272 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Districts Touchable Hindu Population
(5) Khandesh East . . . . . . . . . 789, 740
(6) Khandesh West . . . . . . . . . 437, 391
(7) Nasik . . . . . . . . . 745, 965
(8) Satara . . . . . . . . . 883, 488
(9) Poona . . . . . . . . . 858, 607
(10) Sholapur . . . . . . . . . 574,152
Total . . . 72, 77, 403
III K ANARESE
(1) Belgaum . . . . . . . . . 734, 598
(2) Bijapur . . . . . . . . . 677, 041
(3) Dharwar . . . . . . . . . 820, 345
(4) Kanara . . . . . . . . . 372, 857
Total . . . 26, 04, 841
Grand total of touchable Hindus in the 19 Districts concerned 12,018,907.
Of the 39 seats to be distributed I should give 8 seats to the Gujarati.
23 to the Marathi and 8 to the Kanarese districts.
The actual constituencies may be as under :
Language Population in Number Number of Districts each constituency of the Representatives Constituency to be elected by the Constituency
1 2 3 4 I GUJARATHI
(1) Ahmednagar . . 614, 286 I 2
(2) Broach . . 727, 212 II 3
(3) Kaira . .
(4) Panch Mahais . . 795, 165 III 3
(5) Surat . . II Marathi
(1) Thana . . 1, 246, 073 IV 4
(2) Kolaba . .
(3) Ratnagiri . . 1, 003, 240 V 2
(4) Ahmednagar . . 1, 484, 712 VI 3
(5) Nasik . .
(6) Khandesh East . . 1, 227, 131 VII 3
(7) Khandesh West . .
(8) Satara . . 883, 488 VIII -
(9) Poona . . 858, 607 IX 3
(10) Sholapur . . 574, 152 X 3
*No Figure is shown against the Satara district in the original.