Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People

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..... he 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 proport .....

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..... e.] 9 [ 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 .....

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..... Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956) 6. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956) 7. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956) 8. Inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, Section 3(b) (w.e.f. 17-10-1973) .....

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