1016 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Legislative Assembly constituencies, if any, of that State. Elections to the State Legislative Councils will also be held about the same time, but it may not be exactly at the same time.
(c) The States are all in favour of holding the elections to the House of the People and the State Legislative Assemblies simultaneously.
(d) The electorate for the House of the People and the Legislative Assemblies of the States are the same. A statement is laid on the Table giving the total number of voters for the House of the People so far enumerated. ( See Appendix I, Annexure No. 29).
Figures in respect of supplementary voters are still awaited from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Coorg and Himachal Pradesh, the electorate for the seats allotted to Part A States and Part B States (except Jammu and Kashmir) in the Council of States is 3,055. The method of election to fill the seats in the Council of States allotted to Part C States is to be determined by Parliament and it is proposed to introduce during the current session a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950 for this purpose. The electoral rolls for the Legislative Councils in Part A States and in Mysore are still under preparation and it is not possible to give any idea as to that electorate. Electoral rolls will be finally published as soon as constituencies have been delimited and claims and objections to the preliminary rolls have been disposed of. This is expected to be late in January, or early in February, next.
(e) On a rough estimate, the total expenditure that has so far been incurred, and may hereafter be incurred by the Government of India in connection with the elections may be about 520 lakhs; and the total expenditure for all the State Governments may be about 490 lakhs.
(f) If the hon. Member is referring to officers who will be employed for the actual conduct of elections, it is not possible at present to estimate their number or the period for which they will have to be employed for the purpose.