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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948 153
*(2) For the purpose of securing such uniformity the number of votes which each elected member of Parliament and of the Legislature of each State is entitled to cast at such election shall be determined in the following manner:—
(a) every elected member of the Legislature of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of elected members of the Legislature;
*The method of calculation set out in clause (2) of article 44 may be illustrated as follows :—
Illustration to sub-clause ( a ) and ( b ) of clause ( 2 ) :—
(i) The population of Bombay is 20,849,840. Let us take the total number of elected members in the Legislative Assembly of Bombay to be 208 ( i.e., one member representing one lakh of the population). To obtain the number of votes which each such elected member will be entitled to east at the election of the President, we have first to divide 20,849,840 (which is the population) by 208 (which is the total number of elected members), and then to divide the quotient by 1,000. In this case, the quotient is 100239. The number of votes which each such member will be entitled to cast would be 100,239/1000 i.e., 100 (disregarding the remainder 239 which is less than five hundred).
(ii) Again, the population of Bikaner is 1,292,938. Let us take the total number of elected members of the Legislature of Bikaner to be 130 ( i.e., one member representing roughly ten thousand of the population). Now, applying the aforesaid process, if we divide 1,292,938 ( i.e., the population) by 130 ( i.e., the -total number of elected members), the quotient is 9945. Therefore, the number of votes which each member of the Bikaner Legislature would be entitled to cast is 9945/1000 that is 10 (counting the remainder 945 which greater than five hundred as equivalent to 1000).
Illustration under sub-clause ( c ) of clause ( 2 ) :—
If the total number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislatures of the States in accordance with the above calculation be 74,940 and the total number of elected members of both the Houses of Parliament be 750, then to obtain the number of votes which each member of either House of Parliament will be entitled to cast at the election of the President, we should have to divide 74,940 by 750. Thus the number of votes which each -such member will be entitled to cast in the case would be
74,940 23 23 = 99
750 25 [ i.e., 100 (the fraction ] 25 [ which exceeds ]
one-half being counted as one).
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