Unicameral and Bicameral Legislature
Unicameral and Bicameral Legislature
Out of the 3 important organs of the govt. (Exective, Legislative and Judiciary), Legislative may be considered as the most primary organ. It helps to form rules and regulations of the smooth governanace of a Nation/State.
In the legislature, there are two groups/ houses. One is House of People/ Lok Sabha/ Lower House. Another one is Upper house/ Rajya Sabha/ House of Elders.
When any legislation composits of both the houses, it is called Bicameral Legislature. And When it has only one legislature i.e. Lok Sabha/ Lower house, it is called unicameral legislature.
As we know in the case of india, We have lok sabha and Rajya sabha. That means, Bicameral legislature exists in the centre. Whereas, in case of states and UTS, it is a mix of both bicameral and unicameral legislatures.
Few States have bicameral legislature & rest have unicameral legislature. There are some UTs which have unicameral legislature and rest UTs have no legislature.
Now, let us look at the list of states with dual legislature:
States with Bicameral Legislature:
Curently, there are 6 states in India which have two legislatures:
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar
- Maharashtra
- Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana
- Karnataka
Note: Earlier, J&K also had dual Legislature. But, after 2019’s UT recognition to J&K, it became only unicameral.
All the other states have unicameral legislature.
Union Territories with legislature:
No union territory has dual legislature. Currently, 3 UT’s have Unicameral legislature whereas others have none.
Below is the list of UT’s having unicameral legislature:
- Delhi
- Puducherry
- J & K