)}}{{Legend|#00EBFF|[[United Progressive Alliance|INC as junior partner]] (3)}}
{{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (3)}}{{Legend|#00EBFF|[[United Progressive Alliance|INC Alliance]] (3)}}{{Legend|#ff0000|Unaligned Parties (7)}}
{{legend|#FF0001|Other parties ([[Aam Admi Party|AAP]], [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]], [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] and [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]) (6)}}
{{legend|#000000|[[President's rule]] (1)}}
{{legend|#000000|[[President's rule]] (1)}}
{{legend|#808080|[[Union territory|No legislature]] (5)}}]]
{{legend|#808080|[[Union territory|No legislature]] (5)}}]]
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! colspan="2" | Alliance
! colspan="2" | Alliance
|-
|-
| colspan="5" |'''State Govts Ruled By BJP & NDA'''
| colspan="5" |'''State Govts Ruled By'''<br>'''BJP & NDA (17)'''
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|12
|12
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}" |
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National People's Party (India)}}
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|All India N.R. Congress}}
|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Mizo National Front/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
|[[Mizo National Front|MNF]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
| colspan="5" |'''State Govts Ruled by'''<br>'''INC & UPA (6)'''
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{National People's Party (India)/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|[[National People's Party (India)|NPP]]
|3
|1
| {{Party name with colour|United Progressive Alliance}}
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|United Progressive Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|United Progressive Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{National Democratic Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|United Progressive Alliance}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
| colspan="5" |'''State Govts Ruled by INC & UPA'''
| colspan="5" |'''State Govts Ruled By'''<br>'''Unaligned Parties (7)'''
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1
|3
| {{Party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|YSR Congress Party}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|YSR Congress Party}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Biju Janata Dal}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Biju Janata Dal}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Mizo National Front}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|1
|1
| style="background-color: {{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}" |
| {{Party name with colour|Mizo National Front}}
|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|}
|}


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For the upper house, see State legislative councils of India.

The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha,[1] 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 legislative body and in 6 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being State Legislative Council. 5 union territories are governed directly by the Union Government of India and have no legislative body.

Each Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5 year terms by single-member constituencies. The Constitution of India states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an Act of Parliament as is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the union territory of Puducherry which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be dissolved in a state of emergency, by the Governor on request of the Chief Minister, or if a motion of no confidence is passed against the ruling majority party or coalition.[2]

Member of Legislative Assembly

To become a member of a State Legislative Assembly voters' list of the state for which they are contesting an election. They may not be a Member of Parliament and Member of the State Legislative Council at the same time. They should also state that there are no criminal procedures against him or her. A State Legislative Assembly holds equal legislative power with the upper house of state legislature, the State Legislative Council, except in the area of dissolution of state government and passing of money bills, in which case the State Legislative Assembly has the ultimate authority.

Powers of legislative assemblies are given below:

  • A motion of no confidence against the government in the state can only be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly. If it is passed by a majority vote, then the Chief Minister and her/his Council of Ministers must collectively resign.
  • A money bill can only be introduced in State Legislative Assembly. In bicameral jurisdictions, after it is passed in the State Legislative Assembly, it is sent to the State Legislative Council, where it can be kept for a maximum time of 14 days.
  • In matters related to ordinary bills, the will of State Legislative Assembly prevails and there is no provision of joint sitting. In such cases, State Legislative Council can delay the legislation by maximum 4 months (3 months in first visit and 1 month in the second visit of the bill).
  • Legislative Assembly of the state has to power to create or abolish the State Legislative Council by passing a resolution to that effect by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.[3]

Current State Legislative Assemblies

Assembly Image Constituencies Seat(s) House strength Ruling party Current house
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.jpg List Amaravati 175 YSR Congress Party Fifteenth
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly List Itanagar 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Seventh
Assam Legislative Assembly List Dispur 126 Bharatiya Janata Party Fifteenth
Bihar Legislative Assembly Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg List Patna 243 Janata Dal (United) Seventeenth
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly List Naya Raipur 90 Indian National Congress Fifth
Delhi Legislative Assembly List New Delhi 70 Aam Aadmi Party Seventh
Goa Legislative Assembly India Goa Assembly.jpg List Panaji 40 Bharatiya Janata Party Seventh
Gujarat Legislative Assembly SACHIVALAY PANORAMA.jpg List Gandhinagar 182 Bharatiya Janata Party Fourteenth
Haryana Legislative Assembly Secretariat Chandigarh.jpg List Chandigarh 90 Bharatiya Janata Party Fourteenth
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Himachal Pradesh e-Assembly.jpg List Shimla (summer)
Dharamshala (winter) 		68 Bharatiya Janata Party Thirteenth
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly List Srinagar (summer)
Jammu (winter) 		85†
N/A
(President's rule)
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly List Ranchi 81 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Fifth
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Vidhana Souda , Bangalore.jpg Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.jpg List Bangalore (summer)
Belgaum (winter) 		224 Bharatiya Janata Party Fifteenth
Kerala Legislative Assembly Niyamasabha Mandiram.JPG List Thiruvananthapuram 140 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Fifteenth
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Madhyapradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg List Bhopal 230 Bharatiya Janata Party Fifteenth
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Vidhan Bhavan1.jpg List Mumbai (summer)
Nagpur (winter) 		288 Shiv Sena Fourteenth
Manipur Legislative Assembly List Imphal 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Twelfth
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly List Shillong 60 National People's Party Tenth
Mizoram Legislative Assembly Mizoram Assembly House.jpg List Aizawl 40 Mizo National Front Seventh
Nagaland Legislative Assembly List Kohima 60 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Thirteenth
Odisha Legislative Assembly ORISSA SECRETARIAT.jpg List Bhubaneshwar 147 Biju Janata Dal Sixteenth
Puducherry Legislative Assembly Pondicherry Legislative Assembly.jpg List Puducherry 33‡ All India N.R. Congress Fifteenth
Punjab Legislative Assembly Assembly 09.jpg List Chandigarh 117 Indian National Congress Fifteenth
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly List Jaipur 200 Indian National Congress Fifteenth
Sikkim Legislative Assembly Sikkim legislative Assembly.jpg List Gangtok 32 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Tenth
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Fort St. George, Chennai 2.jpg List Chennai 234 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sixteenth
Telangana Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg List Hyderabad 119 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Second
Tripura Legislative Assembly Ujjayanta palace Tripura State Museum Agartala India.jpg List Agartala 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Twelfth
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Vidhan Sabha Lucknow.jpg List Lucknow 403 Bharatiya Janata Party Seventeenth
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly List Bhararisain (summer)
Dehradun (winter) 		70 Bharatiya Janata Party Fourth
West Bengal Legislative Assembly West Bengal State Legislative Assembly House, Kolkata.jpg List Kolkata 294 All India Trinamool Congress Seventeenth
Total
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 4,121[4] —

State Legislative Assemblies by ruling parties

Current ruling parties in India
  BJP (12)
  BJP Alliance (5)
  INC (3)
  INC Alliance (3)
  Unaligned Parties (7)
  President's rule (1)
  No legislature (5)
Ruling party States/ UTs Alliance
State Govts Ruled By
BJP & NDA (17)
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State Govts Ruled by
INC & UPA (6)
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State Govts Ruled By
Unaligned Parties (7)
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Former State Legislative Assemblies

Assembly Seat Period active Abolished by
Ajmer Legislative Assembly Ajmer 1950–1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay 1950–1960 Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.
Coorg Legislative Assembly Mercara 1950–1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Hyderabad Legislative Assembly Hyderabad 1952–1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
PEPSU Legislative Assembly Patiala 1950–1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

Notes

  • † – In Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, two seats are reserved for the nominated women members. In addition to that, twenty-four more seats are reserved for the representatives from Pakistan-administered Kashmir and not counted normally.
  • ‡ – In Puducherry Legislative Assembly, three seats are reserved for the members nominated by the Union Government of India.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vidhan_Sabha". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers. 2014.
  2. ↑ "State Legislative Assemblies" (PDF). www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Explainer: Why Jagan Reddy wants to abolish the legislative council in Andhra Pradesh".
  4. ↑ "Election Commission of India". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

External links

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