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76                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                               (Part VI.—The States)
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                 [ [Tamil Nadu, Telangana]] 3[and Uttar Pradesh], two Houses;
                (b) in other States, one House.
        (2) Where there are two Houses of the Legislature of a State, one shall
be known as the Legislative Council and the other as the Legislative Assembly,
and where there is only one House, it shall be known as the Legislative
Assembly.
        169. Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States.—(1)
Notwithstanding anything 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
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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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        (2) Any law referred to in clause (1) shall contain such provisions for the
amendment of this Constitution as may be necessary to give effect to the
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provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and
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consequential provisions as Parliament may deem necessary.
        (3) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this
Constitution for the purposes of article 368.
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          [170. Composition of the Legislative Assemblies.—(1) Subject to the
provisions of article 333, the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist
of not more than five hundred, and not less than sixty, members chosen by
direct election from territorial constituencies in the State.
        (2) For the purposes of clause (1), each State shall be divided into
territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population
of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it shall, so far as
practicable, be the same throughout the State.


1. The words "Tamil Nadu" ins. by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010
   (16 of 2010), s. 3 (date to be notified).
2. Subs. by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (6 of 2014), s. 96, for "Tamil
   Nadu" (w.e.f. 1-6-2014).
3. Subs. by the West Bengal Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969 (20 of 1969), s. 4
   for "Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal" (w.e.f. 1-8-1969).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 9, for art, 170
   (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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