A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. Legislatures are known by many names, including: parliament, congress, diet and national assembly. In parliamentary systems of government, the legislature is formally supreme and appoints the executive. In presidential...
Legislature of a This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. For other meanings, see state (disambiguation). In international law and international relations, a state is a geographic political entity possessing politicial sovereignty, i.e. not being subject to any higher political authority. In casual language, the idea of a state and a...
State in the The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. India has grown significantly, both in population and in strategic importance in the last two decades. The Indian economy is...
Indian system of A government is an organization that has the power to make and enforce laws for a certain territory. There are several definitions on what exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, govern means the power to administrate, whether over an area of land, a set group of people, or...
government. Each state has X MLAs for every A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. Australia In Australia, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a member of the Australian House of Representatives. See also...
MP it has in the The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are direct representatives of the people of India as they are directly elected by the electorate consisting of all adult citizens of India. Its maximum size as outlined in the...
Lok Sabha, where X varies from 4 to 9.
External links
Maps of Indian constituencies (http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectionMaps/ElectionMaps_fs.htm)
LegislativeAssembly and Executive Council Act, Consolidation of Current to: 2006-10-23 the LegislativeAssembly, to expel the member from the LegislativeAssembly and to declare that the member's seat is vacant or to otherwise discipline the member.
LegislativeAssembly and Executive Council Act, Consolidation of Current to: 2006-10-23 Consent of Speaker required (2) A member may not be arrested or detained in a criminal matter while the member is in the LegislativeAssembly Building or the precinct without the consent of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker.
LegislativeAssembly and Executive Council Act, Consolidation of Current to: 2006-10-23 Amount of expenses (5) The maximum expenses to which a member is entitled under subparagraph (1)(b)(i) and subsection (4) in any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount set out in Schedule B for the constituency represented by the member.
A Member of the LegislativeAssembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the legislature or legislativeassembly of a subnational jurisdiction.
Members of the LegislativeAssembly in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (despite being a House of Assembly), Prince Edward Island and in the three territories (Yukon, NWT and Nunavut) are known as MLAs.
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland are known as MLAs (Members of the LegislativeAssembly).
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