 bill no 114 of 2010 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2010 byshri jp agarwal, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the representation of the people (amendment) act,2010short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint43 of 19512 in the representation of the people act, 1951, in part iv a, after section 29a, thefollowing section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 29aa10"29aa notwithstanding anything contained in the election symbols(reservation and allotment) order, 1968, a political party shall be treated as a recognized national party, if—conditions for recognition as a national partyso 2959 dated the 31st august, 1968(a) the number of members belonging to the political party in the house of the people—(i) is not less than ten per cent of the total number of seats in the house of the people; and5(ii) have been elected from not less than one-fourth of the total number of states; (b) at the last general election to the house of the people, the candidates set up by the political party secure not less than sixteen per cent of total valid votes polled in one-fourth of the total number of states in the country; and10(c) at the last general election to the legislative assemblies, the candidates set up by the political party secure not less than sixteen per cent of the total valid votes polled in one-fourth of the total number of states in the country" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsat present, a political party is treated as a recognized national party if,— (i) the candidates set up by it, in any four or more states, at the last general election to the house of the people, or to the legislative assembly of the state concerned, have secured not less than six per cent of the total valid votes polled in their respective states; and(ii) such political party has returned atleast four members to the house of the people at the aforesaid last general election for any state or states;or(i) its candidates have been elected to the house of the people, at the last general election to that house, from atleast two per cent of the total number of parliamentary constituencies, any fraction exceeding one-half being counted as one; and(ii) the said candidates have been elected to that house from less than three states however, the security deposits of candidates contesting election to legislative assembly or house of the people get forfeited if they secure less than sixteen per cent of the valid votes polled so there is no rationale in recognizing any party which secures six per cent of the total valid votes polled in elections to the legislative assemblies or the house of the people, as a national political partythere is a need to change the conditions for recognition as a national political partya registered political party in order to get recognition as a national political party must have atleast 54 members or members equal to ten per cent of the total strength of the house of the people, elected from atleast one-fourth of the total number of states of the country further, the party must have secured at least sixteen per cent of the total votes polled in elections to the legislative assemblies and the house of the people in one-fourth states of the countrytherefore, to achieve the above objectives, it is proposed to amend the representation of the people act, 1951 in the interest of the nationhence this bill———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951————(shri jp agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—4656ls(s3)—22-10-2010