170 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
202 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Composition of the Legislative Assemblies.
Composition of the Legislative Councils.
- (1) Subject to the provisions of articles 294 and 295 of this Constitution the Legislative Assembly of each State shall be composed of members chosen by direct election.
(2) The election shall be on the basis of adult suffrage; that is to say, every citizen who is not less than twenty-one years of age and is not otherwise disqualified under this Constitution or any law made by the Legislature of the State on the ground of nonresidence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at such elections.
(3) The representation of each territorial constituency in the Legislative Assembly of a State shall be on the basis of the population of that constituency as ascertained at the last preceding census and shall, save in the case of the autonomous districts of Assam, be on a scale of not more than one representative for every lakh of the population:
Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of a State shall in no case be more than three hundred or less than sixty.
(4) Upon the completion of each census, the representation of the several territorial constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of each State shall, subject to the provisions of article 289 of this Constitution, be readjusted by such authority, in such manner and with effect from such date as the Legislature of the State may by law determine:
Provided that such readjustment shall not affect representation to the Legislative Assembly until the dissolution of the then existing Assembly.
- (1) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State.
(2) Of the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State—
(a) one-half shall be chosen from panels of candidates constituted under clause (3) of this article;
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