REGISTERED No. D (D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 130] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1976/BHADRA 12,1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 3rd September, 1976/Bhadra 12, 1898 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 2nd September, 1976, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) A C T, 1976 No. 88 OF 1976
[2nd September, 1976]
An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Amend-
Short title.
ment) Act, 1979.
48 of 1950.
Amend- ment of section 4.
2. For sub-section (5) of section 4 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —
76 of 1972.
20 of 1963,
" (5) Save as provided in sub-section (4), the extent of all parlia- mentary constituencies except the parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the orders of the Delimitation Commission made under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972 and the extent of the parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the Election Commission under the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.".
3. For sub-section (.3) of section 7 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —
Amend- ment of section 7.
"(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7A, the extent of each assembly constituency in all the States and Union
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I I 36 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—76 of 1972.
20 of 1963.
territories except the assembly constituencies in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the orders of tne Delimitation Commission made under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972 and the extent of each assembly constituency in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the Election Commission made under the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.".
4. In section 8 of the principal Act,—
Amend- ment of section 8. (i) in sub-section (1), for the words and figures "the Delimi- tation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966", the words and figures "the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976" shall be substituted;
(ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be
Inserted, namely: —
78 of 1973.
"(3) The consolidation under sub-section (1) of the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section 4 or, as the case may be, sub-section (3) of section 7 shall not, as provided In sub-section (5) of section 10 of the Delimitation Act, 1972, affect the repre- sentation in, and the territorial constituencies of, the House oi the People or the Legislative Assembly of the State existing on the date of publication in the Gazette of India of any such order or orders as may be relevant.".
Amend- ment of section 9.
5. In clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966", the words and figures "the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966, or, as the case may be, the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976" shall be substituted.
6. For sub-section (3) of section 28 of the principal Act, the following
sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —
Amend- ment of section 28.
t;(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as rnay be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successivs sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the ruls shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.".
7. For the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the principal
Act, the following Schedules shall be substituted, namely: —
Substi- tution of new Sche- dules for the First Sche- dule and the Second Schedule.
SEC. 11 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1137"THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 3)
Allocation 0/ seats in the House of the People
Name of tto: State/Union
Number of seats in the House as subsequently constituted territorv
Number of seats in the House as constituted on 1-1-1973
i
Total Reserved Reserved
Total
for the for the *
Reserved for the
Scheduled Scheduled
Castes Tribes
Scheduled
Castes
Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
I 2 S 4 5 6 r
I. STATES :
1. Andhra Pradesh 41 6 % 42 6 s
3. Ass"rr 14 1 2 14 1 3
3- Bihar 53 7 5 54 8 5
4. Gujarat U 2 3 26 2 4
5- Haryana 9 2 .- 10 s
6. Himachal Pradesh 4 1 4 1 ..
7- Jamrnu and Kashmir , 6 •• -• 6 • • • .
8. Karnataka 27 4 * • 28 4 • •
9- Kerala 19 2 .. 23 2
1 0. Madhya Pradesh 37 5 8 40 5 8
1 1. Maharashtra 45 3 3 48 3 3
1 2. Manlpur 2 •• 1 a • • 1
1 3. Meghalaya ? 2 2 -•
14. Nagaland I •• • • t ..
15- Orissa 20 3 5 21 3 5
16. Punjab 13 3 13 3 t *
17. Rajasthan 23 4 3 15 4 3
18. Sikkim 1 .. #.
19. Tamil Nadu 39 7 39 7 -.
2 0. Tripura 2 1 2 1
2 1. Uttar Pradesh 85 IS 85 iS
1138 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—
Name of the State/Union Number of seats in the House Number of seats In the House aS subsequently constituted
territory as constituted on 1-1-1973
Total
Total
Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
Reserved Reserved for the for the Scheduled Scheduled Castes Tribes
Reserved for the Scheduled Castes
6
2
1
7
3
4
3
II. UNION TERRITORIES i
1.
Andamm and Nicobar
•;.
1
1
Islands
1.
1
2
Aranachal Pradesh
1
1
1
Chandigarh
3-
1
1
1
1
Dadra and Nagar Havcli
4-
1
1
Delhi
7
7
5-
J
,.
Goa, Daman and Diu
a
T .
6.
I
1
1
Lakshadweep
7-
I
8.
I
Mizoram
1
Pondiqhcrry ,
• t
;
9-
-•
$22
TOTAL
38
11
542 78
41
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
(See sections 7 and 7A)
Total number of seats in the Legislative Assemblies
Name of the State/ Unioi territory
Nu ~>ber of seats in the Legislative Assembly as constituted on 1-1-1973
Number of seats in the Legislative Assembly as subsequently constituted
—1
Total
Reserved for the
Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Castes
Scheduled Tribes
Total Reserved for the Scheduled Castes
Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
2
1
6
3
4
5
7
I. STATES :
li
40
287
t. Andhra Pradesh
294
II
39
10
126
8
8
114
a. Assam
16
29
318
46
45
3. Bihar
324
3S
Sic. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1139Name of the State/Union
territory
Number of seats in the Legislative Assembly aa subsequently constituted
Number of seats in 'the ' Legislative Assembly as constituted on 1-1-1973
—'—"—'—*—\
Total Reserved
Total
Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
for the Scheduled CHStes
Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Castes
-—•—1 Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
i 2 3 4 5 6 7
A- Gujarat 168 11 22 183 n 35
5- Harjtana t 81 15 •• 90 17 ••
6. Himadhal Pradesh . 68 16 3 68 15 3
1. Jammu and Kashmir*
8. Karnataka 2 16 29 2 2 24 29 2
9- Kerala 133 11 2 140 12 2
1 0. Madhya Pradesh 296 39 61 3 20 42 64
1 1. Maharashtra 270 15 16 288 17 17
12. Manipur 60 1 19 60 1 X
13- Meghalaya 60 60 • *
14- Nagaland 52 •• • • 60 • • ••
15- Orieea 140 22 34 147 22 34
16. Punjab 104 23 117 29 • •
i7- Rajasthan 184 3i 21 2 00 32
18. Sfldrim •• •• •• 33 1 : ••
19. Tamil Nadu 234 42 2 234 4a 2
3 0. Tripura 60 6 19 60 7 17
3 1. Utter Pradesh 425 89 •• 425 1
XI- West Bengal . 2 80 55 16 294 59 17
•Under the Constitution of Jaramu and Kashmir, the number of seats in the Legislative
Assembly of that State excluding the 24 scats earmarked for Pakistan-occupied territory is 76 out of which 6 seats have been reserved for the Scheduled Castes in pursuance of the Jammu .and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957.
••Reserved for Sanghas.
H4d THE GAZETTE Of INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1]Name of the State/Union
territory
Number of scats in the Legislative Assembly as subsequently constituted
Number of seats in the Legislative Assembly as constituted on i-1-1973
Total
Total Reserved for the
Reserved for the
Scheduled
Scheduled
Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
Reserved for the Scheduled CasteB
Castes Tribes
6
2
7
i
4
3
5
H. UNION TERRITORIES :
Arunachal Pradesh
i.
3o
••
••
2.
30
3°
Goa3 Daman and Diu
30
30
Mizoram . ,
3.
••
Pondlcherry
30
3^
5
5
4-
K. K. SUNDARAM,
Svcy. to the Govt, of India,
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