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JEMTEC: Insight of the Representation of People Act, 1950

JEMTEC: Insight of the Representation of People Act, 1950 : Objective: The objective of the Act is (1) the allocation of seats in the House of the People and the Legislatures of States (2) delim...

Insight of the Representation of People Act, 1950

Objective: The objective of the Act is (1) the allocation of seats in the House of the People and the Legislatures of States (2) delimitation of constituencies for the purpose of Election (3) the qualifications of voters for elections of House of the People and the Legislatures of States (4) the preparation of electoral rolls and (5) the manner of filling seats in the Council of States to be filled by representatives of Union territories. Allocation of Seats [1] : This Act speaks about 3 kinds of Constituencies- (a) Parliamentary Constituency (b) Assembly Constituency (c) Council Constituency. Allocation of seats means (1) total number of seats to the States in the house of people and the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in each State (2) total number of seats to the States in the Legislative Assembly of each State and the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the State (3) total number of seats in t...