4.1. Qualifications for Members of Parliament and Members of State Legislature

The Constitution prescribes certain qualifications for a person to be elected as a member of the Union Parliament as well as the State Legislature. It also empowers the Parliament to make such laws that may prescribe further qualifications for such elections. Accordingly, Part II of RPA, 1951 provides for qualifications for Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of State Legislature (MLAs).

4.1.1. Constitutional Provisions for Membership of Parliament 4.1.2. Qualifications for Membership of Parliament under RPA, 1951 1. Council of States (Section 3 of RPA, 1951)2. House of the People (Section 4 of RPA, 1951):4.1.3. Constitutional Provisions for membership of a State Legislature 4.1.4. Qualifications for membership of a State Legislature under RPA, 1951 1. Legislative Assembly 2. Legislative Council