Constitution 168 — Constitution of Legislatures in States

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

(1) For every State there
shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor, and—
(a) in the States of ** Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, ** Madhya
Pradesh, ** Maharashtra, Karnataka, **
Tamil Nadu, Telangana] and Uttar Pradesh, two Houses;
(b) in other States, one House.
(2) Where there are two Houses of the Legislature of a State, one shall
be known as the Legislative Council and the other as the Legislative Assembly,
and where there is only one House, it shall be known as the Legislative
Assembly.

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