PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1025
by the Election Commission from all States except that West Bengal’s proposals for the Legislative Assembly of the State have not yet been received. The Parliamentary Advisory Committee for the following States have sent their reports :
Assam, Bombay, Orissa, Hyderabad, Travancore-Cochin, Saurashtra, Delhi, Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Tripura and Manipur.
(b) The procedure for making the Order delimiting the constituencies is contained in section 13 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. the Election Commission shall, in consultation with the Delimitation Advisory Committee set up in respect of each State, formulate proposals as to the delimitation of constituencies in that State and submit such proposals to the President for making the Order as to such delimitation. It is open to the Election Commission to amend or vary the proposals of the Delimitation Advisory Committees. The President also can amend or vary the proposals submitted by the Election Commission, and every such Order made by the President shall be subject to such modification as Parliament may make when it is laid before it.
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*GENERAL ELECTIONS
1052. Prof. S. N. Mishra: (a) Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state the approximate expenditure to be incurred by the Government in the next elections ?
(b) How many representations have been made to the Government for holding elections in April-May and how many against it ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar) : (a) Attention is invited to my reply given on the 20th November, 1950, to part (e) of starred question No. 134 asked by Shri Deshbandhu Gupta.
(b) According to information available, in all eleven representations have been received, out of which ten are against holding elections in April-May 1951, and one
- P. D., Vol. 6, Part I, 19th December 1950, p. 1034.