The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and the Vidhan Parishad (upper house). The members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by people through adult franchise. There are 224 members of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. Karnataka is divided into 224 constituencies used to elect the Legislative assembly members.