The Constitution of India
Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 169
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceanything in article 168, Parliament may by law provide for the abolition of the Legislative
Council of a State having such a Council or for the creation of such a Council in a State
having no such Council, if the Legislative Assembly of the State passes a resolution to that
effect by a majority of the total membership of the Assembly and by a majority of not less
than two-thirds of the members of the Assembly present and voting.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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