 11   ~ no 7i of 1j7t the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 1979 billfv,nhn· to amend the representation of the people act 1850", am the representation of the pec1ple act, 1~1, to provide for the ntadjunment afglbembljl corbtittmmcie8 in the state 01 sikkim be it enacted by parliament in the of india as follows:-thirtieth year o:fi the repub~ 1 (1) this act may be called the (amendment) act, 1979 representation at the people !hol\ tlt1e-l , (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government meneement may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 in section 7 of the representation of the people act, 1960,-(a) in sub-section (1), for the words uthe'total number of seats", ibe warda, brackets, figure and letter usubject to the, pnwisions of sub-section (i a) , the total nu~ber of seats" shall be substiiuted; 10 a mendmento! 8fd1od7 ot act 43 of 18do (b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-seetioll iball be inserted, namely:-' co (ia) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-eeetion (1), the total number at seats in the legislative assembly of the state o! sikkim, to be constltuted at any tinle after the commencement of the representation at the people (amendment) act, 1979, to be fllled by persons chosen by direct election from assembly constituencies shall be thirty-two, of which-(a) twelve seats shal1 be reserved for sikkimese of bhutia-lepcha origin; (b) two seats shall be reserved for the scbeduled castes , of that state; and (c) one seat shall be reserved for the sanghas referred to in section 25a"j (c) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figure "in subsection (1) ti, the words, brackets, figures and letter "in sul>-section 10 (1) or sub-section (1a)" shall be substituted; (d) in sub-section (3) ,-(i) for the words, brackets, figures and letter "subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7a, the extent of each assembly constituency in all the states and union territories is except the assembly constituencies", the words "the extent of each assembly constituency in all the states and union territories except the assembly constituencies in the state of sikkim and" shall be substituted; (ii) after the words and figures "the delimitation act, 1972", so 76 of 1972-the following shall be inserted, namely:-u j the extent of each assembly constituency in the state, ofsikkim shall be as provided for immediately before the commencement of the constitution (thirty-sixth amendment) act, 1975" as i in the representation of the people act, 1951, section 5a shan tie re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as 80 re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-~d­ment of kdionia o!actfi at ltol ii (2) notwithstanding anything contained in section 5, a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the legislative 30 assembly of the state of sikkim, to be constituted at any time after the commencement of, the representation of the people (amendment) act, 19'19, unless-(ii) in the case of a seat reserved for sikkfmese of bhutia~:"· lepcha origin, he is a person either of bhutia or lepcha origin ~s and is ·an elector for any assembly· constituency in the state other than the constituency reserved for the sanghas; (b) in the case of a seat reserved for scheduled castes, he is a member o~ any of those eastes in the state of sikkim and is an elector for any assembly constituency in the state; 40 (e) in the case of a seat reserved for sanghas, he is an elector of the sangha constituency; and (d) in the case of any other seat, he is an elector tor 11111' auembly codatituency in the state" t on and from the commencement of this act, the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976, shall stand amended as directed in the schedule  the schedule (see section 4) 5 amendments to the delrmitation of parliamentary um assi:mbly cons'l'ltuent:ies order, 1978amend  ment at delimitation of parliamentary and~ mbly constituencies order, 1978 in the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976-10 (i) in paragraph 5-15 (a) tor the words eeand where such name", the words uwhere such name" shall be substituted: (b) the words, brackets and letters ': and where auch name is distinguished by the brackets and letters cc (bl) ", the seat in that constituency is reserved for the sikkimese ofi bhutia-lepcha origin' shall be inserted at the end: (ii) in schedule ii, for entry 18, the following entry shall be subs tituted, namely:-20 ,  "lb sikkim 32 2 12 (reserved for silfldmese of bhutla-lepcha origin)": (iii) after schedule xix, the following schedule shall ~ :b1serted, namely:-25 _" l  "schedule xlx-a sikkim assembly cons'fttuenciesserial no, name and extent of consti·tuency --------_-30 1 yoksam-yoksam, lawing, dubdi, gerethang, ketchopherichojo, thtngl1ng i and thingling ii blocks in ketchopherl elakha; chumbung, nako, singeng, singdarang, darap, nambo, topong and singrapong blocks in pemoyongtse elakha; and ttngbrom stnglitam, melli and melli-aching blocks in melli elakha of west district -35 2 'l'aahiding (bl)-dhupidara narkhola, mangnam, labdang, kongri, gangep, chungrang, arithang, lasso, tashiding, yangtey, onglep and bhaluthang blocks in tashiding elakha of west district 40 3 geyzing-omchung, geyzing kyongsa, lungjik and pemqyongtse blocks in pemoyongtse elakha; tikjek, sardong and lingchom blocks in sangacholing elakha; and yangthang block in yangthang elakha of west district; and lekship block in wak-sosing elakha of south district 4 dentam-liching, begha, srinagi gyaten, karmatar, sopakha, maneybong, mangmoo, dentam, sapung, bongten radhukundu and sankhu blocks in yangthang elakha of west district 4s  _---, ----~-serial no, name and extent of constituency --------5 brmiok-hee, martam, barmiok, barthang, hee patal and pacharek blocks in yangthang elakha; and miyong, megyong, chinthang and barfok blocks in rinchenpong elakha of west district 6 binchenpong (bl)-sa~gdorji, hathidunga, jeel, boom, reahl (a), 5 reshl (b) rinchenpong, tadong, samdong, sribadam (a) and sribadam(b) bloeklin rinchenpong elakba; and takuthang, chuehen, dethang and parengaon blocks in chakung elakha of west district; and sangnath block in wak-sosing elakha of south district 7 chakang-tinjerbong, suldong, kamling, singyellg, mabong 10 suntoley khani sirbong, arubotey samsing, gelling chakung, mendogaon samdong and chum bung blocks in chakung elakha of west district 8 5oreong-soreong, soreong bazar, singling, timberbong, burlkhop, kartok, malbaeey and tarpu blocks in chakung elakha of welt is district ~ ',"'~ 9 daramdln-rumbuk, burikhop, lower daramdin lower thambung, upper thambung, sallyng dang, lungchok, siktam tikpur okhrey, rfbdi and bhareng blocks in daramdin elakha of west district 10 joret'hang-nayabazar-joom block in chakung elakha of west dis-20 triet; salghari, dorop, dhargaon, chisopani, tinek, poldok-denchung, asangthang, sambung, kopche and mik-khola blocks in namchi ejakha; and shyampani, sorok, manpur, totam and gom blocks in kitam elakha of south district " 1lba1an, (bl)-sada, famtbm, brang and polot block!! in bran~ 25 elakha; namlung, lingding ralang, jorang-biring b'arl'ong and dethang blocks in ralang elakha; and bakhim kewzing, dalep and lfngzo blocks in wak-sosing elakha of south district 12 wak-hingdam, lamaten, "n~o tinldtam, omchu, chumlok, wak, rayong and m~brue blocks in wak-sosing elakha; ben 30 namphrik, rabang and sangmo blocks in ben-namphrik elakha; and deo block in temi-tarku elakha of south distrlct ij:dllmt1tilll«-damthang jaubari chemchey pabong, boomtar sal lybung, maniram, phallidara tingrithang, 'mamley, gumba paier tlnjfr kamrang and singithang blocks in namchi elakha: and 35 slngtam, bul palum and rong blocks in turuk-sumbuk elakha of south atstrlct 14 meiit-melli bazar, melli data, kerabari, suntoley, sukhbari turuk, rambung panchgharey, lungchok, ·kamarey sumbuk, kartike'9i' suntoley (sumbuk) paiyong, rabitar and s&dam block in turuk-sumbuk elakha of south district 40 ts rateypllnl-west pendam (sc)-rabikhola, tangji, :ef~at, ltateypanl and passt blocks t,n rateypani elakha: ltatin2-bokran, pamphok, nalam kolbung, nagi, palitam manevdara, xabrey ltallamtek, turung donok and mamring blocks in namthan~ elakha of south district; and west pendam block in namthang elakha of east dis- 45 trtet ------- -'-  -- _--co rill gehda tj 'j:'he represel\fta,'"i'ton of the pfjjple (p'fel-!dment) bill, 1979 'to b(:;;/as introduced in 10k sabha) 1 page 6, line 23,-2 page 7, line 13,-after "number ii insert "of" 3 page 8, lines 4 and 5 from batt,om,-1q!: "consti tency" read "co nsts bj ency" 4 page 9, line"- !1 from' bottom,-- i san gna it _ rcftd ) i ;_ new delhi;  v sakha~ 1901 (saka)18 "nd-thku-tanak tarku, tem! and aifaltar blocks in temi-tarku elakha; pabong, daring, todey, reshep, toke1 namphing, barmiok, thangaing, chalamthang, nizarmeng, rameng and burul blocks 'in , banniok e1akha; and parbing, fong, chhuba and karek b10cb in namthang elakha ot south district it ceatnl peutlajn-rtt pelhlam-8ingtam bazar, sumin, lingjey and mangthang blocb in sumin elakha; and central pendam, east pendam, rangpo bazar, kamerey-bhasmey, pachak and sajong blocks 10  in pendam elakha of east district 18 rhenock-rhenock, tarpin, rhenock bazar, mulukey, sudan~lakha and kyongsa bloclcs in rhenock elakha; biring, tarethang and taja blocks in amba-taretbang elakha; and linkey block in pathing ela1ma of east district is 19 reku-a'i1tar, dalapchand and khami!ong, blocks in rhenock elakha; and chuzachen chancre lakha, north re~ south re~, ronlltli bazar, sin~nebas, premlakha and subhanev dara blocks in chuzachen-regu elakha of east distrfct 20 pathmr (bl)-chan~ay senti rnd pachey-samsin~ blocks in chan~ay-senti elakha: amba anrj thekabunl! blocks in amba-tarethang elakha; parkha, riba machon~ latuk and chue'henphery blocks in chota and bara pathfn~ elakha: and rnlep lamllten, lin~am pbadamchen and gnathan( blocks in chuzachen-regu elakha of east ~cl 25 21 ,~'"  parhekhanl-c'hnta sinvtam ilnd aho-yanl'tam bl~k" in aho-pahm-yan~m elakha: and nrmchebllnl! kartok dfklfn~ chriamthan~, toosin" pachpkhanf l)iklfn cy pil('he"khani renvtbang and pllkyonlt bazar blocks in pakyonll elakha of east district 22 kh"mdonsr (sc)-m'~lnrlnt!' tokdpv nehhrnm lc'olthanlt 'pepthan~ 30 and lfnltmo block!; in jjnl!mo-nphhl'nm e1pkhl!: rrn"an~ yan""'"n!! gal!vonlt satam namphok ~nd ~ripfltam hlorks in tanl!an~ ell\kha of soutb dfmict: pnli sin"hf!1 dunp'lillnl! khattlrjnn~ bptlit 'j'h,n~ng-bodang and thasa blocks in khamdong elakha of east district 3s 23 dto"~ (bt  '·-upnel' dionl!1t iilnd iowel" jljonl!u blncks in :o;ont!'u  takha of n()1"f:h di!;ttict: rnd sn~v lin," ltnper p"liyonll lower pa1vonl1: and xahu hlocks in linl!f-l'llivonl! el~khll nf south "f!'ltorlct 24 ja'll'ben m'lln,"hua(b1'  l-t or chen block in tach  n ",l"khli: l&chl1nl! hlock in lachl1nl!  lllkh,,: chuntrthan" bl  ,k in chm",thanl! e1nkhl!; natrrnrmp'nt" s1nltc'htt tunl~ mivnnp' st>ntam p&k~en ~ai  t" sfnp'chfk rfnp'em  timchun!! !\!'"mnatait'· iln" man,  n 'rn7"l" hlfl"k" in mallinl! ela'k"a; ""d sllvem 'y'""v",k- r&mfhnntr u  "er mnn!7'qhn, lnwe-r 'manlt!'lhllll namok and thin~chen blocks in phodon~ elakha of north dfstrtct 45 2s j{"", 'i'int'de (bl'-ron~n'! tu""lunp' 1ld" phndon17 bl~k!ll f1'\ j'bndo"l! elakha: phen!llan~ t,"hi "ph "mtam cj,"~'rt''''' m~n rrltl"nn" ~abi-ttnlrdr and ph"n~ bln"k~ in 'p"f''''~~n'''-lcahu",,,~,, ",loo'khq nf north dfstric't: an" sotnk n'ihev fi"ii 'penlon" hlot'k" in 'pp"l",,~ f!ja'kha: &n" l  fn~ok and nampun~ blocks in rakdong-tfnte'lt ~irkha of east dlstrlct -26 bakddac-~tak (bl)-rakdong and tintek blocks in ~dg-l tlntek elakha; samdong-kambol and raley-khase blocks in samdodg elakha; tumid, simik and chandey blocks in tumin-chandey elakha; and patuk, simik, arltir and lingjey blocks in khamdong s elakha of east district 27 martam (bl)--sirwani, sakyong, ch180pani, babdag, chalamthang, byang, nagetbang, martam, phegyong, nazitam and trikutam blocks in song-martam elakha; and chhuba nemli, marchak, samlik, namin and tumlabung blocks in rumtek-marehak elakha of east 10 district l ' ~ • , •• 1' 28 ramtet (bl)-mendu, tempyek, sajong, chenjey, rawte rumtek, reybrok and lingdum blocks in ranta-lingdum elakha;' and tadong, samdur, deorali, deorali bazar arui tadong 'bazar blocks in tadong elakha of east district 29 asam-lingjey (bl)-pahm, bhuawt," narook, naitam, nandok, lingjey and assam blocks in aho-:lingjey-pahm-slngtam elakha; and tathangchen, rongnek and syari blocks in tathangchen elakha of east district 30 ranka (bl)-parbing, ranka, barbing, songtong, bortuk, luwing, ~o suchakgang and chandmari blocks in ranka elakha of east district 31 ~-gangtok block [including <a> gangtok town, (b) gangtok bazar and (c) development area] ot earst district   --- -----,--, __ _-- ---note: -any reference in this table to a district, elakha, block or other territorial division shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that district, elakha, block or other territorial division on the 26th day o~ april, 1975   statement of objects and reasonsthe assembly for sikkim formed as a result of the elections held in april 1974 is deemed to be the legislative assembly of the state ot sikldm duly constituted under the constitution according to the provisions of article 371f(b) (i) thereof it comprises 32 members ot whom 15 members are elected against seats reserved for bhutlas and lepchu of sikkimese origin; 15 members are elected against seats reserved for nepaus of sikkimese origin; and one each against the seat reserved for the scheduled castes and the seat reserved for the sanghas belonging to the monasteries 2 article 371f(f) of the constitution empowers parliament to legislate for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of the different sections of the population of sikkim and to make provision for the number seats in the legislative assembly of the state of sikkim which may be filled by candidates belonging to such sections and for the delimitation of the assembly constituencies from which candidates belonging to such sections alone may stand for election to the legislative assembly ot the state of sikkim 3 under the existing atrangements, the seats in the assembly are reserved for the nepalis, the bhutias and lepchas, the scheduled castes and the sanghas belonging to monasteries as a result, other residents of sikkim are not eligible 1x> contest elections to the assembly in the circumstances, it has become necessary to modify the existing set-up of the legislative assembly so as to ensure fair representation to all section, of the population of the state in the assembly at the same time, it is considered that if the bhutias and lepchas, who are the original inhabitants of sikk:m are given representation solely according to their population ratio, their interests may not be properly safeguarded accordingly, it has been decided that 12 seats in the legislative assembly of sikkim which may be constituted hereafter may be reserved for the bhutlas and lepchas in addition, the reservation of one seat for the sangha may be allowed to continue the scheduled caste population in s1k1dm is mostly of nepali origin based on their population, the scheduled castes in sikkim qualify for two seats in the legislative assembly ,accordingly, a provigjon to that effect is being made on the basis 01 the reservations proposed, the remaining 17 seats in the legislative assembly will be general seats open to all electors 4 the bill seeks to give effect to the above objects by making necessary amendments in the representation of the people acts, 1950 and 1951 and the deumitation of paruamentary and assembly constituencies order, 19'78 nzw dam; shanty bhushan the 10th m" 1m                         ~                                               a:\ r                                                     ' i ,)1·~~,tft ",~                                 7 - - - - - 7 (1) the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state specified in the second schedule, to be ftiied by persolll chosen b~ direct election from assembly constituencies, and the number of aeata, if an,, to be resenred for the scheduled cutes and for the scheduled tribes of the state, shall be u shown in that schedule: total number 01 aut ill lqialatiyeu ieiilbli_ add uembly cout1tuencia provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 37la, the total number of seats allotted to the legislative aasembly of the state 01 nagaland ahall be fifty-two, of which-(0) twelve seats ahall be allocated to the tuenaang district and shall be fllled by periolli chosen by the members of the regional council, referred to in that article, from amongst themselves in 1uctb manner as the governor, after consulting that council may, by notification in the 0ftlcia1 gazette, apecify, and (ib) the remaining forty seats shall be filled by persodi cholen by direct election from assembly constituencies in the rest of the state (2) every assembly conatituency referred to in mb-section (l) ahall be a single-member constituency 760t 197:1-2q ot 1963 (3) subject to the provisiolll of sub-section (3) of section 7a the extent of each assembly codititueney in all the states and union territorim  except the asaembl, constituencies in the union territory of arunachal pradeah ahall· be as determined by the orders of the delimitation commission made under the pr0vil10dl of the deumitation act, 1972 and the extent of each assembly constituency in the union territory of mudlma! pr'adeah ahall be as determined by the order of the election commission made under the p'rovisions of the government of union territoriel ad, 1913  - - - - - erraacrs from the delimrration or paitlluo:ntaily alm amdnly cokitltu'encies olma, ur18 - - - - - 5 where the name of a constituency as shown in the schedules 4istillgwabed by the braeketl and letters  (sc) ", the seat in that codltitedcj ia reserved for the scheduled castes; and where uchname is distinguilhed by the bracket and letters "(st)", the seat lin that coditltuency - reierved for the scheduled tribal  - - - - - l_  _  schedule iinumber of seem in stc&te legiblcitwe assemblies --------------------------------sublequen&ly sit  name of statel nod 1-1197 codllitllteci no u ruod territory total so st total so st ---~- ---------_ g 3  5 6 7 ----states - - - - - 18 sikkim 3a• - - - - - note: ·includes 1 seau reserved for sangna constituency  billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, and the representation of the people act, 1951, to provide for the readjustment of assembly constituencies in the state of sikkim , shri shanti bhushgn, (minder of law, justice and company affairb) 