1. For elections, the country is divided into different areas called ‘electoral constituencies’.
2. The voters who live in an area elect one representative.
3. For Lok Sabha elections, the country is divided into 543 constituencies.
4. The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament (MP).
Similarly, each state is divided into Assembly constituencies. In this case, the elected representative is called the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA).
