<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Article 171 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 Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. They are elected by local bodies, legislative assembly, governor, graduates, teacher etc. Odisha too is planing to make a legislative council . And members are known asMLC . </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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