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

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....se of the People for- (a) the Scheduled Castes; 11[(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 1[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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....10[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 ....

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....p;the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956, w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 7. Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (23rd Amendment) Act, dated 23-01-1970 w.e.f. 23-01-1970, before it was read as,  "except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam" 8. (1) Substituted vide Article 3 of the Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973 dated&nb....

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....7 of the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976 dated 18-12-1976, w.e.f. 03-01-1977. 11. (1) Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (51st Amendment) Act, 1984 dated 29-04-1985 w.e.f. 16-06-1986, before it was read as,  "8[except the Scheduled Tribes- (i) in the tribal areas of Assam; (ii) in Nagaland; (iii) in Meghalaya; (iv) in Arunachal Pradesh; and....