2.2. State Legislative Assemblies

Article 170 of the Constitution lays down the maximum and minimum number of seats for the Legislative Assembly of each State to be chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State. 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.

Each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such a 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.

Under Article 332, seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the State Legislative Assemblies.