Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad seats in India

The Vidhan Sabhas also known as Legislative Assemblies are the lower houses of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. Each Vidhan Sabha is formed for a five year term after which all seats are up for election. To become a member of a Vidhan Sabha, a person must be a citizen of India, not less than 25 years of age. The Vidhan Parishad also known as Legislative Council are the upper houses upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature. Each Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) serves for a six-year term, with terms staggered so that the terms of one-third of a Council's members expire every two years.

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States Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad
  1952 2019 1952 2019
Arunachal Pradesh  60 - -
Assam  105 126 - -
Bihar  330 243 72 75
Chhattisgarh  - 90 - 11
Goa  30 ('67) 40 - -
Gujarat  154 ('62) 182 - -
Haryana  81 ('67) 90 - -
Himachal Pradesh  36 68 - -
Jammu & Kashmir  75 ('62) 87 - 36
Jharkhand  - 81 - 14
Karnataka  99 224 63 75
Kerala 126 ('67) 140 - -
Madhya Pradesh  232 230 - -
Maharashtra  315 288 40 78
Manipur  30 ('67) - - 2
Meghalaya  60 ('72) 60 - -
Mizoram  30 ('72) 40 - -
Nagaland  40 ('64) 60 - -
Orissa 140 147 - -
Punjab  126 117 - -
Rajasthan  160 200 - -
Seemandra  - 175 - 58
Sikkim  32 ('79) 32 - -
Tamil Nadu  375 234 - -
Telangana  - 119 - 40
Tripura  30 ('67) 60 - -
Uttar Pradesh  430 403 72 100
Uttarakhand  - 70 - -
West Bengal  238 294 - -
UNION TERRITORIES
Andaman & Nicobar   238 - NA - -
Chandigarh  238 - NA - -
Dandra & Nagar Haveli  238 - NA - -
Daman & Diu  238 - NA - -
Delhi  238 48 70 - -
Lakshadweep  238 - NA - -
Pondicherry  238 30 ('64) 30 - -
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