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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950

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S.1 Short title
S.2 Definitions
S.3 Allocation of seats in the House of the People
S.3(a) Reservation of Seats in the House of People for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in certain Part C States
S.4 Filling of seats in the House of the People and parliamentary constituencies
S.5 Parliamentary constituencies
S.6 Delimitation of parliamentary constituencies
S.7 Total number of seats in Legislative Assemblies and assembly constituencies
S.7(a) Total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim and Assembly constituencies
S.8 Consolidation of delimitation orders
S.9 Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date
S.9(b) Power of Election Commission to determine certain constituencies to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Tripura
S.9(a) Power of Election Commission to determine the constituencies to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in certain States
S.10 Allocation of seats in the Legislative Councils
S.11 Delimitation of Council constituencies
S.12 Power to alter or amend orders
S.13 Procedure as to orders delimiting constituencies
S.13(d) Electoral rolls for parliamentary constituencies
S.13(c)(c) Chief Electoral Officers, District Election Officers, etc., deemed to be on deputation to Election Commission
S.13(c) Assistant electoral registration officers
S.13(b) Electoral registration officers
S.13(a) Chief electoral officers
S.13(a)(a) District election officers
S.14 Definitions
S.15 Electoral roll for every constituency
S.16 Disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll
S.17 No person to be registered in more than one constituency
S.18 No person to be registered more than once in any constituency
S.19 Conditions of registration
S.20 Meaning of “ordinarily resident”
S.21 Preparation and revision of electoral rolls
S.22 Correction of entries in electoral rolls
S.23 Inclusion of names in electoral rolls
S.24 Appeals
S.25 Fee for applications and appeals
S.25(a) Conditions of registration as elector in Sangha constituency in Sikkim
S.26 Preparation of electoral rolls for Assembly constituencies
S.27(j) Powers of electoral colleges to elect notwithstanding vacancies therein
S.27(i) Special provisions for the filling of the seats in the Council of States allotted to the States of Ajmer and Coorg and the States of Manipur and Tripura
S.27(h) Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories
S.27(g) Termination of membership of electoral college for certain disqualifications
S.27(f) Electoral rolls for Council of States constituencies
S.27(e) Procedure as to orders delimiting constituencies
S.27(d) Power to alter or amend orders
S.27(c) Delimitation of electoral college constituencies
S.27(b) Electoral college constituencies
S.27(a) Constitution of electoral colleges for the filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories
S.27(k) Electoral colleges for certain States for which Legislative Assemblies have been constituted
S.27 Preparation of electoral roll for Council constituencies
S.28 Power to make rules
S.29 Staff of local authorities to be made available
S.30 Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
S.31 Making false declarations
S.32 Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation, etc., of electoral rolls
Sch.I Allocation of Seats in the House of the People
Sch.II Total number of Seats in the Legislative Assemblies
Sch.III Allocation of Seats in the Legislative Councils
Sch.IV Local Authorities for purposes of Elections to Legislative Councils
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