biu no 68 of 1976  the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 1976 a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 be it enacted by parliament in the twenty'sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the representation of the people (amend-short ment) act, 1976 title 43 of 1950 5 2 for bub-section (5) of section 4 of the representation of the people amendmentot section 4 act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-10 76 of 1972 20 of 1963 15 ii (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" amend_ ment ot section 7 20 3 for sub-section (3) of section 7 of the principal act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(3) subject to the provisions of sub-section (3)of section 7a, the extent of each assembly constituency in all the states and union territories except the assembly constituencies in the union territory of arunachal rr~d~~b shall be a~ ~~t~rmined by the order& of the 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" s 20 of 1983 4 in section 8 of the principal act,-amendment of section 8 (i) in sub-section (1), 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, 1976" shall be substituted; 10 (ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-"(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 15 (5) of section 10 of the delimitation act, 1972, affect the repre-7 of 1972 sentation in, and the territorial constituencies of, the house ot 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" :zo amendmentof section 9 amendment of section 28 5 in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the principal act, for the words and figures "the dellmltation of parliamentuy i1d 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 :zs 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:-"(3) every rule made by the central government under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 30 house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period at thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the eesilon immediately following the session or the successive sessions doresaid, both houses agree in making any modifieation in the rule or both 35 houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form· or be of no ea!ect, as _ the case may be; so, however, that any such moc1ificatioa or annulment shall be without prejudice to tbevalidity 01 anything previously done under that rul~" 7 for the first schedule and the second schedule to the principal act, the following schedules shall be substituted, namely:-substitution of new schedules for the first schedule and the second schedule  corrigejida to the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 1976 :  (to be/a§ int!:q9-uced in 10k sabha)1 - page 1, line 1,-fq!: "twenty-sixth" read "twenty- seventh" 2 page 2, for the marginal citation against clause 4,-~ "76 of 1972" 3 page 9, line 24,-for "constituetd" rea4 "constituted" 4 page 11, line 8, in the heading above column 2,-~ad "total " 5 page 11, line 30,-before "manipur" ~d "18" 6 page 11, line 34,-before "goa ii read "1 " new dellii; amgust 1 0 19~6 8ravana 19, 1 98 (saka)  "the first schedule (see section 3) allocation of sew in the house of the people| ~                                          | t~                          ||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|| state/unioil                               | nwaber                      || of                                         |                             || seats                                      |                             || in                                         |                             || the house                                  | numbor                      || in                                         |                             || the                                        |                             || house                                      |                             || s                                          |                             || territory                                  | as con'ltituted on 1-1-1973 || 't-ot-a-l--r-ese-rv"":-d-re-served-        |                             || ~                                          |                             || ,r-t-o-ta-i--r-·-searv'-ed--r,-eae-rv-ed' |                             || tor                                        | the                         || scheduled scheduled                        | scheduled                   || castes                                     |                             || tribes                                     | castes                      || 10                                         |                             || i                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || 4                                          |                             || 6                                          |                             || 7                                          |                             || i                                         |                             || states:                                    |                             || 1                                         |                             || andhra pradesh                             |                             || 41                                         |                             || 6                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             || 4z                                         |                             || 6                                          |                             || a                                          |                             || a                                         |                             || assam                                      |                             || 14                                         |                             || 1                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             || 14                                         |                             || 1                                          |                             || a                                          |                             || 3·                                         |                             || bihar                                      |                             || 53                                         |                             || 7                                          |                             || 5                                          |                             || 54                                         |                             || b                                          |                             || 5                                          |                             || is                                         |                             || 4                                         |                             || gujarat                                    |                             || 24                                         |                             || 2                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || 26                                         |                             || 2                                          |                             ||                                          |                             || 5·                                         |                             || haryllla                                   |                             || 9                                          |                             || z                                          |                             || 10                                         |                             || a                                          |                             || 6                                         |                             || hbnachalpradesb                            |                             || 4                                          |                             || 4                                          |                             || i                                          |                             || 7·                                         |                             || jammu and kashmir                          |                           || 6                                          | 6                           || b                                         |                             || karnataka                                  |                             || 27                                         |                             || 4                                          |                             || 28                                         |                             ||                                          |                             || 20                                         |                             || 9·                                         |                             || kerala                                     |                             || i~                                         |                             || a                                          |                             || 20                                         |                             || z                                          |                             || 10                                        |                             || madhya pradesh                             |                             || 37                                         |                             || 5                                          |                             || 8                                          |                             || 40                                         |                             || 5                                          |                             || 8                                          |                             || n                                         |                             || maharllhtra                                |                             || 45                                         |                             || 3                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || 48                                         |                             || 3                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || la>~                                     |                             || z                                          |                             || i                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             || i                                          |                             || j3·                                        |                             || meihajaya                                  |                             || 2                                          |                             || z                                          |                             || z                                          |                             || 25                                         |                             || 14·>,                                      |                             || n~                                        |                             || i                                          |                             || i                                          |                             || 15·                                        |                             || oriu                                      |                             || ~                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || s                                          |                             || 2i                                         |                             || 3                                          |                             || 5                                          |                             || 16-                                        |                             || pya,                                     |                             || 13                                         |                             || 3                                          |                             || 13                                         |                             || 3                                          |                             || 17·                                        |                             || rajuthan                                   |                             || z3                                         |                             || 4                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || 2s                                         |                             ||                                          |                             || 3                                          |                             || lb                                        |                             || siktim                                     |                             || i                                          |                             || 30                                         |                             || ip                                        |                             || tlnuinadu                                  |                             || 39                                         |                             || 7                                          |                             || 39                                         |                             || 7                                          |                             || 30                                        |                             || trlpura                                    |                             || 2                                          |                             || i                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             || 1                                          |                             || 21                                        |                             || uttar                                      | pradesh                     || 8s                                         |                             || 18                                         |                             || 8s                                         |                             || 18                                         |                             || 22                                        |                             || welt                                       |                             || iedpl                                      |                             || 40                                         |                             || 8                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             || 42                                         |                             || 8                                          |                             || 2                                          |                             |~--~ | name  f                   | the                 | state/union    ||-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------|| number                      | of                  | seats          || in                          |                     |                || the                         | house               |                || number                      | of                  | seat'          || tenitory                    |                     |                || as                          |                     |                || constituted                 | on                  |                || 1-1-19'73                   |                     |                || as subsequently constituted |                     |                || --"-                        |                     |                || __                          | a-                | __             || 5                           |                     |                || 'total                      |                     |                || re$l:rved rcservecl         |                     |                || total                       |                     |                || reserved                    |                     |                || reserved                    |                     |                || ,for                        | the                 |                || f6rtbe                      | for                 | the            || for                         | the                 |                || schecluled scheduled        | scheduled scheduled |                || castes                      |                     |                || tribes                      |                     |                || castes                      |                     |                || tribes                      |                     |                || ,                           |                     |                || -,                          |                     |                ||                           |                     |                || ,                           |                     |                || 1                           |                     |                || 2                           |                     |                || 3                           |                     |                || 4                           |                     |                || $                           |                     |                || 6                           |                     |                || 7                           |                     |                || ii                         |                     |                || i'nion                      | tbrritoribs         | :              || i                          |                     |                || andaman                     |                     |                || and                         |                     |                || nicxbar                    |                     |                || islands                     |                     |                || 1                           |                     |                || 10                          |                     |                || 2                          |                     |                || arunachal pradesh           |                     |                || 2                           |                     |                || 3·                          |                     |                || chandiprh                   |                     |                ||                          |                     |                || didra                       |                     |                || and                         |                     |                || nagar haveli                |                     |                || i                           | i                   |                || s·                          |                     |                || delhi                       |                     |                || 7                           |                     |                || 7                           |                     |                || i                           |                     |                || 6                          |                     |                || goa,                        |                     |                || daman and diu               |                     |                || 2                           |                     |                || :i                          |                     |                || 15                          |                     |                || 7·                          |                     |                || labhadweep                  |                     |                || 1                           | 1                   |                || i                           |                     |                || 8                          |                     |                || mizoram                     |                     |                || 1                           | 1                   | 1              || 9·                          |                     |                || p->ndicherry                |                     |                || 1                           |                     |                || i                           |                     |                || total                       |                     |                || $22                         |                     |                || 11                          |                     |                || 41                          |                     |                || $-42                        |                     |                || 78                          |                     |                || 38                          |                     |                | the second schedule (see sections 7 and 7a) total number of ,eat in the legislative assemblies '| name                     | ofthe     ||--------------------------|-----------|| ~tate/                   |           || u,inn                   |           || territory                |           || nwnber                   |           || of                       | scats     || in                       |           || the                      |           || lelislative              |           || asaembly                 | as        || subsequently constituted |           || nu                       |           || ti                       |           || ber                      | of        || in                       |           || the                      |           || lejislative assembly as  |           || constituted on           |           || 1-1-1973                 |           || ,---- -1>-           | _____     || total                    |           || r<'lcl'ved               | relerved  || r-----~-a,---~          |           || total                    |           || reserved reserved        |           || for the                  | for the   || scheduled scheduled      |           || cutes                    | tribes    || for                      | the       || scheduled scheduled      |           || cates                    |           || tribct                   |           || i                        |           || 6                        |           || 7                        |           || 3                        |           || "                        |           || i                       |           || st4tbs:                 |           || ii                       |           || ii                       |           || i                       |           || andbra                   | prlllleab || 10                       |           || 126                      |           || 16                       |           || 3                       | i\ilam    || 38                       |           || 318                      |           || 4$                       |           || name                     | of       | the state/union    ||--------------------------|----------|--------------------|| territory                |          |                    || number                   | of       | beats              || ltgis1ative assnnbly     |          |                    ||                        |          |                    || subsequently constitutcd |          |                    || number                   |          |                    || of                       | sears    | in                 || legislative              |          |                    || a,semblyas               |          |                    || conatituted              |          |                    || on                       |          |                    || 1-1-1913                 |          |                    || r---                     |         | __                 || ~                        |          |                    || ___                      |          |                    || a-"-"--"--'-,"\       |          |                    || total                    | reserved | reserved           || r                        |          |                    || --a-                |          |                    || ---~                   |          |                    || total                    | rcscrwd  | rcscrvcd           || for the                  |          |                    || for                      |          |                    || the                      |          |                    || scheduled scheduled      |          |                    || castes                   | tribes   |                    || for the                  | for      |                    || the                      |          |                    || schcduled                | schedukd |                    || castcs                   | tribes   |                    || 6                        |          |                    || 2                        |          |                    || 1                        |          |                    || 1                        |          |                    || 3                        |          |                    || 4                        |          |                    || 12                       |          |                    || 4 gujarat               |          |                    || n                        |          |                    || 168                      |          |                    || [0                       | 5-       |                    || haryua,                 |          |                    || 81                       |          |                    || 11                       |          |                    || 15                       |          |                    || 16                       |          |                    || is                       |          |                    || 3                        |          |                    || 3                        |          |                    || 6 himachal pradeah      |          |                    || ,                       | jammu    |                    || and                      |          |                    || kashmir·                 |          |                    || 2                        |          |                    || 216                      |          |                    || 8                       |          |                    || karnataka                |          |                    || 224                     |          |                    || 2                        |          |                    || ii                       |          |                    || 9                       |          |                    || kerala                   |          |                    || 140                      |          |                    || 133                      |          |                    || 61                       |          |                    || 320                      |          |                    || 39                       |          |                    || 16                       |          |                    || 288                      |          |                    || 11                       |          |                    || is                       |          |                    || 10                      |          |                    || madhya pradesh           |          |                    || n                       |          |                    || maharashtra              |          |                    || 11                       |          |                    || is                       |          |                    || i                        |          |                    || 60                       |          |                    || i                        |          |                    || 12                      |          |                    || manipur                  |          |                    || 19                       |          |                    || 1                        |          |                    || 9                        |          |                    || 60                       |          |                    || 60                       |          |                    || 13                      |          |                    || meghalaya                |          |                    || 60                       |          |                    || so                       |          |                    || 60                       |          |                    || i4                      |          |                    || 'nqiiiad                |          |                    || 20                       | 15 oris | ••                 || 141                      |          |                    || 34                       |          |                    || 16                      |          |                    || punjab                   |          |                    || 117                      |          |                    || 23                       |          |                    || 200                      |          |                    || 21                       |          |                    || 17 rajasthan            |          |                    || 32                       |          |                    || 31                       |          |                    || i                        |          |                    || is sikkim               |          |                    || 32                       |          |                    || :2                       |          |                    || 19 tamil                |          |                    || nadu                     |          |                    || 42                       |          |                    || 42                       |          |                    || 2                        |          |                    || 34                       |          |                    || 2                        |          |                    || 34                       |          |                    || 60                       | 60       |                    || 6                        |          |                    || 2s                       |          |                    || 20                      |          |                    || tripura                  | ,       |                    || 11                       |          |                    || 1                        |          |                    || i                        |          |                    || 8g                       | 8g       |                    || 21                      |          |                    || uttar                    | pradesh  |                    || j                        |          |                    || 425                      |          |                    || 16                       |          |                    || 22                     |          |                    || west bengal              |          |                    || 11                       |          |                    || 59                       |          |                    || 294                      |          |                    || 55                       |          |                    | ii union territories;i arunachal pradesh 30 30 2 goa, daman and diu 30 30 30 3 mboram 30 4 pondicherry 30 5 30 5  | ·under                                                   | the constitution                         | of    ||----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------|| i                                                        |                                          |       || ammu                                                     |                                          |       || and                                                      |                                          |       || kaahmir, the                                             | nwnber                                   |       || of                                                       |                                          |       || aeats                                                    | in                                       | the   || assembly                                                 | of                                       | that  || the                                                      |                                          |       || 24 seats earmarked for pakiltan-occupied territory ii 76 |                                          |       || out                                                      |                                          |       || of                                                       | which 6 seats have                       |       || been                                                     |                                          |       || reerved                                                 |                                          |       || for                                                      |                                          |       || the                                                      | scheduled caates in pw'luanceofthc jammu |       || adel                                                     | kashmir reprcaentation                   | of    || the                                                      |                                          |       || people act, 1957                                        |                                          |       || --reserved                                               |                                          |       || for                                                      |                                          |       || s8i11bu                                                 |                                          |       | $tatement or objects and reasonsthe delimitation commission appointed under the delimitation act, 197a, has completed the work of final determination of the number and the extent of parliamentary and assemply constituencies in respeet of all states and union territories except the union territory of arunachal pradesh under the provisions of the government of union territories (amendment) act, 1975, the election commi,sion has issu~ tts order determining the extent of the parliam~iltary constit\1'ilc1~ ailq ~etl1bbt constituencies in respect of that uq\on terriwry sections 8 and 9 of the representation of the people act, 1860· (-43 of 1950) empower the election commission to consolidate alll or  qfl d~ limitation into a single order and t~ maintain the ~a,pr~; u"i~te those sections and sectioll 4, sectipn 7 an~ the first schedrl'1 a~d t¥ second schedule to that act require amendment so as to bring the posltton in regard to the number of seats and the reference to orders of delimitation up-tq-date and to enable the election commission to ~ea new consolida~d or~ the bill seeks to achieve the above object new delm'  , hrgo~  the 21st july, 1976 clause 2 of the bill provides that the extent of parliamentary 'c~ti­~ 4nthe :tjliion ~mtoit of atiniaehal pradesh ihall be as (feter-itfl!led ibythe order 'of the election cortunission tinder theprovililons of tjie govnment of ttnloji terrlttiries act, 1963 (20 of 1963) (liause 8'of ihe bill provides 'that the extent of assenibly constituencies ia tl1t! uliion wrttory'of arunachal pradesh shall be 'as detennined by the onierof the inection commission made under the provisions 'of the govemmet ·of ljiiion territories act, 1963 (20 of 1963) clauses 4 and 5 of the bill empower the election commission to, consolidate all orders relating to delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies into one single order to be known as the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976, and to maintain them up-to-date clause & of the bill substitutes the rule laying provision in section 28 of the representation of the people act, 1950, so as to bring it in iine with the present pattern of the cqrresponding provision in recent legislation '2 all the above are either matters of procedure or of detiul the delegation of legislative power is theref6ret of a normal character  annexure ex'l'racrs from the representation of the people act, 195031 of 1968 filling of seats in the house of the people and parlia mentary c0116tituencies 61 of 1962 20 of 1983 - (43 of 1950) - - - - - 4 (1) - - - - - (;) save as provided in sub-section (4), the extent of all parliamentary constituencies in each of the states of haryana, punjab and himachal pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the delimitation commission made under the i?rovisions of the punjab reorganisation act, 1966 and the extent of all other parliamentary constituencies shall be as determined by the orders of the delimitation commission made under the provisions of the delimitation commission act, 1962, or, as the case may be, under the provisions of the government of union teititories act, 1963 - - - - - the state legislative as!emblies 7 (1) - - - - - 27 of 1962 31 of 1966, total number of seats in legislative assem' blies and assembly constituencies (3) the extent ot each assembly constituency in the state of nagaland shall be as determined by the order of the election commission made under the provisions of the state of nagaland act, 1962; and the extent of each assembly constituency in each of the states of haryana, punjab and himachal pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the delimitation commission made under t,he provisions of the punjab reorganisation act, 1966, and the extent of each assembly constituency in any other state shall be as determined by the order of the delimitation commission made under the provisions of the delimitation commissioj) act, 1962, or, as the case may be, under the provisions of the government of union territories act, 1963 61 of 1962 20 of 1963 the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order consolidation of delimitation order • 8 (1) as soon as may be, after all the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section 4 or in sub-section (3) of section 7 relating to the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies have been made by the delimitation commission or, as the case may be, the election commission and published in the official gazette, the election commission shall, after making such amendments as 8fjpear to it to be necessary for bringing up-to-date the description of the extent of the parliamentary and assembly constituencies as given in such orders, consolidate all such orders into one single order to be known as the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1966 and shall send authentic copies of that order to thc central government and to the government of each state having a legislative assembly; and thereupon that order shall supersede all the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section 4 or in sub-section (3) of section 7 and shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court - - -  - - powero! election commla sion to 9 (1) the election commission may, from time to time, by notification published in the gazette of india and in the official gazette of the state concerned,-(a) correct any printing mistake in the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1966, or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission; maintain delimita tion order up to_date  - - - - -  part v general28 (1) -  - - - power to make rt:les - - (3) every rule made under this act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house o~ parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one seasion or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both houses agree that the rule should be either modified or annulled, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modifics tion or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously: done under that rule  - - • -  the first schedule (see section 3) allocation of ,eats in the h01lse of the people| nwnber               | of             | seats in the house    ||----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|| a                   |                |                       || colltltituted on the |                |                       || 18t                  |                |                       || november,            |                |                       || 1966                 |                |                       || name                 |                |                       || of                   | state,         |                       || union                |                |                       || territory            |                |                       || or                   |                |                       || ilrea                |                |                       || number               | of             | leats in              || the                  |                |                       || houle                |                |                       || 's                   |                |                       || 8ubfoquently         |                |                       || eonstituetd          |                |                       || r-----'-             | ,              |                       || r-----~--_         |                |                       || reic'rvej            | reserved       | reservcd relelved    || total                |                |                       || for                  |                |                       || the                  |                |                       || for                  |                |                       || the                  |                |                       || total                | for            | tho                   || scheduled            | schrduled      | scheduled             || castetl              |                |                       || tribetl              |                |                       || cartes               |                |                       || tribes               |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || 4                    |                |                       || s                    |                |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 7                    |                |                       || ------              |                |                       || -----                |                |                       || i                   |                |                       || states:              |                |                       || i                   |                |                       || andhra pradesh       |                |                       || 43                   |                |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 41                   |                |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || ·2                  |                |                       || alllam               |                |                       || 12                   |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 14                   |                |                       || 1                    |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 3 bihar             |                |                       || s3                   | 7              |                       || s                    |                |                       || s3                   |                |                       || ?                    |                |                       || s                    |                |                       || 4 gujarat           |                |                       || 22                   |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || 24                   |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || s                   | haryana -      |                       || ii                   |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 9                    |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 6 jammu             |                |                       || and                  | kalhlllir     |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 7                   |                |                       || keral               |                |                       || iii                  |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 19                   |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 8                   | madhya pradesh |                       || 36                   |                |                       || ,                    |                |                       || 7                    |                |                       || 37                   |                |                       || ,                    |                |                       || 8                    |                |                       || 9                   |                |                       || tamil                | nadu           |                       || 41                   |                |                       || 7                    |                |                       || 39                   |                |                       || 7                    |                |                       || 10                  | mabaratbtrl    |                       || ii                  |                |                       || kamatab              |                |                       || ------               |                |                       || 44                   |                |                       || 6                    |                |                       || 2                    |                |                       || 4'                   |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || 26                   |                |                       || 3                    |                |                       || 27                   |                |                       || 4                    |                |                       || _--                 |                |                       || -----                |                |                       || name            | of               ||-----------------|------------------|| st,te,          |                  || union territory |                  || or              | area             || number          |                  || of              |               || ta              |                  || in              |                  || the             |                  || houle           | ii               || number          |                  || of              |                  || in              |                  || the             |                  || hollie          |                  || c:onatituted    |                  || on              |                  || the             |                  || ii              | lubtequeatly     || 1st             |                  || november,       |                  || 1966            | c:onatltuted     || r-'             |                  || -a____        | ____             || r--             | ____             || a-         | ___              || ~               |                  || reserved        |                  || r~8erved        |                  || rl"lerved       | reserved         || total           | for the          || for             |                  || the             |                  || schedul,d       | sclmlulcd        || r               |                  || du\ul           |                  || scbedulw        |                  || castes          | tribes           || i               |                  || 2               |                  || 3               |                  || 4               |                  || s               |                  || 6               |                  || 1               |                  || 1               |                  || 12             |                  || nlpland         |                  || 13             |                  || oriaaa          |                  || 20              |                  || 4               |                  || 4               |                  || 20              |                  || 3               |                  || s               |                  || 14 punjab      |                  || 13              |                  || 3               |                  || 13              |                  || 3               |                  || is rajasthan   |                  || 22              |                  || 3               |                  || 2               |                  || 23              |                  || 4               | 3                || 16             |                  || uttar           | prldesh          || 116             | 18               || 8s              |                  || 18              |                  || 17 west bengal |                  || 18             | himachal pradesh || 36              |                  || 6               |                  || 2               |                  || 40              |                  || 8               |                  || 2               |                  ||              |                  || 4               |                  || i               |                  | ii union territories:i andaman and nicobar islands 2 chandiaarh 3 datira and nagar haveli  4 delhi s i 1 5 goa, daman and diu 2 2 -- - - - - - - 7 lakshadweep -8 manipur 2 2 i 9 pondicherry i - [0 tripura 2 2 i iii area: n reh eut' frontier tract total s08 76 31 s21 77 37 ,,' efer the allocation of seats to the states of assam, manipur, tripura and meghalaya and the union territory· of mizoram and  arunachal pradesh in the house of the peopl~ and number of seats to be reserved £oj: the sc/st-please see section 14 of act 81 of 1971  (see section 7) total number of suts in the legislative assembliesnumber of seats in the lelia· number of leatl in the ltgillarive al8embly as coilitituted lative as8embly iii subscqutntly on the lit november 1966 c:onatitutell r--"--'--'-a-""""i  __-"\ name of the reserved reserved reecrved resttvcd state/union for the for the total for the for the territory scheduled scheduled scheduled scheduled castes tribe cltes tribes i 2 3 4 5 6 7 i states: i a:1dhrl pradesh 300 43 ii 387 40 ii 2 assam los 5 23 114 8 10 3 bihar 318 40 32 318 45 29 4 gu;arat is 11 21 168 ii 22 s haryara  54 10 81 is 6 kerala 1)3 ii 2 133 11 2 7· madhya pradesh 288 43 s 396 39 61 8 tamil nadu 206 37 234 42 2 9 maharlshtra 264 3)· 14 270 is 16 10 karnltab 208 'ss :u6 39 2 iinaaaiand 46 52 12 orilsa 140 2s 39 140 22 34 13 punjab 87 20 104 33 14 rajasthan 176 a8 20 184 31 ai is uttar pradesh 430 119 425 89 16 west bengal 252 45 is a80 56 17 17 himachal pradesh 68 16 3 manipur  60 19 19 tripura  60 6 19 20 melhalaya 60 so 11 union territories: g>a, dolman and diu 30 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , pondicherry 30 5 30 5 - - - - -  - - -----_ ------ -& bilt 1urther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 ,"" ,t (shri h r gokhale, minuter 01 law, jmt~~ and company ai',) 