Parliament (Articles 79-88-122) - Clear IAS
Parliament (Articles 79-88-122) - Clear IAS
Parliament (Articles 79-88-122) - Clear IAS
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Parliament (Articles 79-
88/122)
Chapter II Parliament
ARTICLE 79 : CONSTITUTION OF PARLIAMENT
There shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consists
of the President and two Houses to be known respectively as
the Council of States and the House of the People.
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People shall consists of – (a) not more than five hundred and
thirty members chosen by direct election from territorial
constituencies in the States, and
(b) not more than twenty members to represent the Union
territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law
provide.
(2) For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1), –
(a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the
House of the People in such manner that the ration between
that number and the population of the State is, so far as
practicable, the same for all States; and
(b) each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in
such manner that the ratio between the population of each
constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as
practicable, the same throughout the State:
Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (a) of this clause
shall not be applicable for the purpose of allotment of seats in
the House of the People to any State so long as the population
of that State does not exceed six millions.
(3) In this article, the expression “population” means the
population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which
the relevant figures have been published:
Provided that the reference in this clause to the last preceding
census of which the relevant figures have been published shall,
until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the
year 2000 have been published, be construed as a reference to
the 1971 census.
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Parliament by law.
(2) The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall
continue for five years from the date appointed for its first
meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of 5
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