Members of the Legislative Assemblies in India

Hemant Singh

05-SEP-2016 16:06

A Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the Legislature of a State in the Indian system of government. Uttar Pradesh has the largest numbers of MLA (403) in the country while Puducherry has the least numbers of MLAs (30)

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S.No.	State/UT	Strength
1	Uttar Pradesh	403
2	West Bengal	294
3	Maharashtra	288
4	Bihar	243
5	Tamil Nadu	234
6	Madhya Pradesh	230
7	Karnataka	224
8	Rajasthan	200
9	Gujarat	182
10	Andhra Pradesh	175
11	Odisha	147
12	Kerala	140
13	Assam	126
14	Telangana	119
15	Punjab	117
16	Chhatisgarh	90
17	Haryana	90
18	Jharkhand	81
19	Jammu& Kashmir	76*
20	Uttrakhand	70
21	Delhi (NCT)	70
22	Himachal Pradesh	68
23	Arunachal Pradesh	60
24	Manipur	60
25	Mehgalaya	60
26	Nagaland	60
27	Tripura	60
28	Goa	40
29	Mizoram	40
30	Sikkim	32
31	Puducherry	30

Source: Election Commission of India

*Under the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir, the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of that state excluding the 24 seats earmarked for Pakistan occupied territory is 87 out of which 7 seats have been reserved for the Schedule Caste in pursuance of the Jammu & Kashmir Representation of the People Act 1957.

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