Lawgist3Legislative Assembly and its composition
(1) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies shall be seventy.
(2) For the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assembly, the Capital shall be divided into single-member assembly constituencies in accordance with the provisions of Part III in such manner that the population of each of the constituencies shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the Capital.
(3) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Legislative Assembly, and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in the Assembly as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the Capital bears to the total population of the Capital and the provisions of article 334 shall apply to such reservation.
Explanation.—In this section, the expression "population" means the population as ascertained in the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:
2 [Provided that the reference in this Explanation 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 2026 have been published, be construed as a reference to the 2001 census:]
2 [Provided further that any readjustment in the division of the Capital into territorial constituencies by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) on the basis of 2001 census shall take effect from such date as the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the Legislative Assembly may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment.]
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1. Subs. by Act 19 of 2005, s. 5, for the proviso (w.e.f. 21-5-2005).
2. Ins. by Act 5 of 2006, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31-3-2005).
- 3 Legislative Assembly and its composition
- 4 Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly
- 5 Duration of Legislative Assembly
- 6 Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution
- 7 Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly
- 8 Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to provide while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration
- 9 Right of Lieutenant Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly
- 10 Special address by the Lieutenant Governor
- 11 Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly
- 12 Oath or affirmation by members
- 13 Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum
- 14 Vacation of seats
- 15 Disqualifications for membership
- 16 Disqualification on ground of defection
- 17 Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified
- 18 Powers, privileges, etc., of members
- 19 Salaries and allowances of members
- 20 Exemption of property of the Union form taxation
- 21 Restrictions on laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters
- 22 Special provisions as to financial Bills
- 23 Procedure as to lapsing of Bills
- 24 Assent to Bills
- 25 Bills reserved for consideration
- 26 Requirements as to sanction, etc
- 27 Annual financial statement
- 28 Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates
- 29 Appropriation Bills
- 30 Supplementary, additional or excess grants
- 31 Votes on account
- 32 Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly
- 33 Rules of procedure
- 34 Official language or languages of the Capital and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly
- 35 Language to be used for Bills, Acts, etc
- 36 Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly
- 37 Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly
