Composition of the House of the People
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....d (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 a....
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....levant figures for the first census taken after the year 11[2026] have been published, 12[be construed i) for the purpose of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) and the proviso to that clause, as a reference to the 1971 census; and ii) for the purposes of sub-clause (b) of clause (2) as a reference to the 13[2001] census]] ****************** NOTES:- 1. Omitted vide Article 2....
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....determined as to ensure that there shall be not less than one member for every 750,000 of the population and 1[****] (c) The ratio between the number of members allotted to each territorial constituency and the population of that constituency as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the....
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....tuted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973 dated 17-10-1973 w.e.f. 17-10-1973, before it was read as, "five hundred members" 5. Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973 dated 17-10-1973 w.e.f. 17-10-1973, before it was read as, "3[twenty-five members]" 6. Inserted vide Article 2 of the Constitution ....