State Legislative Assemblies

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State Legislative Assemblies are directly elected law-making bodies at the state level in India, responsible for legislating on state subjects and holding the state government accountable.

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Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state-level legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vidhan Sabhas ⓘ
antiDefectionLawBasis Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
budgetaryControl authorization of expenditure from Consolidated Fund of the State ⓘ
grants-in-aid to various departments ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor of the state ⓘ
canHaveSmallerSize by Parliament law for some states ⓘ
composition directly elected members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalPart Part VI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
delimitationBasis population of constituencies ⓘ
deputyHeadOfHouse Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
disqualificationAuthority Speaker decides disqualification under anti-defection law ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister ⓘ
electionAuthority Election Commission of India ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects Members of Rajya Sabha from the state ⓘ
members of the Electoral College for election of President of India ⓘ
some members of Legislative Council in states with bicameral legislature ⓘ
emergencyLimitation legislative powers curtailed during President's Rule ⓘ
governingBodyOf state government ⓘ
headOfHouse Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction Indian states ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
official language of the state ⓘ
lawMakingSubject Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule (subject to Union law) ⓘ
State List of Seventh Schedule ⓘ
legislativeChamberType lower house at state level ⓘ
mainFunction control state finances ⓘ
hold state executive accountable ⓘ
make laws on concurrent subjects within constitutional limits ⓘ
make laws on state subjects ⓘ
maximumMembership 500 members ⓘ
meetsAt state capital ⓘ
minimumMembership 60 members (general rule) ⓘ
minimumSessionsPerYear two sessions (constitutional requirement of not more than six months gap) ⓘ
moneyBillRecommendation prior recommendation of Governor required ⓘ
originOfMoneyBills only in Legislative Assembly ⓘ
oversightMechanism adjournment motions ⓘ
calling attention motions ⓘ
legislative committees ⓘ
question hour ⓘ
zero hour ⓘ
power approve imposition of President's Rule in the state after a period ⓘ
introduce and pass state bills ⓘ
move no-confidence motion against Council of Ministers ⓘ
pass state budget ⓘ
privilege freedom of speech in the House ⓘ
immunity for votes and proceedings ⓘ
quorumRequirement one-tenth of total membership ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalArticles Article 168 ⓘ
Article 170 ⓘ
Article 171 ⓘ
Article 174 ⓘ
Article 175 ⓘ
Article 176 ⓘ
Article 177 ⓘ
Article 178 ⓘ
Article 179 ⓘ
Article 180 ⓘ
Article 181 ⓘ
Article 182 ⓘ
Article 183 ⓘ
Article 184 ⓘ
Article 185 ⓘ
Article 186 ⓘ
Article 187 ⓘ
relationshipWithExecutive Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the Assembly ⓘ
reservationOfSeats Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
sessionType budget session ⓘ
monsoon session ⓘ
winter session ⓘ
summonedBy Governor of the state ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingRightInPresidentialElection weighted votes based on state population ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electoral College of India → includesMembersFrom → State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
Electoral College of India → relatedInstitution → State Legislatures of India ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Scheduled Castes → hasReservedSeatsIn → State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
Article 79 of the Constitution of India → doesNotApplyTo → State Legislatures ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly → partOf → State legislatures of India ⓘ
subject linked to: TNLA
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Article 169 of the Constitution of India → relatesTo → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Article 85 of the Constitution of India → doesNotApplyTo → State Legislatures ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Indian Audit and Accounts Department → reportsLaidBefore → State Legislatures ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Article 177 → relatedTo → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Fifty-second Amendment to the Constitution of India → bindingOn → State legislatures of India ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Part VI of the Constitution of India → governsBody → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Article 168 of the Constitution of India → providesFor → Legislative Assembly of a State ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Article 168 of the Constitution of India → relevantFor → State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
Saiyadraja Assembly constituency → house → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Nandigama (SC) → constituencyType → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Belsand Assembly constituency → assemblyType → State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies
Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly → isPartOf → State legislatures of India ⓘ
linked to: State Legislative Assemblies