Section 7:
Total number of seats in Legislative Assemblies and Assembly Constituencies.
1[7. Total number of seats in the Legislative Assemblies and Assembly Constituencies.--(1) 2[Subject to the provisions of 3[sub-sections (1A), (1B) and (1C)], the total number of seats] in the
Legislative Assembly of each State specified in the Second Schedule, to be filled by persons chosen
by direct election from Assembly Constituencies, and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for
the Scheduled Castes and for the Scheduled Tribes of the State, shall be as shown in that Schedule:
Provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 371A, the total number of seats allotted to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nagaland shall be 4[fifty-two], of which--
(a) 5[twelve seats] shall be allocated to the Tuensang district and shall be filled by persons
persons chosen by the members of the regional council, referred to in that article, from amongst
themselves in such manner as the Governor, after consulting that Council may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify, and
(b) the remaining forty seats shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election from
assembly constituencies in the rest of the State. 6[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the total number of seats in the
the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim, to be constituted at any time after the
commencement of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1980 (8 of 1980), to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from assembly constituencies shall be thirty-two, of
which--
(a) twelve seats shall be reserved for Sikkimese of Bhutia-Lepcha origin;
(b) two seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes of that State; and
(c) one seat shall be reserved for the Sanghas referred to in section 25A.
Explanation.--In this sub-section Bhutia includes Chumbipa, Dopthapa, Dukpa, Kagatey,
Sherpa, Tibetan, Tromopa and Yolmo.] 7[(1B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in the Legislative Assemblies of
the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland, to be constituted at any
time after the commencement of the Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Act, 1987
(40 of 1987),--
(a) 8[fifty-nine seats] shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly
of the State of Arunachal Pradesh;
(b) fifty-five seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of
the State of Meghalaya;
(c) thirty-nine seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly
of the State of Mizoram; and
(d) fifty-nine seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of
the State of Nagaland.] 9[(1C) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), twenty seats shall be reserved
for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tripura to be constituted at any
time after the commencement of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992
(38 of 1992).]
(2) Every assembly constituency referred to 10[in sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A)] shall be a
single-member constituency. 11(3) The extent of each assembly constituency in all the States and Union Territories except the
assembly constituencies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur and
Nagaland shall be as determined by the orders of the Delimitation Commission made under the
provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) and the extent of each assembly constituency in
the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Manipur and Nagaland shall be as provided for in
the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 having regard to the
provisions of sections 10A and 10B of the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002).]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 4, for section 7 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
2. Subs. by Act 8 of 1980, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-9-1979).
3. Subs. by Act 38 of 1992, s. 2, for "sub-sections (1A) and (1B)" (w.e.f. 5-12-1992).
4. Subs. by Act 61 of 1968, s. 4, for "forty-six" (w.e.f. 31-12-1968).
5. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "six seats" (w.e.f. 31-12-1968).
6. Ins. by Act 8 of 1980, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-9-1979).
7. Ins. by Act 40 of 1987, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-9-1987).
8. Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 3, for "thirty-nine seats" (w.e.f. 16-4-2008).
9. Ins. by Act 38 of 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 5-12-1992).
10. Subs. by Act 8 of 1980, s. 2, for "in sub-section (1)" (w.e.f. 1-9-1979).
11. Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 3, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 16-4-2008).