Article 332: Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States

The Constitution of IndiaCentral Constitution · 1950

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(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, 3[except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam], in the Legislative Assembly of every State 4***.

(2) Seats shall be reserved also for the autonomous districts in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam.

(3) The number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of any State under clause

(1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in the Assembly as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State or part of the State, as the case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the State. 5[

(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (3), until the taking effect, under article 170, of the readjustment, on the basis of the first census after the year 6[2026], of the number of seats in the Legislative Representation of the Anglo-Indian Community in the House of the People.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Constitution of India
Article	332
Marginal note	Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	2

Judgments that turned on this provision

CWJC/9641/2025 of Shivnandan Sah Vs The State of BiharPatna High Court · 2025-12-01
PUBLIC INTEREST COMMITTEE FOR SCHEDULING SPECIFIC AREAS AN UNREGISTERED ORGANISATION vs UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARYSupreme Court of India · 2023-11-23

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