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( April 2015 ) India This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India Constitution and law Constitutional amendment Basic structure doctrine Fundamental rights Human rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Uniform civil code Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code Law enforcement Government of India President ( Head of state ) ( List ) Vice president ( List ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive : Prime minister ( Head of government ) ( List ) Union Council of Ministers Cabinet secretary Secretaries : ( Defence Finance Foreign Home ) Civil services All India Services ( IAS IFS / IFoS IPS ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Legislature : Parliament Rajya Sabha ( Chairman ) Lok Sabha ( Speaker ) Judiciary : Supreme court ( Chief justice ) High courts ( Chief justices ) District courts Elections Election commission : Chief Election Commissioner ( Election commissioners ) Recent general elections : 2009 2014 2019 Recent state elections : 2017 2018 2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Political parties National parties State parties National coalitions : National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) Federalism Administrative divisions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- State governments Governors ( List ) Chief ministers ( List ) Chief secretary ( Principal secretaries ) Field - level officers Divisional commissioners District magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Legislatures : Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Local governments : Rural bodies : District councils Block panchayats Gram Panchayats Urban bodies : Municipal corporations Municipal councils Nagar panchayats Other countries Atlas The Vidhan Sabha the Legislative Assembly is the lower house ( in states with bicameral ) or the sole house ( in unicameral states ) of the state legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the Union Territories, Delhi and Puducherry. The upper house in the seven states with a bicameral legislature is called the Legislative Council, or Vidhan Parishad. Members of a Vidhan Sabha are direct representatives of the people of the particular state as they are directly elected by an electorate consisting of all citizens above the age of 18 of that state. Its maximum size as outlined in the Constitution of India is not more than 500 members and not fewer than 60 members. However, the size of the Vidhan Sabha can be fewer than 59 members through an Act of Parliament : such is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the Union Territory of Puducherry. In some states the Governor may appoint 1 member to Governors ) to Vidhan Sabha are referred to as Members of Legislative Assembly or MLAs. Each Vidhan Sabha assembles for a five - year term, after which all seats are up for election. During a state of emergency, its term may be extended past five years or it may be dissolved. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. But it may be dissolved even earlier than five years by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The term of a Legislative Assembly may be extended during an Emergency, but not by more than six months at a time. A Vidhan Sabha can also be dissolved if a motion of no confidence is passed within it against the majority party or coalition. Contents 1 Qualifications required to become a member 2 Special powers of the Vidhan Sabha 3 List of Vidhan Sabhas 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Qualifications required to become a member To become a member of a Vidhan Sabha, a person must be a citizen of India, not less than 25 years of age. He or she should be mentally sound and should not be bankrupt. He or she should also state an affidavit that there are no criminal procedures against him or her. Speaker of Vidhan Sabha who is responsible for the conduct of business of the body, and also a Deputy Speaker to preside during the Speaker 's absence. The Speaker acts as a neutral judge and manages all debates and discussions in the house. Usually he or she is a member of the stronger political party A Vidhan Sabha holds equal legislative power with the upper house of state legislature, the Vidhan Parishad ( ' Legislative Council ' ), except in the area of money bills in which case the Vidhan Sabha has the ultimate authority. Special powers of the Vidhan Sabha A motion of no confidence against the government in the state can only be introduced in the Vidhan Sabha. If it is passed by a majority vote, then the Chief Minister and his Council of Ministers must collectively resign. A money bill can only be introduced in Vidhan Sabha. In bicameral jurisdictions, after it is passed in the Vidhan Sabha, it is sent to the Vidhan Parishad, where it can be kept for a maximum time of 14 days. In matters related to ordinary bills, the will of Legislative Assembly prevails and there is no provision of joint sitting. In such cases, 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 ). List of Vidhan Sabhas Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly ) Image List of constituencies Location / state capital Number of Constituency Governing party Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Amaravathi 175 Telugu Desam Party Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Itanagar 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Assam Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly Dispur 126 Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly Patna 243 Janata Dal ( United ) Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Naya Raipur 90 Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Delhi Legislative Assembly New Delhi 70 Aam Aadmi Party Goa Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Goa Legislative Assembly Panaji 40 Bharatiya Janata Party Gujarat Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly Gandhinagar 182 Bharatiya Janata Party Haryana Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Haryana Legislative Assembly Chandigarh 90 Bharatiya Janata Party Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Shimla 68 Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Srinagar 87 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Jharkhand Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Ranchi 81 Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly Bengaluru 224 Janata Dal ( Secular ) Kerala Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Kerala Legislative Assembly Thiruvananthapuram 140 Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Bhopal 230 Bharatiya Janata Party Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Mumbai Nagpur ( Winter ) 288 Bharatiya Janata Party Manipur Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Manipur Legislative Assembly Imphal 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Meghalaya Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Shillong 60 National People 's Party Mizoram Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Mizoram Legislative Assembly Aizawl 40 Indian National Congress Nagaland Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Kohima 60 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Odisha Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly Bhubaneshwar 147 Biju Janata Dal Puducherry Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Puducherry Legislative Assembly Pondicherry 30 Indian National Congress Punjab Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Punjab Legislative Assembly Chandigarh 117 Indian National Congress Rajasthan Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Jaipur 200 Bharatiya Janata Party Sikkim Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Sikkim Legislative Assembly Gangtok 32 Sikkim Democratic Front Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Chennai 234 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Telangana Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly Hyderabad 119 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Tripura Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Tripura Legislative Assembly Agartala 60 Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Lucknow 403 Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Dehradun 70 Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal Legislative Assembly List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Kolkata 294 All India Trinamool Congress Total -- -- 4120 -- See also Politics of India State Assembly elections in India Vidhan Parishad References Jump up ^ `` Bihar Vidhan Sabha ''. vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 12 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Election Commission of India ''. eci.nic.in. Retrieved 12 January 2017. External links Legislative Bodies in India website Assembly constituency level publications website Laws of India website to download laws made by different states Punjab Vidhan Sabha Election Results 2012 Elections in India General elections 1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1945 1951 -- 52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1998 1999 2009 2014 2019 State elections 1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1946 1952 1954 1955 1957 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1989 2017 2018 2019 See also : Elections in Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vidhan_Sabha&oldid=851883985 '' Categories : State legislatures of India State lower houses in India Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2015 All articles needing additional references Use Indian English from May 2013 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2017 Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা فارسی Français ગુજરાતી हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം मराठी தமிழ் తెలుగు اردو Tiếng Việt 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 July 2018, at 05 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who presides over the lower house in state legislatures
Answer: Speaker of Vidhan Sabha