<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lakshadweep </Td> <Td> LD </Td> <Td> 64,473 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> English, Malayalam </Td> <Td> Kavaratti </Td> <Td> 2,013 </Td> <Td> 946 </Td> <Td> 92.28 </Td> <Td> 44.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Puducherry </Td> <Td> PY </Td> <Td> 1,247,953 </Td> <Td> 490 </Td> <Td> Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu </Td> <Td> Puducherry </Td> <Td> 2,598 </Td> <Td> 1037 </Td> <Td> 86.55 </Td> <Td> 66.6 </Td> </Tr> <P> South India elects 132 members to the Lok Sabha accounting for roughly one - fourth of the total strength . The region has an allocation of 58 seats in Rajya Sabha out of the total 245 . Each state is headed by a Governor, who is a direct appointee of the President of India; the Chief Minister is the elected head of the state government and represents the ruling party or coalition . Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry follow unicameral legislature while Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana follow bicameral legislature . </P> <P> State legislatures elect members for terms of five years . States with bicameral legislatures have an upper house (Legislative Council) with members not more than one - third the size of the Assembly . Governors may suspend or dissolve assemblies and can administer when no party is able to form a government . Each state is organised into a number of districts, which are further subdivided into revenue divisions and taluk s (or tehsils) for administration . Local bodies govern respective cities, towns and villages with each electing a mayor, municipal chairman and panchayat chairman respectively to head the same . </P>

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