Question

Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?

Answer 1

Hint:
There exist about seven to nine MLA’s for every MP (Member of Parliament) in every state similar to that of Lok Sabha which is the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament. MLA is expanded as the Member of Legislative Assembly.

Complete answer:
An MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral constituency (district) to the legislature of state government in the Indian system of government. The people elect one representative from each constituency, who became a member of the legislative assembly (MLA). If a state consists of two houses i.e., the State Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) and the State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), the Legislative Council is the upper house while the Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the State Legislature. The Governor is not a member of the Legislature or Parliament and they do not hold any office of profit and they are entitled to emoluments and allowances. The Legislative Assembly consists of a member not less than 60 and not more than 500. Uttar Pradesh is the biggest state which has 404 members in its Assembly. The other state which has less population has a lesser number of members in the Legislative Assembly. The term of this assembly is five years. The main function of the legislature is law-making and the state legislature has powers to make laws on all items on which the Parliament cannot legislate.

Note:
There are also three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories of India which are: The Delhi Legislative Assembly, Puducherry Legislative Assembly and the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The bicameral legislature is different from the unicameral legislatures.