- The UTs of Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh and Lakshadweep do not have any legislature while the UTs of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry do have an elected legislature and government.
- The legislative assembly of the Union Territory of Puducherry may make laws with respect to matters enumerated in List II or List III in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution in so far as these matters are applicable in relation to the Union Territory. The legislative assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has also these powers with the exceptions that Entries 1, 2 and 18 of List II are not within the legislative competence of the legislative assembly.
- Every union territory is administered by the President acting through an administrator appointed by him. And it is up to the President to specify the designation of an administrator. It may be Lieutenant Governor or Chief Commissioner or Administrator.
- In India, five Union Territories namely, Delhi, Puducherry, Ladakh, J&K, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands are governed by a Lieutenant-Governor while the rest 3 UTs are governed by an Administrator.