State or region
Member of the Legislative Council
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Indirectly elected by single transferable vote from several constituencies (members of the Legislative Assembly, local authorities, graduates and teachers), with about one-sixth nominated by the Governor for literature, science, art, the co-operative movement and social service (Constitution of India, Art. 171). The council is permanent; one-third of members retire every two years.
- Seats
- 58
Sources
- indiacode.nic.in · checked Constitution of India, Arts. 153-168, 170-182, 239-239A; Government of Union Territories Act 1963 (seat counts from Wikipedia state assembly election pages, read 2026-10-12, Fallback: Wikipedia, because the state legislature sites were not fetched). For: Member of the Legislative Council
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