<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <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 membership expire every two years . This arrangement parallels that for the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India . </P>

No of states having legislative council in india