Career as Politician

• Village Panchayats
• Municipal Corporations
• Official and non-official organizations
• State Legislative assembly 
• Lok Sabha
• Rajya Sabha

* There is no minimum educational qualification prescribed for being a Member of Legislative Assembly (‘MLA’)

Qualification for membership:

• Is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election Commission on oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule
• Is in the case of a seat in the Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age
• Possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament

 Disqualification for membership:

• If a person holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by the Legislature of the State by Law
• If he is of unsound mind
• If he is an insolvent
• If he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State or is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State
• If he is  disqualified by any law made by Parliament

Special qualifications relate to residence in the State concerned or membership of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes of the State.

**Member of State Legislature

• Legislative Assembly of every State is elected for a term of five years though it is subject to dissolution in certain circumstances before the expiry of that term.  Some States have besides Legislative Assembly, another House of State Legislature called the Legislative Council. The number of members of a State Assembly vary from State to State, with a minimum of 60 members. The maximum number fixed by the Constitution is 500
• The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council does not exceed one-third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State as per Article 171 of the Constitution of India

***Members of Lok Sabha

• Members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected on the basis of universal adult franchise and every citizen who has attained 18 years of age votes at the election
• Number of seats in the Lok Sabha are based on the basis of population in each state.  The members of the Lok Sabha are elected for a 5 year duration
• Besides the aforesaid qualification/disqualifications, there are some other special qualification/disqualifications given in the Representation of People Act which are applicable both to MLAs and MPs

****Members of Rajya sabha

• The allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha is filled by representative of the States and Union Territories. The total membership of the Rajya Sabhya is 250.  The Rajya Sabha has 12 members nominated by the President from amongst persons having outstanding status in the field of literature, science, art and social service
• The normal tenure of a Rajya Sabha member is 6 years. Rajya Sabha is not subject to dissolution and one third of the members retire every second year in accordance with law made by Parliament