The Karnataka
Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of
Karnataka state in southern India. Karnataka is one of the seven states in
India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two
houses are the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and the Vidhan Parishad (upper
house).
The members of the
Vidhana Sabha are directly elected by people through adult franchise. There
are 224 members of the Vidhana Sabha or the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka
state. One member is a representative of the Anglo-Indian community nominated
by the Governor of Karnataka. The state of Karnataka is divided into 225
constituencies used to elect the Legislative assembly.
Each constituency
elects one member of the assembly. Members are popularly known as MLAs.
The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or "first past the
post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election
Commission of India.
The normal term of the
members lasts for five years. In case of death, resignation or disqualification
of a member, a by-election is conducted for constituency represented by the
member. The party which wins the most seats becomes the ruling party.
On 10 May 2013,
Siddaramaiah was chosen as Chief Minister and Leader of the House by the MLAs.
He was sworn in as CM on 13 May 2013.
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