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Section 4: Filling of seats in the House of the People and Parliamentary constituencies.

The Representation of the People Act, 1950Central Act · Act 43 of 1950

[4. Filling of seats in the House of the People and parliamentary constituencies. -- ***

[(2) All the seats in the House of the People allotted to the States under section 3 shall be seats to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from parliamentary constituencies in the States.]

(3) Every parliamentary constituency referred to in sub-section (2) shall be a single-member constituency.

(4) Every State to which only one seat is allotted under section 3 shall form one parliamentary constituency.

[(5) Save as provided in sub-section (4), the extent of all parliamentary constituencies except the parliamentary constituencies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur and Nagaland shall be as determined by the orders of the Delimitation Commission made under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) and the extent of the parliamentary constituencies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur and Nagaland shall be as provided for in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 having regard to the provisions of sections 10A and 10B of the Delimitation Act, 2002.]]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Representation of the People Act, 1950
Section4
Marginal noteFilling of seats in the House of the People and Parliamentary constituencies.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 47 of 1966. . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 2, for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
  • omitted, Act 29 of 1975. . Omitted by Act 29 of 1975, s. 11 (w.e.f. 15-8-1975).
  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 11, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 15-8-1975).
  • substituted, Act 10 of 2008. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 2, for sub-section (5) (w.e.f. 16-4-2008).

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