- (b) no election to either House of Parliament or to the House or either House of the Legislature of a State shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such
manner as may be provided for by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature.
[1][329A. [Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister and Speaker.]–Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 36 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
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PART XVI
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES
330. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People.— (1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the People for —
- (a) the Scheduled Castes;
- [2][(b) the Scheduled Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam; and]
- (c) the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam.
(2) The number of seats reserved in any State [3][or Union territory] for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes under clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats allotted to that State [2][or Union territory] in the House of the People as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State [2][or Union territory] or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State [2][or Union territory] or part of the State or Union territory, as the case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the State [2][or Union territory].
[4][(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (2), the number of seats reserved in the House of the People for the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam shall bear to the total number of seats allotted to that State a proportion not less than the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the said autonomous districts bears to the total population of the State.]
[5][Explanation.—In this article and in article 332, the expression “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:
Provided that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year [6][2026] have been published, be construed as a reference to the [7][2001] census.]
331. Representation of the Anglo-Indian Community in the House of the People.—Notwithstanding anything in article 81, the President may, if he is of opinion that the Anglo-Indian community is not adequately represented in the House of the People, nominate not more than two members of that community to the House of the People.
332. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States.—(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, [8][except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam], in the Legislative Assembly of every
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 4 and Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 36 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 2, for sub-clause (b) (w.e.f. 16-6-1986).
- ↑ Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
- ↑ Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 17-10-1973).
- ↑ Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 47 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
- ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Eighty-fourth Amendment) Act, 2001, s. 6, for “2000” (w.e.f. 21-2-2001).
- ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Eighty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 5 for “1991” (w.e.f. 22-6-2003).
- ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 3, for certain words (w.e.f.16-6-1986).
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