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; 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 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]. 3 [(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.] 4 [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 5[2026] have been published, be construed as a reference to the 6 [2001] census.] 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984, s.2, for sub-clause (b) (w.e.f. 16.6.1986). 2. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.11.1956). 3. Inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, s.3 (w.e.f. 17.10.1973). 4. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.47 (w.e.f. 3.1.1977). 5. Substituted by the Constitution (Eighty-fourth Amendment) Act, 2001, s.6, for “2000” (w.e.f. 21.2.2001). 6. 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Æ>gêÅ…Væü (Ķý*O¿ñý JMæürÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1984 Äñý¬MæüP 2Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 16.6.1986 ¯@þ$…yìþ çÜ»Œý&M>ÏgŒý (¼)Mìü º§æþ$Ë$V> E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 2. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (HyæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1956 Äñý¬MæüP 29Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ òÙyæþ*ÅÌŒý §éÓÆ> 01.11.1956 ¯èþ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 3. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (Ð@þ¬Oò³¹ JMæürÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1973 Äñý¬MæüP 3Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 17.10.1973 ¯èþ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 4. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þËO¿ñý Æðÿ…yæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1976 Äñý¬MæüP 47Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 3.1.1977 ¯@þ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 5. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (G¯@þO¿ñý ¯éË$VæüÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2001 Äñý¬MæüP 6Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> ""2000'' Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ ""1971''Mìü º§æþ$Ë$V> 21.02.2001 ¯èþ$…yìþ º§æþ$Ë$V> E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 6. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (G¯@þO¿ñý HyæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2003 Äñý¬MæüP 5Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> ""1991''Mìü º§æþ$Ë$V> 22.06.2003 ¯èþ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 202 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XVI. - Special Provisions Relating To Certain Classes) 1 [330A. Reservation of seats for women in the house of the people:- (1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the House of the People. (2) As nearly as may be, one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (2) of articles 330 shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes. (3) As nearly as may be, one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Cates and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of the seats to be filled by direct election to the House of the People shall be reserved for women.]