essay on legislative assembly,
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The constitution of India provides that a Legislative Assembly cannot have more than 500 members and less than 60 members. In other words, the number of members of the Legislative Assemblies of different states varies between 60 and 500. The present strength of the Orissa Legislative Assembly is 147.
Some seats in the Legislative Assembly are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. If the Governor of a state feels that the members of Anglo-Indian community have not been duly represented in the Legislative Assembly, he can nominate one member to it.
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The Legislative Assembly is the popular chamber and the powerful legislative body in the State.
It is composed of member; directly elected by the people in territorial constituencies in which the State is divided.
The suffrage is universal and the elections art conducted under the supervision and direction of the Election Commission.
According to the constitutional provisions certain seat’ are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in State Legislative Assembly.
The Constitution, further, provides that the maximum strength of a Legislative Assembly must not exceed 500 or its minimum strength will not fall below 60.
The seats in the Legislative Council are also decided by the Parliament according’ the population of the State.
The following table indicates the number of seats in the State Legislative Councils and Assemblies in India with the latest party position in different Legislative Assemblies
The following qualifications are necessary for a person seeking election to the Legislative Assembly of a State:
(a) He must be a citizen of India,
(b) He must not be less that 25 years of age.
(c) He must possess such other qualifications as may by law be prescribed by the Parliament. In case of reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of a State, a person must be in addition to the above qualifications, a member of any of those Castes and Tribes.
The normal life of a Legislative Assembly is 5 years. The Constitution (Forty-Second Amendment) Act, 1976 had extended it to 6 years. The Janata Government has restored it to five years again. But it may be dissolved earlier by the Governor.
If there is proclamation of emergency in operation, the Parliament may by law extend the said time, not exceeding one year at a time, and in no case beyond a period of 6 months after the proclamation has ceased to operate.
As already referred, each State is divided into a number of constituencies for the purpose of election to the Legislative Assembly.
The Assembly has to elect its officers-the Speaker and Deputy Speaker who are in-charge of conducting the proceedings and the business of the House.