i) The leader of the majorty in the State Assembly Election is selected as the Chief Minister by the members of the Legislative Assembly,
ii) The Chief Minister selects the Ministers from the members of the legislative Assembly.
iii) The Selected Ministers are called the Council of Ministers.

i) The Governor appoints the leader of the majority party in the State Legislative Assembly as the Chief Minister
ii) The Chief Minister is the head of the State council of Ministers.
iii) The Chief Minister remains in office as long as he gets support of the majority members of the Legislative Assembly
iv) The maximum period of his post is 5 years.

i) A person has to be atleast 25 years old to enrol for election to the Legislative Assembly
ii) The person must be a citizen of India.

The two houses of the State Legislative Assembly are:
State Legislative Council (Upper House)
State Legislative Assembly (Lower House).

i) The governor is the chief executive in a state.
ii) All the executive powers of the state are vested upon him and decisions are taken in his name. 
iii) He appoints the chief minister and council of ministers.
iv) He makes some important appointments of the state government, such as the advocate general, chairman and members of the state public service commission and others
v) The president imposes emergency ina state under article 356 on the basis of the report of the governor.
vi) The governor also acts as the chancellor of state universities.
vii) He summons and prorogues the sessions of the state legislature dissolve the legislative assembly.
viii) Money bills can be introduced in the state legislative assembly only with the approval of governor.
ix) The annual budget of the state government is laid before the legislature with the approval of the governor.

i) Different political parties compete in the election to the legislative assembly.
ii) The candidate is that person who contests for the election and asks the people to vote for him.
iii) A person has to be at least 25 years old to contest for election to the legislative assembly.
iv) One person can stand for election in more than one constituency at the same time
v) Even if the person does not belong to any political party, he can contest election: such candidate is called an independent candidate.
vi) The members of legislative assembly are elected directly by the people
vii) According to the constitution, a legislative assembly cannot have more than 500 members and not less than 60 members.
viii) The members of the legislative assembly are elected for a term of five years.
ix) But the governor can dissolve the house before the expiry of its term and can call for a fresh election.

i) The high court has been empowered to issue writs of Habeas corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, certiorari and Quo warrant for the enforcement of the fundamental rights and for other purposes.
ii) Every High court has as general power of superintendence over all the lower courts and tribunals within its jurisdiction except military courts and tribunals.
iii) If a case is pending before a sub-ordinate court and the high court is satisfied that it involves a substantial question of the constitutional law, it can take up the case and decide it itself.
iv) The high court controls all the subordinate courts in the state.
v) Like the supreme court, the high court also acts as a court of record.
vi) Each State is divided into a number of districts for the purpose of judicial administration
vii) The District Court judges are appointed by the Governor.
viii) The High Court enjoys full power and freedom to act with in its jurisdiction.
ix) The Constitutional safeguards have ensured its independent working

i) The State Legislative Assembly will have a meeting two or three times in a year,
ii) Each member of the Legislative Assembly must attend the Assembly meeting.
iii) The main duty of the State Legislative Assembly is to make laws for the state.
iv) The State Legislative Assembly makes the laws on State list and the concurrent list for the central
v) The Assembly has control over the State Council of Ministers.
vi) The State Council of Ministers are responsible or answerable to the Assembly for its activities.
vii) The Assembly may pass to confidere motion against the Council of Ministers and bring its down fall if the Assembly is not satisfied with the performance of the Council of Ministers.
viii) The Legislative Assembly has control over the finance of the State.
ix) The State Government can not impose, increase, lower or withdraw any tax without the approval of the Assembly
x) The elected members of the Legislative Assembly can take part in the election of the President of India and the election of the members of the Rajya Sabha.

i) The Chief Minister is the Chief administrator of the State.
ii) All the major decisions of the State
iii) Government are taken under his leadership
iv) On the advice of the Chief Minister, the Governor appoints the other Ministers.
v) The Chief Minister supervises the activities of different Ministers and advices them accordingly.
vi) The Chief Minister plays an important role in making policies of the State Government.
vii) The Chief Minister has to ensure that the policies of the Government do not go against public interest.
viii) The Chief Minister's voice is final in policy decision of the State Government
ix) The Chief Minister has the power of appointing higher officials in the State Government.
x) On the advice of the Chief Minister, the Governor appoints different higher officials of the State Government.

i) He must be a citizen of India
ii) He must have at least ten years experience as head of the judicial office in the territory of India.
iii) He must have at least ten years of experience as an advocate in one or more high courts.

i) The constitution provides that the total strength of the legislative council must not be less than 40 and not more than 1/3 of the legislative assembly.
ii) The member of the legislative council are elected indirectly.