Verbatim text
(a) the Scheduled Castes;
1[(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 2[or
Union territory] for the Scheduled Castes or the ScheduledTribes 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 theState
2[or Union territory] or of the Scheduled Tribes in
the State 2[or Union territory] or part of the State 2[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].
3[(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause
(2), the number of seats reserved in the House of thePeople 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 thepopulation of the Scheduled Tribes in the said autonomousdistricts bears to the total population of the State.]
4[Explanation— In this article and in article 332, the
expression “population” means the population as
200Reservation of seats
for ScheduledCastes andScheduled Tribes inthe House of thePeople.
1Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 2, for sub-clause ( b)
(w.e.f. 16-6-1986).
2Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
3Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, s. 3.
4Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 47 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
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 havebeen published shall, until the relevant figures for the
first census taken after the year
1[2026] have been
published, be construed as a reference to the 2[2001]
census.]
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- The index files this text under article 330 of the Constitution of India.
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- The passage runs to about 331 words.
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