The Constitution of India
Qualification for membership of the State Legislature
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 173
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourcequalified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he—
1
[(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes 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;]
(b) is, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years
of age and, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age;
and
(c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under
any law made by Parliament.
2
[174. Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution:- (1) The Governor
shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to
meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its
last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
(2) The Governor may from time to time—
(a) prorogue the House or either House;
(b) dissolve the Legislative Assembly.]
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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