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Difference Between Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council

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1-Existence

Legislative Assembly

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  • Compulsory for every state
  • Can not be abolished

Legislative Council

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  • Optional/Conditional
  • Can be abolished
  • My be created or abolished by Parliament with simple majority after a resolution passed by State Assembly with two-third majority

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2-NATURE

Legislative Assembly

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  • Lower House

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Legislative Council

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  • Upper House

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3-STRENGTH

Legislative Assembly

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  • Minimum-60
  • Maximum-500

(exception for smaller states)

Legislative Council

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  • Minimum-40
  • Maximum-not more than 1/3 of total number of members of State’s Legislative Assembly

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4-Reservation of Seats

Legislative Assembly

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  • Seats are reserved for SC & ST on the basis of their population ratio

Legislative Council

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  • No such Reservation

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5-Duration

Legislative Assembly

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  • Term-5years (normal term)
  • Can be dissolved

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Legislative Council

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  • Permanent
  • Cannot be dissolved

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6-Term of Members

Legislative Assembly

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  • 5 years
  • Term may end before if the Assembly is dissolved

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Legislative Council

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  • 6 years
  • One-third members retires every second year

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7-Election

Legislative Assembly

  • Direct Elections
  • Voters: Common People
  • All members are directly elected by the common people
  • No nomination,…. One member from Anglo-India does not exist now

Legislative Council

  • Indirect elections
  • Electors- MLAs, Local Bodies, Teachers, and Nomination by Governor

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8-Qualifications

Legislative Assembly

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  • Age- 25 years

Legislative Council

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  • Age- 30 years

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9-Presiding Officers

Legislative Assembly

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  • Speaker, Deputy Speaker

Legislative Council

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  • Chairman, Deputy Chairman

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10-Power

Legislative Assembly

  • Govt formation with the majority in it
  • It can only do that
  • Money Bill- all power with it
  • Ordinary Bill- final power it has
  • It participates as electors in Presidential elections

Legislative Council

  • No Role in Govt formation

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  • No role in Govt fall
  • No power
  • No such power
  • It does not participate

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