ഇന്ത്യയിലെ സംസ്ഥാന നിയമസഭകളിലേക്ക് ജനങ്ങളാൽ നേരിട്ട് തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെടുന്ന അംഗങ്ങളെ എം.എൽ.എ.മാർ എന്ന് പറയുന്നു.ഇതു കൂടാതെ ഇലക്ടറൽ കോളേജ് മുഖേന ഉപരി സഭ ഉള്ള സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ എം.എൽ.സിമാരെയും തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുന്നു.കേരളനിയമസഭയിൽ140 അംഗങ്ങളാണുള്ളത്.കേരളത്തിൽ ഉപരി സഭ(ലെജിസ്ലേറ്റീവ് കൗൺസിൽ ,ഹിന്ദിയിൽ വിധാൻ പരിഷത്ത്) ഇല്ല.

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