<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Article 169 of the Constitution of India provides for the establishment of a Vidhan Parishad . The Vidhan Parishad or Legislative Council is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature . As of 2017, seven (7) (out of twenty - nine) states have a Legislative Council . They are elected by local bodies, legislative assembly, governor, graduates, teacher, etc . Odisha, too, is planning to make a legislative council . And members are known as MLC . There is timing of 6 years of vidhan parishad </P> <P> Each Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) serves for a six - year term, with terms staggered so that the terms of one third of a council's membership expire every two years . This arrangement parallels that for the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India . </P>

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