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REGISTERED No. V. 221.

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 50] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963/PHALGUNA 30, 1884

DELIMITATION COMMISSION

ORDER NO.

S.O. 874.—In pursuance of clause (a) of section 8 of the Delimitation Com- mission Act, 1962, we hereby determine, on the basis of the latest census figures and having regard to the provisions of articles 81 and 330 of the Constitution, the number of seats in the House of the People to be allocated to each State (other than the. State of Jammu and Kashmir and the State of Nagaland) and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the scheduled castes and for the scheduled tribes of the State.

The present allocation of seats among these 14 States, as provided in the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950, is as follows:—

43 12 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Assam] 3. Bihar . . . . , . . . . . .. 53 4. Gujarat . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 5. Kerala . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 6. Mudhya Pradesh 7,Madras 8.[Maharashtra] 9. Mysore

Pradesh

36 41 44 26 20 10. Orissa 22 11, Punjab 22 12. Rajasthan 13. Uttar 86 14. West Bengal 36

TOTAL . 481

In addition, the State of Jammu and Kashmir is allotted six seats, the Naga Hills- Tuensang Area one seat, the North East Frontier Tract one seat and the several Union territories 18 seats in all, making up a total of 507.

Clause (1) of article 81 of the Constitution fixes the maximum limit of 500 for the number of members to be chosen by direct election from territorial consti- tuencies in all the States, including Jammu and Kashmir and also Nagaland when that State is formed. Accordingly, the maximum number of elective seats avail- able for allocation among the fourteen states is 493. After taking various circum- stances into consideration, we have come to the conclusion that it would be desirable and proper to increase the total number of seats from the present number of 481 to 490. The total population of these States has increased very considerably during the last ten years with the result that the average population per parliamentary constituency has increased from 732,654 in 1951 to 889,257 in

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1961. Further, the increase is far from being uniform for all the States. Conse- quently, if the present total of 481 scats were retained and distributed among the fourteen States according to their population as ascertained at the last decennial census, three of the larger States, namely Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madras lose as many as three seats each in the House of the People and Bihar alsc loses one seat. While this result cannot be completely avoided, it Is to a certair extent mitigated by Increasing the total number to 490. Uttar Pradesh then loses only one seat, Bihar does not lose any and Andhra Pradesh and Madras lose only two seats each. We notice that even If the total number were increased right uptc the maximum permissible, namely 493, the position so far as Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madras are concerned would remain the same and the three additional seats would go to States which had not lost any seat. We therefore determine that the total number of seats in the House of the People to be allocated among these fourteen States should be increased from 481 to 490 only.

As regards the distribution of the seats among the States, the guiding principle

is laid down in article 81(2)(a) as follows:—

"(a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the States is, so far as practicable, the same for all States'^

The total population of the fourteen States according to the 1961 census is 427,732,685, which divided by 490 gives an average of 872,924 per seaf. The population of each State is divided by this number to arrive at the number of seats to be allotted to that State. The calculations are given in the following table:—

Name of State

Number of seats to be allotted

Population (i96l)

K4'4"= 85 53-22-. 53 45-3i~ 45 I. 2. 3. 4- 5. 6. 7- 8. 9. 1 0.

i i. 1 2.

13-

73,746,401 46,455,610 39>553i7i8 35,9^3,447 34,926,279 33.686,953 3 2 ) 3 7³J 4 0K 23,586,772 20,633,350 20,306,812 20,155,602 17,548,846 16,903,715 11,872,772

41-22— 41 40-01= 40 3K"59= 39 3 7 - 0 9- 37 27-02™ 27 2 3 - 6 3- 24 23-26= 23 2 3 - 0 9- 23 20-10— 20 I9'36= 19 13-60— 14 Uttar Pradesh Bihar Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh West Bengal Madras Madhya Pradesh Mysore Gujarat Punjab Rajasthan Orlssa,"¹ Kerala Assam]

TOTAL .

489-98 .=490

427,732,685

The figures in the third column have been calculated to the second decimal place and then rounded off to the nearest integer, except in the case of Uttar Pradesh Where 84.48 has been rounded off to 85 in order to bring up the total to 490. This State having the largest fraction less than one-half gets the benefit.

Having determined the number of seats to be allotted to each State in the

House of the People, we next determine the number of seats to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the Scheduled Tribes in accordance with article 330 of the Constitution which reads as follows:—

"330. (1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the People for—

(a) the Scheduled Castes; (b) the Scheduled Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areasof Assam; and (c) the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam.

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(2) The number of seats reserved in any State or Union territory for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes under clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats allotted to tfiat State or Union territory in the House of the People as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or Union territory or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State or Union territory or part of the State or Union territory, as the case may be. in respect of which seats arc so reserved, bsars to the total population of the State or Union territory."

The relevant population figures as ascertained at the last census are given in the table below:—

Census population Proportion to total

1961

population

  Name  of the State
                              Total             SC              ST          SC         ST
 I.  Uttnr  Pradesh.         73,746,401      I5;4*7>245          ..       •2091
 2.  Bihar                   46,455,6io       6,536,875      ,;,2O4,77C   •1407    •0905
 3.  Maharashtra  .          39,553'7iS       2,226,914      ^,397,159    •0563    •0606
 4.  Andhra Pradesh          35*983,447       4,973,616       1,324,368   •1382    •0368
 5.  West  Bengal  .         34,926,279       6,950,726      2,063,8? 3 ' •1990    •0591
 6.  Madrag  ,               33J<586,953      6,072,536        252,646    •1803    •0075
 7.  Madhya  Pradesh         32,372,408       4,253,024       6,678,410   •1314    •2063
 8.  Mysore .                23,586,772       3,117,232         192,096   •1322    •0081
 9.  Gujarat.                20,633,350       1,367,255      2,754,446    •0663    •1333
10.  Punjab  .               2O,3O6,Kl2       4,139,106         14,132    •2038    •0007
11.  Rajasthan               20,155,602       3,359)640       2,309,447   •1667    •1146
12.  Orissa ,                17,548,846       2,763,858       4,223,757   •1573    •2407
13.  Kerala  .               16,903,715       1,422,057        207,996    •0841    •0123
14.  Assam  .                11,872,772         732,756       i,ni,5o6(a) •0617    •0936(0)
                                                               956,858$)          •o8o6(*)

427,732,685 63,332,840

TOTAL .

28,691,474 •1481 •0671

Note—(a) For the autonomous districts of Assam.

(b)i For Assam excluding tribal areas.

The calculations determining the number of seats to be reserved for (a) the Scheduled Castes of each State (b) the Scheduled Tribes of each State except those in the tribal areas of Assam and (c) the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam, are set out in the table below:—

Total No. of seats to be

No. of seats to be reserved

Name of State

ill Ir>tt^H

Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Tribes

 1.  Uttar Pradesh  .            85         85X  •2O9l='i7'75"i8                 4 m
 2.  Bihar                       33         53 X-I4O7=  7-46=  7       53 X-0905-  4 ' 8 0- 5
 3.  Maharashtra                 45         4 5X > o 5 6 3-  2 - 5 3- 3 45X-O6O6-  2 - 7 3- 3
 4.  Andhra  Pradesh             4¹ 41 X -I382-.  5-67~  6 41X  '0368  — 1-51-= 2
 5.  West  Bengal                40         40X  -J99O—  7-96—  8      40X  0591—  236—  2
 6.  Madras                      39         39X-i8o3=  7-03=  7        39X-OO75—  0-29—  0
 7.  Madhya  Pradesh             37         3 7 X - I 3 I 4-  4 - 8 6-  5 37X  -2063—  7-63— 8
 8.  Mysore                      27          2 7 X - I 3 2 2-  3 " 5 7-  4 27X  -0081—  O'23"  0
 9.  Gujarat                     24         24X -0663=  1-59—  2       24 x -1335*-  3-20—  3
10.  Punjab                      23         23 x  2038—  4-69-=  5     23x  0007—  0-02—  0
11.  Rajasthan  .                23         23 x-1667—  3-84—  4       23x  -1146—  2-63—  3
12.  Orissa                      20         20X  -1575=-  3" 15= 3     20 x •3407^  4-81—  5
13.  Kerala                       19         19X -0841=  i-6o=  2      I9X-OI23.=  0-23=-  0
14,  Assam                       14         14X  •0617'"  0-86—  1     14X  0936—  i-3i"=  1

I 4 X - O 8 O 6— 1-13— 1 (*)TOTAL . 490 75 33 Note.—(a) For the autonomous districts of Assam, (b) For Assam excluding tribal areas.

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In every case without exception the rounding off has been done to the nearest Integer.

Accordingly in pursuance of clause (a) of section 8 of the Act, we, determine the number of seats to be allotted to each of the States in the House of the People and the number of seats if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the State as set out in the table below:—

Number of scats reserved for

Name of State

Total number of seats

Scheduled CaBte8 Scheduled Tribes

2 2*

i. Andhra Pradesh 2, Assam 3. Bihar 4. Gujarat 5. Kerala 6. Madhya Pradesh 7. Madras B. Maharashtra 9. Mysore

41 14 53 24 19 37 39 45 27 20

Nil 8 Nil 3 Nil 5 Nil

Nil

23 23 85 40

10. OtiSBd 11. Punjab 12. Rajasthan . 13. Uttar Pradesh . 14. West Bengal

2 5 7 3 4 3 5 4 18 8

TOTAL

490

•One of these two seats will be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes of Assam excluding the tribal areas and the other for the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam.

New Delhi,

The 20th March 1963.

J. L. Kapur, Chairman.

C. P. Slnha.

K. V. K. Sundaram.

[No. 282/63(2).,]

By Order,

P. S. SUBRAMANIAN, Secy.

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