the represent~til t'l l-f the pecple (pj·tendn::'jt) rill, 1980 1 - pase 2, line 30, -lof "tv" read "so h 2 page 4, line 16,-for "lingehoti" !fad "lingchom" j' 3 page 4, line 45,-for "~l anipur" ~j "~lanpur" -4 page 5, line 34,-f0r "sudanglkha" ~~ "sudanglakha" 5  page 6, line 17,-~ "naqanamger" ~ "naqanamql·r" 6 page 6, line 18,-read --"r,: angan l  7 page 11, line 1(,,-janu~rv 22 1980 'i:~_,j -··>-l"--·fr-'-~-::\­mag n a 2 , 90 1 ~ s a k a i  the representation of the people (amend- ment) bill, rq80 a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, and the repre,entation of the people act, 1951, to p1"ovide for the rea4;unment of as,embly conrtitutncles in the state of sikkitrn  sa it enacted by parliament in the thirtieth year of the republic ei india al followe:-1 (1) thia aet may be clthed the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1980 s (z) it ihall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of september, 1979 amidtlment of eeet10n '1 ot act fli of ltag , z xn mction 7 of the representation of the people act, 1960,-(a) in sub-eection (1), for the words "the total number of seatl", the words, brackets, figure and letter "subject to the provisions of aub-hction (la), the total number ot seats" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inaerted, namely:-, (la) notwithstanding anything contained in lnb-aection (1), the total number of seats in the legialative auembly of the state of slkkim, to be constituted at any time after the commencement of the representation of the people (amendmldt)" act, 1980, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election trco assembly constituencies shall be thirty-two, of which-(a) twelve seats shall be reserved for sikkim8lle of bhutia-lepcha origin; (b) two seats shall be reserved for the schedule4 s castes of that state; and (c) one seat shall be reserved for the sanghas referre4 i to in section 25a ezplanation-in this sub-section "bl1"ltia" includes chumbipa dopthapa, dukpa, kagatey, sherpa, tibetan, tromopa and yolmo'; 10 (c) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figure 'ja sub-section (1)", the words, brackets, 1igu!'es and letter "in sub-section (1) or sub-section (la)" shall be substituted; (d) in sub-section (3),-(i) for the words, \>rackets, figures and letter "subject to is the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7a, the extent of each assembly constituency in all the states and union territori_ except the assembly constituencies", the words "the extent of each assembly constituency in all the states and union territoriea except the assembly constituenciea in the state of sikkim and" ~o &hall be substituted; 7 ttf 1i'7s (ii) after the words and figures "the delimitation act, iin2", the following shall be inserted, namely:-"; the extent of each assembly constituency in the state of sikkim shall be as provided for in the delimitation of ~s parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1978, 81 amended by section 4 of the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1980" 3 in the representation of the people act, 19501, section m aball b re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as to 30 re-numbered, the following sul>section shall be insetted, namely:-amendmento! -etion mot act a of 1861  - (z) notwithstanding anything contained in section 5, a period shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the leg:lalatiw assembly of the state of sikkim, to be constituted at any time after the commencement of the representation of the people (amdd- 3s ment) act, 1980, unless-~" ~',,"'"  f y r ,0,','  tt·1:f '" (8) in the case of a seat reserved for sikkhnese of bhutla-lepcha origin, he is a person either of bhutia or lepeha origin and is an elector for any assembly constituency in tjie state other 'chan the constituency reserved for the sanghas; 40 c~~r!~ ''''-, ,  '' (b) in the case of a seat reserved for the sebecluled castes, he is a member of any of those castes in the state of si1dldm and it an elector for any assembly constituency in the state; (c) in the case of a seat reserved for sanghas, he fa·ad elector ,ot the sangha co~tituency; and 45 (4) in ~ ·0pe of any other aeat, he is an ~ for an, assembly constituency in the state eqlanation-in thhl iulb-section ubhutia" includes chumbipa, dopthapa, dukpa, kagatey, sherpa, tibetan, tromopa and yolmo' s 4 the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976, shall stand amended as directed in the schedule amendmento! delimitation of parliamentary and a-sembly constituencies order, 1976  the schedule (see section 4) amdmmitnts td the dli:limitation of parliamj:ntary un> assd«my 10 constltvencii's order1 1976in the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly consutuencies order, 1976-(i) in paragraph ~ (a) for the words "and where such name", the wor ''where 8~ch name" shall be substituted; is 20 (b) after the words "scheduled tribes", the words, brackets and letters '; and where such name is distinguished by the brackets and letters "(bl) ", the seat in that constituency is reserved for the sikkimese of bh'utia-lepcha origjn' shall be inserted; (c) the following explanation shall be inserted at the end, namely:-'explanation-in this paragraph, "bhut1a" includes chumbipa, dopthapa, dukpa, kagatey, sherpa, tibetan, tromopa and yolmo'; (u) in schedule ii,-(a) for entry 18, the following entry shall be substituted, narnely:-i 30 3s "18 silgkim 2 12 (reserved for sikkimese of bhuuat-lepeha origin)"; (b) in the note at the end, for the words and ftgure ·'ineludes 1 seat reserved for sangha constituency", the follow   ing, shall be substituted, namely:-uincludes 1 ~at reserved for sangha eol15tituency tlncludes cbumbipa, dopthapa, dukpa, kagatey, sherpa, tibetan, tromopa and yolmo'· (iii) after schedule xix, the following schedule sball be in  mried, namely:- 'schedule xix-a sikktm: assembly constltuencim s serial no, name and extent of constituency 1 yobam-yoksam, lawing, dubdi, gerethang, ketehopheri, choja tbfngling i and thingung ii blocks in ketchopheri elakha; chumbung, nako, singeng, singdarang, darap, nambo, topong and singrapong blocks in pemoyongtse elakha; and tingbrom, singh 10 tam, melli and melli-aching blocks in melli elakha of west district j tuhitm (bl)-dhupidara, narkhola, mangnam, labdang, kongri, gangep, chungrang, arithang, lasso, tashiding, yangtey, onglep and bhaluthang blocks in tashiding elakha ·of west district 3 geyzine-omchung, geyzing, kyongsa, lungjik and pemoyongtee 15 blocks in pemoyongtse elakha; tikjek, sardong 'and lingehoti blocks in sangacholing elakha; and y~ang block in yangthang e1akba of west district; and lekship block in wak-sosini elakha of south district 4 deat:am-licning, begha srinagi gyaien, karmatar, sopakha,20 maneybong, mangmoo, dentam, sapung, bongten radhukundu and sankhu blocks in yangthang elakha of west d1atrict i bumiok-hee, martam, banniok, barthang, hee patal and pac:harek blocks in yangthang elakha; and miyong, megyong, chinthang and bartok blocks in rinchenpong elakha of west district 25 •• iuddleapollg (bl)-5angdorji hathidunga, jeel, boom, reshi (a) reshi (b), rinchenpong, tadong, samdong, sribadam (a) and sribadam (b) blocks in rinchenpong elakha; and takuthang, cbuchen, dethang and parengaon blocks in chakung elakha of west district; and sangnath block in wak·sosing elakha of south 30 district '7 chakung-tinjerbong, suldong, kamling singyeng mabong, sul'ltoley, khani sirbong, arubotey, samsing, gelling chakung mendogaon, samdong and chumbung blocks in chakuni elakha of west district 35 fsoreong-soreong, soreong bazar singling timberbong, burikhop, kartok, malbasey and tarpu blocks in chakung elakha of west district t daramdin-rumbuk, burikhop, lower daramdin, lower thambunl upper thambung, sallyng dang, lungehok, siktam, tikpur, okh- 40 rey, ribdi and bhareng blocks in daramdin elakha of west district 18 lontiuuia-nayabazar-joomblock in chakung el·kh of west cbtrict; salghari, dorop, dhargaon, chisopani, tinek, poklok-denchung, asangthang sambung, kopcbe and mik-khola blocks in namchi elakha; and shyampani, borok, manipur, kitam rmd 45 gam blocks in kitam elakha of south district --_  _--------__----_  __-__----- -------  _---serial no, name and extent of constituency --------_ __  _  _------ ---_  _---_ __  __---_- - ---11 balan, (bl)-sada, famtam, bnng and polot blocks in brang elakha; namlung, lingding ralang jorang-biring, barfong and dethang blocks in ralang elakha; and bakhim, kewzing, dalep and 5 lingzo blocks in wak-sosing elakha of south district iz wak-hingdam, lamaten, tingmo, tinkitam, omchu, chumlok, wak, rayong and mangbrue blocks in wak-sosing elakha; ben, namphrik, rabang and sangnw blocks in ben-namphrik elakha; and deo block in temi-tarku elakha of south district 10 13 damthang-damthang, jaubari, chemchey, pabong, boomt8'l", sallybung, maniram, phallidara, tingrithang, mamley, gumba, pajer, tinjir, karnrang and singithang blocks in namchi elakha; and singtam, bul, palum and rong blocks ill turuk-sumbuk elakha of south district 15 14 meul-melli bazar, melli dara, kerabari, suntoley, sukhbari, turuk, rambung, panchgharey, lungchok, kamarey, sumbuk, kartikey, suntoley (sumbuk), paiyong, rabitar and sadam blocks in'turuk-sumbuk elakha of south district 15 rateypani-west pendam (sc)-rabikhola, tangji, bigmat, rateypani 20 and passi blocks in rateypani elakha; kating-bokran, pamphok, nalam kolbung, nagi, palitam, maneydara, kabrey, kanamtek, tunmg, donok and mamring blocks in namthang elakha of south district; and west pendam block in namthang elakha of east district 2s 16 temi-tarku-tanak, tarku, temi and aiialtar blocks in temi-tarku elakha; pabong, daring, todey, reshep, tokel, namphing, barmiok, thangsing, chalamthang, nizarmeng, rameng and burul blocks in banniok elakha; and parbing, fong, chhuba and km'ek blocks in , namthang elakha of south district 3017 central pendam-east pendam-singtam bazar, swnin, lingjey and mangthangblocks in sumin elakha; and central pendam, east pen  dam, rangpo bazar, kamerey-bhasmey, pachak and sajong blocks in pendam elakha of east district is rhenock-rhenock, tarpin, rhenock bazar, mulukey, sudanglkha 35 and kyongsa blocks in rhenock elakha; biring, taretbang and taja blocks in amba-t8'l"ethang elakha; and linkey block in p~thing elakha of east district 19 regu-aritar dalapchand and khamdong blocks in rhenock elakha; and chuzachen, change lakha, north regu, south regu, rongli 40 bazar, singanebas, premlakha and subhaney darablocks in: chuzachen-regu elakha of east district zo pathing (bl)-changay senti and pachey-'samsing blocks in changay8enti elakha; amba and thekabung blocks in amba-tarethang elakha; parkha, riba, machong, latuk and chuchenphery 4s blocks in chota and bara pathing elakha; and rolep lama ten, lingtam, phadamchen and gnathang blocks in chuzachen-regu elakha of east district -------_  _--------_  __---__--__---_  _------------ serial no, name and extent of constituency - ______ n_  _ _ ______ _zl-  p~h  i_chgta singtam and aho-yangtam blocb in aho-pahm-yangtam elakha; and namchebung, karlok, dikllng cbalamthang, loosing, pachekhani, dikling pachekhani, bengtbang and pakyong bazar blocks in pakyong elakha of east district 5 10 zz &br •• on( (sc)-manzing, tokdey, nehbrom, kolthang, peptbang and lingmo blocks in lingmo-nehbrom elakha; rangang, yangang, gaeyong, satam, namphok and sripatam blocks in yangang ejakha of south disttict; and singbei, dungdung, lchamciong, beng, thangsing-bodang and thasa blocks in khamdong elakha of east district 23 djoe,p (bl)-upper djongu and lower djongu blocd in djongu elakha of north district; and sokpey, lingi, upper paiyoog, lower paiyong and kahu blocks in lingi-paiyong elakha of south diatll'1ct 24 laehenmadealaila (bl)-lachen block in lachen elakha; lachung is block in lachung elakha; chungthang block in chungthang elakha; naganamger, singchit, tung, wyong, sentam, pakshep, kajor, singchik ringem, jimchung, nampatam and mangam bazar blocks in malling elakha; and sayem, tanyek, ramthang, upper mangshua, lower mangshila, namok and thingcllen blocks in phodong elakha of north diatrict 20 25 kaw tin  (bl)-rongong, tumlung and phodong blocks in phodong e1akha; phensang, labi, phamtam, chaw811g, men rongong, kabi-tingda and phaney blocks in phensang-kabi-tingda elaknl of north district; and sotak, nabey and penlong blocks in penlong elakha; and lingdok and nampung blocks in rakdong tintek e1akha of east district 26 jajutoq-tintek(bl)-ltakdorg and tintek blocks in rekdong-tintek elakha; samdong-kambol and raley-khase blocks in samdong elakha; tumin, simik and chandey blocks in tumin-chandq elakha; and patuk, simik aritir and lingjey blocks in khamdong 30 elakha of east district 27 mariam (bl)-sirwani, sakyong, cbisopani, rabdang, ch\llamthang, byang, nagethang, martam, phegyong, nazitam and trikutam blocks in song-martam elakha; and chhuba, nemli marchak, samlik, namin and tumlabung blocks in rumtek-marchak elakha 35 of east district '28 bumtek (bl)-mendu, tempyek, 'sajong, chenjey, rawte rumtek, ileybl'ok and lingdum blocks in ranka-lingdum elakha; am taclong, samdur, deorali, deorali bazar and tadon,g ~ blocks ii'l tadgllg elakba of east district 40 •• auam-lidciey (bl)-pahm, bbusuk,' namok, naitam, n8ftdok~ lia, qd asaim bl~ in aho-olingjeypahm-sinfam e111'kh1; am ttbangchen, rmlp'k and syari blocks in tathangcben ~a of ji'ut cti5trict 30  ,aka (bl)-parbing, rank, barbing, songtong, bortuk, luwing 45 suchaqang and clumdmari blocks in ranks elakba of beat district -,---------~  -----_  -------- --- ------__-_ serial no, name and extent of constituency -------_ __  ---_  _--__--__---31 gan~-gangtok block [including (a) gangtok town, (b) gangtok bazar and (c) development area] of east district note:-any reierenee in this table to a distrlet, e1akha, block or other s wrrltorial dtviaien shall be taken to mean the area comprised ~ that district, elakha, block or other territorial division on the 26th day of april, 1975 roo • (1) the representation of the people (amendnmnt) ordblrce, repeal 19ft, is heteby repealed add 7 tim ayidc 10 {2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any actien taken under the ltepresentation of the people act, 1950, the representation of the people act, 1951 or the delimitation of parliamentary and aslemwy 43 of l~o dot 1~1 cons~tuencie8 order, 1976, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the representatio-u of the is people act, 1950, the representation at the peopie act, 1951 oj the delimitation of pa!'liamentary and assembly constituenc1es order, 1978, u amended by thia act the assembly for sikkim fonned as a result of the elections held id sikkim in april, 1974 comprised of 32 members all the seats in this assembly were reserved-15 each for sikkimese of bhutia-lepcha origin and sikkimese of nepali origin and one each for scheduled castes and for sanghas belonging to monasteries the constitution (thirty-fifth amendment) act, 1975 by which sikkim became a state of india, inserted in the constitution a speciail artiale--erticle 3'71f-with respect to 'sikkim for deeming this assem~ to be the flrst· legislative assembly of the state of sikkim under the constitution, and for making other special provisions vvith 'i'e5pect to the state clause (f) of the said article 371f enabled parliament to make, for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of different sections of the population of sikkim, provision for the number of seats in the legislative assembly of the state which may be ftlled by candidates be--longing to such sections and for the delimitation of the aseembly cdilstltuencies from which candidate6 belonging to such sections alone may stand for election to the legislative assembly of the state 2 with a view to facilitating the holding of a general election for the purpose of constituting a new legislative assembly for the state of sikkim on the ~piration of the duration of the first legislative a88emb~ of the state under the constitution, a bill entitled "the bepreeentation of the people (amendment) ~ill, 1979" was introduced in the sixth lok sabha on the 18th may, 1979 this bm sought to make provision for the re-adjustinent of the assembly constituencies in the state of sikkim and for the reservation of seats in the legislative assembly the following passage from the 'statement at objects and reasons appended to this bill explains the basis on which reservations were provided for in the bill: "under the existing an-angements, the seata in the alamblyf [the assem1lly formed in 1974] are reserved for the nepa1e1e, bhutias and lepehas, the scheduled castes and the sangbas beo longing to the monasteries as a ;result, other residents of sikkim are not eligible to contest elections to the assembly in the ctrcumstances it has become necessary to modify the ex:iddg !let up • so as to ensu'l'e a fair representation to all sections at the population of the state in the assembly at the same time it is considered that if the bhutias and lepchas who are the origidal :inhabitants of sikkim, are given representation daly according to their population ratio, their interests may not be properly safe- guaded accordingly, it has been decided that 12 seats   may be reserved for bhutias and lepchas in addition the reservation of one seat for the sanghas may be allowed to continue the scheduled castes population in sikkim is mostly of nepalese origln based oil the population, the scheduded castes in sikkim qualify far two seats in the legislative assembly  on the buts of th nlc'vation propojed, the remaining it  t in the lejialative awembly will be general lelts open to all electors" the bill lapsed on the dissolution of the sixth lok sabha i the first legisjative assembly of sikkim was dissolved by the governor of sikldm -on 13th au,gua, 1979 it, therefore, became urgently necessary to make provision tor the delimitation of the assembly constituencies in the state and for the reservation of ~ats in the assembly for different s~tions of the people accordingly, an ordinanee- on the lines of the representation of the people (amendment)· bill, 1979 wbich lapsed on the dissolution of the sixth lok sabha was pnmulgated-by the president on the 1st september, 1979 on the buisof the- provisions of this ordinance, a general election for the purpose of constituting a new legislative assembly for the state of sikkim hu been held and the new legislative assembly has already been duly 8ollititute<l it is, therefore necessary to replace the ordinance by an aqt of parliament hence thij bill nkw dam; the 17&ft ja'i&1uirf/, 1980 p shiv shanker - - - - - 7 (1) the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state specified in the second schedule, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from assembly constituencies, and the number of aeatl, if any, to be reserved for the scheduled castes and for the scheduled tribes of the state, shall be as shown in that schedule: total dumber or uta in leiialative ai· ,mblin add aaembl, coditltu-_ct  provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 37la, the total number of seats allotted to the legialative auembly of the state of nagaland shall be fifty-two, of which-(a) twelve seats shall be allocated to the tuensang district and ahal1 be filled by persons chosen by the members of the reeional council, referred to in that article, from amongst themselves in luch manner as the governor, after consulting that council may, by notification in the official gazette, specify, and (b) the remaining forty seats shall be filled by perloda choied by direct election from au:embly conatituenci1 in the r,1 t!ae state (2) every auembly constituency referred te in lub-aectiod (1) abajl be a lingle-member conatituency (3) subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7a," the extent of each assembly constituent'y in all the states and union territories except the assembly constituencies in the union territory ot 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 each assembly constituency in the union territol'1 of arunachal pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the election commiuion made under the provisions of the government of uniob territoria act, 1963 - - - - - 1:rraac'l'b j'ilok 'l'bi: dl:rimltation or pajulakzntaily and aukuja - , coni1'i'i11'£treiu qua, lwii - - - - - 5 where the name ot a constituency as shown in the schedulea ii distinguished by the brackets and letters" (sc) ", the seat in that conatitaency is reserved for the scheduled castes; and where buch name i dii-tinguilhed by the brackets and letters  (st)", the  at in that coutt· tuncy il releryeci for the scheduled trib • - - - - -  81 !fi ioula u n"","'" ~ lea in stgte leplctive a  imialiubie4ueduj sl nameofstatei j on 1-1-1974 ooiiititutod no umon territory total sc it total ie st 2 3 4 ! , 7 --------_ ------states - - - - - - 11 iittim 1, 1 - i - - - - • note: einelud  1  t relerved tor sangha coiultinncj  a billp'urther to amend the representation of the people aet, 1950, and the representation of the people act, 1951, to provide for the readjustment of assembly constituencies in the state of sikkim (&h7'i shiv s~ miftiltn of low, juna cmci com,,, " 