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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Category wise Constituencies (PC WISE)

Legal Provisions / Guidelines
Legacy Information
l Article 330(2) of the Constitution of India mandates that number of seats
reserved in any State or UT for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes shall l During the rst two general elections, multi-member constituency
bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats system was in place. Since 1962 elections, independent reserved
allotted to the State or UT in the House as the population of Scheduled constituency system has been followed.
Castes in the State or UT or of Scheduled Tribes in the State or UT, as the l In the rst election, 72 seats were reserved for SCs and 26 seats were
case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total reserved for STs.
population of the State or UT.
l In Lok Sabha elections, against such seats any member of SCs or STs
may contest that election.
T3.1 Number of Parliamentary Seats
l In Legislative Assembly elections, such members must be from the
General
State/UT SC Seats ST Seats Total Seats concerned state only.
Seats
Andaman & Nicobar 1 0 0 1
Islands
Andhra Pradesh 20 4 1 25 Graph 3.2: Share of Parlimentary Seats
Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2
Assam 11 1 2 14 47,9%
Bihar 34 6 0 40 84,15%
Chandigarh 1 0 0 1
415,76%
Chhattisgarh 6 1 4 11
DNH and D&D 1 0 1 2
Goa 2 0 0 2
Gujarat* 20 2 4 26
Haryana 8 2 0 10
Himachal Pradesh 3 1 0 4 General Seat SC Seats ST Seats
Jammu and Kashmir 5 0 0 5
Jharkhand 8 1 5 14
Karnataka 21 5 2 28
Kerala 18 2 0 20
Ladakh 1 0 0 1
Lakshadweep 0 0 1 1
Madhya Pradesh 19 4 6 29
Maharashtra 39 5 4 48
Manipur 1 0 1 2
Meghalaya 0 0 2 2
Mizoram 0 0 1 1
Nagaland 1 0 0 1
NCT of Delhi 6 1 0 7 Vote one, Vote all
Fact
Odisha 13 3 5 21
Puducherry 1 0 0 1
l There are 84 seats reserved for SC category and 47 seats reserved for
Punjab 9 4 0 13 ST category in the country. States with no seats reserved for
Rajasthan 18 4 3 25 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Sikkim 1 0 0 1 Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh,
Nagaland, Puducherry & Sikkim.
Tamil Nadu 32 7 0 39
Telangana 12 3 2 17 l Uttar Pradesh is having Maximum Number of Seats [17] reserved for
Tripura 1 0 1 2 Scheduled Castes and Madhya Pradesh is having Maximum Number
of Seats [6] reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Uttar Pradesh 63 17 0 80
l General Election to Lok Sabha - 2024 was held based on the extent of
Uttarakhand 4 1 0 5
Parliamentary Constituencies as contained in the “Delimitation of
West Bengal 30 10 2 42
Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order-2008” except the
All India 412 84 47 543 UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the State of Assam.
*The Election in One of the PC-24: Surat of Gujarat was Uncontested.

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