<P> The Legislature of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a bicameral legislative body . It consists of two chambers . The House of Representatives has 98 delegates, elected for four - year terms by proportional representation . The House of Peoples has 58 members, 17 delegates from among each of the constituent peoples of the Federation, and 7 delegates from among the other peoples . Republika Srpska, the other entity, has a unicameral parliament, known as the National Assembly . </P> <P> The German federal state of Bavaria had a bicameral legislature from 1946 to 1999, when the Senate was abolished by a referendum amending the state's constitution . The other 15 states have used a unicameral system since their founding . </P> <P> Seven Indian States, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Jammu - Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, have bicameral Legislatures, these are called legislative councils (Vidhan Parishad), one third of whom are elected every two years, there are graduate constituencies (members elected exclusively by graduates), teachers constituencies (members elected exclusively by teachers), municipal constituencies (members elected exclusively by Mayors and council members of the city Governments). From 1956 to 1958 the Andhra Pradesh Legislature was unicameral . In 1958, when the Legislative Council was formed, it became bicameral until 1 June 1985 when it was abolished . This continued until March 2007 when the Legislative Council was reestablished and elections were held for its seats . Since then the Andhra Pradesh Legislature has become once again bicameral . In Tamil Nadu, a resolution was passed on 14 May 1986 and the Legislative Council was dissolved on 1 November 1986 . Again on 12 April 2010, a resolution was passed to bring it back bicameral, but became unsuccessful in 2011 . </P> <P> Under Soviet regime regional and local Soviets were unicameral . After the adoption of 1993 Russian Constitution bicameralism was introduced in some regions . Bicameral regional legislatures are still technically allowed by federal law but this clause is dormant now . The last region to switch from bicameralism to unicameralism was Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2012 . </P>

Number of states having bicameral legislature in india