Section 149
Casual vacancies in the House of the People.
The Representation of the People Act, 1951
About this Act
An Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections.
(1) When the seat of a member elected to the
House of the People becomes vacant or is declared vacant or his election to the House of the People is
declared void, the Election Commission shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), by a
notification in the Gazette of India, call upon the parliamentary constituency concerned to elect a person
for the purpose of filling the vacancy so caused before such date as may be specified in the notification,
and the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder shall apply, as far as may be, in
relation to the election of a member to fill such vacancy.
(2) If the vacancy so caused be a vacancy in a seat reserved in any such constituency for the Scheduled Castes or for any Scheduled Tribes, the notification issued under sub-section (1) shall specify that the person to fill that seat shall belong to the Scheduled Castes or to such Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be.
(2) If the vacancy so caused be a vacancy in a seat reserved in any such constituency for the Scheduled Castes or for any Scheduled Tribes, the notification issued under sub-section (1) shall specify that the person to fill that seat shall belong to the Scheduled Castes or to such Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be.