how a person can stand in assembly elections??
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A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
and he can stand with legs too XD
If you want to stand as a candidate for election to the Lok Sabha (House of the People) from a Parliamentary constituency, you must possess each of the following qualifications :
(1) in the first place you must be a citizen of India [Article 84(a) of the Constitution];
(2) in the second place, you must make and subscribe before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule to the Constitution [Article 84(a) of the Constitution and Form III/A in the Third Schedule];
(3) in the third place, you must not be less than twenty-five years of ago on the date of scrutiny of nominations [Article 84(b) of the Constitution read with section 36(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951);
(4) in the fourth place :-
(a) If you are a candidate for a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes in any state, you must be a member of any of the Scheduled Castes whether of that state or of any other State, and in addition you must be an elector for any Parliamentary constituency ;
(b) if you are a candidate for a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in any State, (other than those in the autonomous districts of Assam), then you must be a member of any of the Scheduled Tribes, whether of that State, or of any other State (excluding the tribal areas of Assam) and in addition you must be an elector for any parliamentary constituency.