Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member of the Legislative Assembly
	Legislative Assembly
Abbreviation	MLA
Member of	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly; Assam Legislative Assembly; Bihar Legislative Assembly; Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly; Delhi Legislative Assembly; Goa Legislative Assembly; Gujarat Legislative Assembly; Haryana Legislative Assembly; Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly; Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly; Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; Karnataka Legislative Assembly; Kerala Legislative Assembly; Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Manipur Legislative Assembly; Meghalaya Legislative Assembly; Mizoram Legislative Assembly; Nagaland Legislative Assembly; Odisha Legislative Assembly; Puducherry Legislative Assembly; Punjab Legislative Assembly; Rajasthan Legislative Assembly; Sikkim Legislative Assembly; Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly; Telangana Legislative Assembly; Tripura Legislative Assembly; Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly; Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly; West Bengal Legislative Assembly;
Reports to	Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Respective Legislative Assemblies of India
Nominator	Elected By Voting
Term length	5 Years
Inaugural holder	1952 State Legislative Assembly
Formation	1952 (72 years ago)

A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become the Speaker of the Legislature.