<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 . </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> <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> <P> The size of the Vidhan Parishad cannot be more than one third of the membership of the Vidhan Sabha . However, its size cannot be less than 40 members (except in Jammu and Kashmir, where there are 36 by an Act of Parliament .) </P>

Minimum age limit for membership of vidhan parishad