<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> 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 Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh . </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 members expire every two years . This arrangement parallels that for the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India . </P> <P> MLCs must be citizens of India, at least 30 years' old, mentally sound, not an insolvent, and on the voters' list of the state for which he or she is contesting an election . He or she may not be a Member of Parliament at the same time . </P>

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