The Council of States
10. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the
Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,—
(a) for entries 19 to 22, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“19. Manipur .. 1
20. Tripura .. 1
21. Meghalaya .. 1
22. Delhi .. 3
23. Pondicherry .. 1
24. Mizoram .. 1
25. Arunachal Pradesh .. 1”;
(b) for the figures “228”, the figures “231” shall be substituted.
11. Allocation of sitting members representing the existing Union territories of Manipur and
Tripura.—On and from the appointed day the sitting members of the Council of States representing the
existing Union territories of Manipur and Tripura shall be deemed to have been duly elected under
clause (4) of article 80 to fill the seat allotted to each of the States of Manipur and Tripura respectively in
that Council and the term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered.
12. Election to fill the seats allotted to the State of Meghalaya and the Union territories of
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.—As soon as may be after the appointed day steps shall be taken to
fill the seats in the Council of States allotted to the State of Meghalaya and the Union territories of
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
13. Amendment of section 27A of Act 43 of 1950. —On and from the appointed day, in section 27A
of the Representation of the People Act, 1950,—
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “For the purpose of filling any seat”, the words, brackets and
figure “Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), for the purpose of filling any seat” shall be
substituted;
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(b) in sub-section (4), for the words “The electoral college for each of the Union territories of
Manipur, Tripura and Pondicherry”, the words “The electoral college for the Union territory of
Pondicherry” shall be substituted;
(c) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(5) The seat allotted in the Council of State to each of the Union territories of Mizoram and
Arunachal Pradesh shall be filled by a person nominated by the President in this behalf.”
The House of the People
14. Allocation of seats in the existing House of the People.— (1) On and from the appointed day and
until the dissolution of the existing House of the People, the allocation of seats to the States of Assam,
Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya and the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in the
House of the People and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the
Scheduled Tribes of each State and Union territory shall be as specified in the Table below and the First
Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), shall be deemed to have been
amended accordingly.
THE TABLE
Name of the State/Union
territory
Number of seats in the existing House of the
People
Total Reserved for
the Scheduled
Castes
Reserved for
the Scheduled
Tribes
1 2 3 4
I. STATES:
1. Assam . . . 14 1 2
2. Manipur . . . 2 .. 1
3. Tripura . . . 2 .. 2
4. Meghalaya . . . 2 .. 2
II. UNION TERRITORIES:
1. Mizoram . . . 1 .. 1
2. Arunachal
Pradesh
. . . 1 .. 1
(2) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of the People, Part A
of Schedule II to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall stand
amended as directed in the First Schedule.
15. Parliamentary constituencies of the States of Manipur and Tripura and provision as to
sitting members.—(1) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of
the People,—
(a) the two parliamentary constituencies of the existing Union territory of Manipur shall be
deemed to be the two parliamentary constituencies of the State of Manipur; and
(b) the two parliamentary constituencies of the existing Union territory of Tripura shall be deemed
to be the two parliamentary constituencies of the State of Tripura,
and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall be construed
accordingly.
(2) Every sitting member of the House of the People representing a parliamentary constituency which
on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1), becomes a parliamentary constituency
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of the State of Manipur or Tripura, as the case may be, shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been
elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from that constituency.
16. Provision as to sitting members representing Cachar and Dhubri parliamentary
constituencies in the House of the People and the election of representative from Diphu
parliamentary constituency.—(1) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Cachar
parliamentary constituency which on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of
section 14, stands altered shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of
clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from that constituency as so altered.
(2) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Dhubri parliamentary constituency
which on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 14, stands altered
shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to
the House of the People from that constituency as so altered.
(3) As soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the People to elect
a representative from the Diphu parliamentary constituency as if the seat of the member elected to the
House of the People from that constituency has become vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such
election.
17. Parliamentary constituencies of the State of Meghalaya and provision as to sitting member
representing the Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency in the House of the People and
the election of representative from Tura parliamentary constituency.—(1) There shall be two
parliamentary constituencies in the State of Meghalaya to be called the Shillong parliamentary
constituency and the Tura parliamentary constituency.
(2) The area falling within the Garo Hills district as it exists immediately before the appointed day
shall form the Tura parliamentary constituency and the remaining area in the State of Meghalaya shall
form the Shillong parliamentary constituency and the said two parliamentary constituencies shall be
deemed to have been delimited accordingly.
(3) The sitting member of the House of the People representing immediately before the appointed day
the Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been
elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from the Shillong
parliamentary constituency.
(4) As soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the People to elect
a representative from the Tura parliamentary constituency as if the seat of the member elected to the
House of the People from that constituency has become vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such
election.
18. Parliamentary constituency of the Union territory of Mizoram.—The whole of the Union
territory of Mizoram shall form one parliamentary constituency to be called the Mizoram parliamentary
constituency and as soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the
People to elect a representative from that constituency, as if the seat of the member elected to the House of
the People from that constituency has become vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such
election.
19. Provision as to the member to represent Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.—The
sitting member nominated to fill the seat allotted in the House of the People to the Tribal Areas of Assam
specified in Part B of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution,
known as the North-East Frontier Agency, shall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to have been
nominated to fill the seat allotted to the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.
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The Legislative Assemblies
20. Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assemblies.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the total
number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam, to be filled by persons chosen by direct
election from territorial constituencies, shall be reduced from one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred
and fourteen; and every sitting member of that Legislative Assembly representing a constituency which
ceases to be a constituency in the State of Assam by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (5) shall, as
from the appointed day, cease to be a member of that Legislative Assembly.
(2) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Manipur, to be constituted at
any time after the appointed day, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from territorial
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which one seat shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and nineteen
seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
(3) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tripura, to be constituted at
any time after the appointed day, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from territorial
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which six seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and nineteen
seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
(4) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya, to be constituted
at any time after the appointed day, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from territorial
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which fifty seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
(5) On and from the appointed day, Part B of Schedule II to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall stand amended as directed in the First Schedule.
21. Amendment of Second Schedule to Act 43 of 1950.—(1) In the Second Schedule to the
Representation of the People Act, 1950,—
(i) under the heading “I. STATES:”,—
(a) in item 2 relating to Assam, for the figures “126”, the figures “114” shall be substituted;
(b) after item 17 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:—
“18. Manipur .. 60 1 19
19. Tripura .. 60 6 19
20. Meghalaya .. 60 .. 50”;
(ii) under the heading “II. UNION TERRITORIES:” items 3 and 5 and the entries relating thereto
shall be omitted.
(2) The amendment made by clause (i)(a) of sub-section (1) shall have effect on and after the
appointed day in relation to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam and the amendments made by
clause (i)(b) and clause (ii) of sub-section (1) shall have effect in relation to the Legislative Assemblies of
the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya to be constituted at any time after the appointed day.
22. Delimitation of constituencies.—(1) The Election Commission shall, in the manner herein
provided, distribute, whether before or after the appointed day, the seats assigned to the Legislative
Assemblies of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya under section 20 to single member territorial
constituencies and delimit them on the basis of the latest census figures having regard to the provisions of
the Constitution and to the following provisions:—
(a) all constituencies shall, so far as practicable, be geographically compact areas and in
delimiting them, regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units,
facilities of communication and public convenience;
(b) every assembly constituency shall be so delimited as to fall only within one parliamentary
constituency;
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(c) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes shall be distributed in
different parts of the States and located, as far as practicable, in those areas where the proportion of
their population to the total population is comparatively large; and
(d) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes shall, as far as practicable,
be located in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest.
Explanation.—In this section “latest census figures” means the census figures with respect to the State
concerned ascertainable from the latest census of which the finally published figures are available.
(2) For the purpose of assisting in the performance of its functions under sub-section (1), the Election
Commission shall associate with itself as associate members,—
(a) in respect of the State of Manipur, all the sitting members of the House of the People
representing the Union territory of Manipur or, as the case may be, the State of Manipur under
sub-section (2) of section 15, and such six persons who were members of the Legislative Assembly of
the Union territory of Manipur immediately before its dissolution by order of the President published
in the Gazette of India, dated 16th October, 1969 with notification No. S. O. 4223, dated 16th October,
1969 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, as the President may, by order,
nominate;
(b) in respect of the State of Tripura, all the sitting members of the House of the People
representing the Union territory of Tripura or, as the case may be, the State of Tripura under
sub-section (2) of section 15, and such six persons, being members of the Legislative Assembly of
the Union territory of Tripura as it functioned immediately before the 1st November, 1971, as the
President may, by order, nominate;
(c) in respect of the State of Meghalaya, the member of the House of the People representing the
Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency or, as the case may be, the Meghalaya parliamentary
constituency under section 17, and such of the six members of the Legislative Assembly of the
autonomous State of Meghalaya constituted under section 62 of the Assam Reorganisation
(Meghalaya) Act, 1969 ( 55 of 1969) or, as the case may be, of the Provisional Legislative Assembly
of the State of Meghalaya referred to in section 27, as the President may, by order, nominate:
Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of the
Election Commission.
(3) If owing to death or resignation, the office of an associate member falls vacant, it shall be filled, if
practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2).
(4) A member of any Legislative Assembly nominated under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2)
shall continue to be an associate member notwithstanding that he ceases to be a member of such
Legislative Assembly, otherwise than consequent on the incurring of any disqualification.
(5) The Election Commission shall—
(a) publish its proposals for the delimitation of constituencies, together with the dissenting
proposals, if any, of any associate member who desires publication thereof, in the Official Gazette and
in such other manner as the Commission may consider fit, together with a notice inviting objections
and suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on or after which the proposals will
be further considered by it;
(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so
specified;
(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the
date so specified, determine by one or more orders the delimitation of constituencies and cause such
order or orders to be published in the Official Gazette; and upon such publication, the order or orders
shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.
(6) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order shall be laid before the Legislative
Assembly of the concerned State.
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23. Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.—(1) The Election
Commission may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,—
(a) correct any printing mistake in any order made under section 22 or any error arising therein
from inadvertent slip or omission;
(b) where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in any such order or orders
are or is altered, make such amendment as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing such
order up-to-date.
(2) Every notification under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before the
Legislative Assembly of the concerned State.
24. Validation of acts done previous to the commencement of the Act.—All things done, and all
steps taken, before the commencement of this Act with a view to delimiting the territorial constituencies of
the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assemblies
of those States shall, in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of sections 22 and 23, be
deemed to have been done or taken under those sections as if those sections were in force at the time such
things were done or such steps were taken.
25. Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the Constitution
(Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 shall stand amended as directed in the Second Schedule.
(2) On and from the appointed day, the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order,
1951 shall stand amended as directed in the Third Schedule.
26. Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders.—(1) On and from the appointed day the Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 shall stand amended as directed in the Fourth Schedule.
(2) On and from the appointed day, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order,
1951 shall stand amended as directed in the Fifth Schedule.
27. Provision as to Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya and as to Rules of
Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Meghalaya,
Manipur and Tripura.—(1) On and from the appointed day and until the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Meghalaya has been duly constituted and summoned to meet for the first session under the
provisions of the Constitution, the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the autonomous State of
Meghalaya, excluding the members nominated thereto, constituted under section 62 of the Assam
Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969) and functioning immediately before the appointed
day, shall be the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya and that Assembly shall
exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred by the provisions of the Constitution on the
Legislative Assembly of that State:
Provided that for the purposes of this sub-section, the member representing the autonomous District of
United Khasi-Jaintia Hills in the said Provisional Legislative Assembly of the autonomous State of
Meghalaya shall be deemed also to represent the territories specified in clause (b) of section 5.
(2) The term of office of the members of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of
Meghalaya shall, unless the said Legislative Assembly is sooner dissolved, expire immediately before the
first meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya.
(3) The persons who, immediately before the appointed day, are the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker
of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the autonomous State of Meghalaya shall be the Speaker and
the Deputy Speaker respectively of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya.
(4) The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the
autonomous State of Meghalaya, as in force immediately before the appointed day, shall, until rules are
made under clause (1) of article 208, be the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the
Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya and of the Legislative Assembly of the State
of Meghalaya duly constituted under the provisions of the Constitution, subject to such adaptations as may
be made therein by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, concerned.
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(5) The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of the Union
territory of Manipur, as in force immediately before its dissolution by order of the President published in
the Gazette of India, dated the 16th October, 1969 with notification No. S.O. 4223, dated the 16th October,
1969 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, shall, until rules are made under clause
(1) of article 208, be the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Manipur, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Governor
of that State.
(6) The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of the Union
territory of Tripura as in force immediately before the 1st November, 1971, shall, until rules are made
under clause (1) of article 208, be the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Tripura, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by
the Governor of that State.