Constitutional provision related to Chief Minister

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 04, Jul 2021

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• Article 163(1): There shall be a council of Ministers with the chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions
• Article 164(4): A Minister(including CM) who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister 
• Article 172: Every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting
• The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates that a bypoll for any vacancy should be held within six months of that vacancy arising, provided the remainder of the term is not less than one year.