Indian Parliament: Lok Sabha (Lower House, 545-Members) & Rajya Sabha (Upper

House, 250-Members),
State/UT Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas, 4120-Members)
Indian Parliaments: Total No. of Seats Distribution State Wise in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
Q 1. On what basis is this reservation made?
Ans. Allocation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha are made on the basis of
proportion of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the State concerned to that of the total population, vide
provision contained in Article 330 of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 of the R. P. Act, 1950.
The reservation for SC/STs in legislative bodies was first done in 1949 for 50 years. Later, it was extended
for 10 years in 1999, the term of which expires in March 2010. The Rajya Sabha adopted the Constitution
(109th Amendment) Bill 2009 on August 3 while Lok Sabha approved it on August 4. The measure also
extends nomination of members of the Anglo-Indian community to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies by
another
decade.
Out of 543 Lok Sabha seats, 84 are reserved for SCs and 47 for STs. Of the 4,120 Legislative
Assembly seats, 607 are reserved for SCs and 554 for STs.
Who are some of the politicians (MPs/MLAs) in Indian parliaments and state assemblies belongs to
Scheduled Caste (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Class/Caste (OBCs) have
graduated either from premier institutions (IITs, NITs, IIMs) of India or abroad?
Q 2. How many seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes in Lok Sabha?
Ans. 84
For Scheduled Castes, 84 seats are reserved in Lok Sabha. The 1st schedule to Representation of
People Act, 1950 as amended vide Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 2008 gives the State
wise breakup.
Q 3. How many seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha?
Ans. 47
For Scheduled Tribes, 47 seats are reserved in Lok Sabha. The 1st schedule to R. P. Act, 1950 as
amended vide Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 2008 gives the State wise break up.
Q 4. For every State, there has to be a Legislative Assembly, but it is not so in the case of all Union
Territories. Which are the U.Ts. having a Legislative Assembly?
Ans. Two
Out of the 7 Union Territories, only Delhi and Pondicherry have Legislative Assemblies.
Q 5. There are 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India each electing one member. Who
demarcates the boundaries of these constituencies?
Ans. Delimitation Commission
Under Article 82 of the Constitution, the Parliament by law enacts a Delimitation Act after every census.
After coming into force commencement of the Act, the Central Government constitutes a Delimitation
Commission. This Delimitation Commission demarcates the boundaries of the Parliamentary
Constituencies as per provisions of the Delimitation Act. The present delimitation of constituencies has
been done on the basis of 2001 census figures under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.
Notwithstanding the above, the Constitution of India was specifically amended in 2002 not to have

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delimitation of constituencies till the first census after 2026. Thus, the present Constituencies carved out
on the basis of 2001 census shall continue to be in operation till the first census after 2026.

State/UT wise Seats in the Lok Sabha and their reservation status
S.
N.
STATE /UT

Type of Constituencies
on the basis of the
Delimitation Order 1976

Type of Constituencies
on the basis of the
Delimitation Order 2008

GEN

SC

ST

TOTAL

GEN

SC

ST

1.

ANDHRA PRADESH

34

42

32

2.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

3.

ASSAM

11

14

11

4.

BIHAR

33

40

34

5.

JHARKHAND

14

6.

GOA

7.

GUJARAT

20

26

20

8.

HARYANA

10

9.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

10.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

11.

KARNATAKA

24

28

21

12.

KERALA

18

20

18

13.

MADHYA PRADESH

20

29

19

14.

CHHATTISGARH

11

15.

MAHARASHTRA

41

48

39

16.

MANIPUR

17.

MEGHALAYA

18.

MIZORAM

19.

NAGALAND

20.

ORISSA

13

21

13

21.

PUNJAB

10

13

22.

RAJASTHAN

18

25

18

23.

SIKKIM

24.

TAMIL NADU

32

39

32

25.

TRIPURA

26.

UTTAR PRADESH

63

17

80

63

17

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37.

UTTARAKHAND

28.

WEST BENGAL

32

42

30

10

29.

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

ISLANDS

30.

CHANDIGARH

31.

DADRA & NAGAR

HAVELI

32.

DAMAN & DIU

33.

DELHI

34.

LAKSHADWEEP

35.

PONDICHERRY

423

79

41

543

412

84

47

TOTAL

Today, out of 543 seats in India's parliament, 84 (18.42%) are reserved for SC/Dalits and 47 (8.66%)
for ST/Aadiwasi. Allocation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha are made on the
basis of proportion of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the State concerned to that of the total population,
vide provision contained in Article 330 of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 of the R. P. Act,
1950.
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.
pdf,
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/seat_in_legislativeassembilies.aspx

State/UT wise Seats in the Assembly and their Reservation Status

STATE /UT

Type of Constituencies on the

basis of the Delimitation Order
1976

Type of Constituencies on the

basis of the Delimitation Order
2008

Gen.

SC

ST

TOTAL

Gen.

SC

ST

240

39

15

294

227

48

19

59

60

59

Assam

102

16

126

102

16

Bihar

204

39

243

203

38

Chhattisgarh

46

10

34

90

51

10

29

Goa

39

40

39

Gujarat

143

13

26

182

142

13

27

Haryana

73

17

90

73

17

States
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

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Himachal Pradesh

49

16

68

48

17

Jammu & Kashmir*

80

87*

-*

-*

-*

Jharkhand

44

28

81

44

28

Karnataka

189

33

224

173

36

15

Kerala

126

13

140

124

14

Madhya Pradesh

156

33

41

230

148

35

47

Maharashtra

248

18

22

288

234

29

25

Manipur

40

19

60

40

19

Meghalaya

55

60

55

Mizoram

39

40

39

Nagaland

59

60

59

Orissa

91

22

34

147

90

24

33

Punjab

88

29

117

83

34

Rajasthan

143

33

24

200

141

34

25

Sikkim**

18

12

32**

17**

2**

12**

Tamil Nadu

189

42

234

188

44

Tripura

33

20

60

30

10

20

Uttar Pradesh

314

89

403

318

85

Uttarakhand

55

12

70

55

13

West Bengal

218

59

17

294

210

68

16

Total

2936

552

532

4020

2789

590

554

Andaman &
Nicobar Islands

Chandigarh

Dadra & Nagar

Haveli

Daman & Diu

57

13

70

12

Pondicherry

25

30

25

Total

82

18

100

83

17

3018

570

532

4120

2872

607

UTs

Delhi
Lakshadweep

Grand Total

58

554

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*Under the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir, the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of that
state excluding the 24 seats earmarked for Pakistan occupied territory is 87 out of which 7 seats have
been reserved for the Schedule Caste in pursuance of the Jammu & Kashmir Representation of the
People Act 1957.
** Reserved 1 seat for Sanghas and 12 seats for Bhutia-Lepcha Community.

Rajya Sabha Members from Madhya Pradesh

nnnn
Shri Satyavrat
Chaturvedi

Party
Indian National
Congress

Term
03/04/2012 to
02/04/2018

Name
Shri Anil
Madhav Dave

Party
Bharatiya
Janata Party

Term
30/06/2010
to
29/06/2016

Shri Thaawar
Chand Gehlot

Bharatiya
Janata Party

03/04/2012 to
02/04/2018

Dr. Najma A.
Heptulla

Bharatiya
Janata Party

03/04/2012
to
02/04/2018

Dr.Satyanarayan
Jatiya

Bharatiya
Janata Party

10/04/2014 to
09/04/2020

Shri Prabhat
Jha

Bharatiya
Janata Party

10/04/2014
to
09/04/2020

Dr. Chandan
Mitra

Bharatiya
Janata Party

30/06/2010 to
29/06/2016

Dr. Vijaylaxmi
Sadho

Indian National
Congress

30/06/2010
to
29/06/2016

Shri Digvijaya
Singh

Indian National
Congress

10/04/2014 to
09/04/2020

Shri Kaptan
Singh Solanki

Bharatiya
Janata Party

03/04/2012
to
02/04/2018

Shri Meghraj

Bharatiya

Jain

Janata Party

Cabinet Ministers of Madhya Pradesh

Ministries

Name of Minsiter

Chief Minister, General Administration, Narmada Valley Development,

Culture, Tourism, Aviation

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Home and Jail

Shri Babulal Gaur

Water Resources, Finance & Commercial Taxes, Planning, Economics

and Statistics

Shri Jayant Mallayya

Panchayats, Rural Development & Social Justice and Cooperatives

Shri Gopal Bhargawa

Forests, Bio-Diversity and Bio-technology

Dr. Gaurishankar Shejwar

Urban Administration & Housing-Envrionment

Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya

Public Works

Shri Sartaj Singh

Health & Family Welfare, Medical Education, AYUSH, Bhopal Gas

Tragedy and Parliamentary Affairs

Shri Narottam Mishra

Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection

Shri Kunwar Vijay Shah

Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development

Shri Gourishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen

Technical Education, Skill Development, Higher Education

Shri Umashankar Gupta

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Animal Husbandry, Horticulture and Food Processing, Fishermens
Welfare and Fisheries Development, Cottage & Village Industries, Law
& Legislative Affairs, Public Health Engineer

Sushri Kusum Mehdele

Commerce, Industries and Employment, Public Sector Undertakings,

Sports & Youth Welfare, Religious Trusts & Endowment

Smt.Yashodhra Raje Scindia

School Education

Shri Paras Chandra Jain

Energy, New & Renewable Energy, Mineral Resources and Public

Relations

Shri Rajendra Shukla

Labour, Bacward Classes & Minorities Welfare, Denotified, Nomadic &

Semi-nomadic Tribes Welfare

Shri Antar Singh Arya

Revenue, Rehabilitation

Shri Rampal Singh

Tribal Welfare, Scheduled Castes Welfare

Shri Gyan Singh

Women & Child Development

Smt Maya Singh

Transport, Information Technology, Public Service Management,

Public Grievances Redressal

Shri Bhoopendra Singh

State Minister, School Education, Higher Education

Shri Deepka Joshi

State Minister, Narmada Valley Development, General Adminsitration,

Aviation

Shri Lal Singh Arya

State Minister, Health & Family Welfare, Medical Education, AYUSH,

Gas Relief, Parliamentary Affairs

Shri Sharad Jain

State Minister, Culture and Tourism

Shri Surendra Patwa

MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE LIST) AS ON :- Wednesday, December 3,

2014Madhya Pradesh (MP ) 11
Sno

Name

Party

State

Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat

INC

Madhya Pradesh

Dave, Shri Anil Madhav

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Gehlot, Shri Thaawar Chand

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Heptulla, Dr. Najma A.

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Jain, Shri Meghraj

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Jatiya, Dr. Satyanarayan

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Javadekar, Shri Prakash

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Jha, Shri Prabhat

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Mitra, Dr. Chandan

BJP

Madhya Pradesh

10

Sadho, Dr. Vijaylaxmi

INC

Madhya Pradesh

11

Singh, Shri Digvijaya

INC

Madhya Pradesh