The words and letters “specified in Part A and Part B of the First Schedule” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh

Amendment) Act, 1956, s.3 (w.e.f.1.11.1956). 5. Substituted by ibid., for “States specified in Part C of the First Schedule”. 38 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part V. — The Union) 1 [81. Composition of the House of the People:- (1) 2[Subject to the provisions of article 331 3***], the House of the People shall consist of— (a) not more than 4[five hundred and thirty members] chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, and (b) not more than 5[twenty members] to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide. (2) For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1),— (a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States; and (b) each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as practicable, the same throughout the State: 6 [Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (a) of this clause shall not be applicable for for the purpose of allotment of seats in the House of the People to any State so long as the population of that State does not exceed six millions.] (3) In this article, the expression “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published: 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.4 for articles 81 and 82 (w.e.f.1.11.1956). 2. Substituted by the Constitution (Thirty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1974, s.4, for “Subject to the provisions of article 331” (w.e.f.1.3.1975).