The Constitution of India
Vacation of seats
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 190
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceof a State and provision shall be made by the Legislature of the State by law for the vacation
by a person who is chosen a member of both Houses of his seat in one house or the other.
(2) No person shall be a member of the Legislatures of two or more States specified in
the First Schedule and if a person is chosen a member of the Legislatures of two or more
such States, then, at the expiration of such period as may be specified in rules1 made by the
President, that person‘s seat in the Legislatures of all such States shall become vacant, unless
he has previously resigned his seat in the Legislatures of all but one of the States.
(3) If a member of a House of the Legislature of a State—
(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in 2[clause (1) or
clause (2) of article 191]; or
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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