Members of the State Legislative Assembly, the only house of State Legislature in 22 states and 3 union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter list of their respective state/union territory, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the State Legislative Assembly elections are called 'Member of the Legislative Assembly' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor of the respective state and Lieutenant Governor of the respective union territory on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the state/union territory headed by the Chief Minister. The assemblies meet on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws of the state as defined in the State List. Elections take place once in five years to elect the members for the state legislative assemblies.

Current legislative assemblies in India

State/
Union Territory		 Last Elections Held Result Date Largest/
Majority Party		 Government
Andhra Pradesh201923 May 2019 YSRCPYSR Congress Party
Arunachal Pradesh201923 May 2019 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Assam20212 May 2021 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Bihar202010 November 2020 RJDIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Chhattisgarh20233 December 2023 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Delhi *202011 February 2020 AAPAam Aadmi Party
Goa202210 March 2022 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Gujarat20228 December 2022 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Haryana201924 October 2019 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Himachal Pradesh20228 December 2022 INCIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Jammu and Kashmir *201423 December 2014N/AN/A
(President's rule)
Jharkhand201923 December 2019 JMMIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Karnataka202313 May 2023 INCIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Kerala20212 May 2021 CPI(M)Left Democratic Front
Madhya Pradesh20233 December 2023 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Maharashtra201924 October 2019 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Manipur202210 March 2022 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Meghalaya20232 March 2023 NPPNational Democratic Alliance
Mizoram20234 December 2023 ZPMZoram People's Movement
Nagaland20232 March 2023 NDPPNational Democratic Alliance
Odisha201923 May 2019 BJDBiju Janata Dal
Puducherry *20212 May 2021 AINRCNational Democratic Alliance
Punjab202210 March 2022 AAPAam Aadmi Party
Rajasthan20233 December 2023 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Sikkim201923 May 2019 SKMNational Democratic Alliance
Tamil Nadu20212 May 2021 DMKSecular Progressive Alliance
Telangana20233 December 2023 INCIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Tripura20232 March 2023 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Uttar Pradesh202210 March 2022 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
Uttarakhand202210 March 2022 BJPNational Democratic Alliance
West Bengal20212 May 2021 AITCIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

* Union territory

Legislative Assembly elections by states

  1. Elections in Andhra Pradesh
  2. Elections in Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Elections in Assam
  4. Elections in Bihar
  5. Elections in Chhattisgarh
  6. Elections in Delhi
  7. Elections in Goa
  8. Elections in Gujarat
  9. Elections in Haryana
  10. Elections in Himachal Pradesh
  11. Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
  12. Elections in Jharkhand
  13. Elections in Karnataka
  14. Elections in Kerala
  15. Elections in Madhya Pradesh
  16. Elections in Maharashtra
  17. Elections in Manipur
  18. Elections in Meghalaya
  19. Elections in Mizoram
  20. Elections in Nagaland
  21. Elections in Odisha
  22. Elections in Puducherry
  23. Elections in Punjab
  24. Elections in Rajasthan
  25. Elections in Sikkim
  26. Elections in Tamil Nadu
  27. Elections in Telangana
  28. Elections in Tripura
  29. Elections in Uttar Pradesh
  30. Elections in Uttarakhand
  31. Elections in West Bengal

See also

References

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