Karnataka Legislative Assembly

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The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral state legislature of Karnataka in India, responsible for making laws and overseeing the state government.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lower house
State legislative assembly
abbreviation KLA
budgetaryControl Grants and appropriations for state expenditure
canBeDissolvedBy Governor of Karnataka
canBeProclaimedUnder Article 356 of the Constitution of India
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India
country India
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
electionConductedBy Election Commission of India
electoralBody Electorate of Karnataka
electoralConstituencies Territorial constituencies in Karnataka
elects Members of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (indirectly, with Council)
establishedUnderArticle Article 168 of the Constitution of India
governingDocument Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
hasLegislativeCompetenceOver Concurrent List subjects (subject to Parliament)
State List subjects
hasUnicameralOrBicameralContext Part of bicameral legislature
houseType Lower house
jurisdiction State of Karnataka
languageUsed English
Kannada
leaderOfHouseTitle Chief Minister of Karnataka
leaderOfOppositionTitle Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
legislatureOf Karnataka
location Bengaluru
meetsInBuilding Vidhana Soudha
membersCalled Members of the Legislative Assembly
nativeNameLanguage kn
numberOfHousesInLegislature 2
otherHouse Karnataka Legislative Council
oversightMechanism Committees of the House
Question Hour
Zero Hour
partOf Karnataka Legislature
power Approve state budget
Control executive through questions and motions
Move no-confidence motion against state government
Pass state legislation
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
responsibility Oversight of state government
State law making
sessionLocation Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru
state Karnataka
temporarySessionLocation Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi
termLength 5 years
typeOfLegislature Parliamentary system
votingSystem First-past-the-post
website https://kla.kar.nic.in/

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bengaluru
legislature

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