Wednesday, 4 November 2026 Independent, non-partisan coverage of India's state legislatures
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What is a Vidhan Sabha? How India’s state assemblies work

India has 31 legislative assemblies with 4,123 elected MLAs between them. What they do, how big they can be, how a government is formed, how a bill becomes law, and how a Vidhan Sabha differs from a Vidhan Parishad — explained with the constitutional articles behind each rule.

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