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78                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                              (Part VI.—The States)

       171. Composition of the Legislative Councils.—(1) The total number
of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall
not exceed 1[one-third] of the total number of members in the Legislative
Assembly of that State:
       Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Council of
a State shall in no case be less than forty.
       (2) Until Parliament by law otherwise provides, the composition of the
Legislative Council of a State shall be as provided in clause (3).
       (3) Of the total number of members of the Legislative Council of a
State—
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           (a) as nearly as may be, one-third shall be elected by electorates
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       consisting of members of municipalities, district boards and such other
       local authorities in the State as Parliament may by law specify;
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           (b) as nearly as may be, one-twelfth shall be elected by electorates
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       consisting of persons residing in the State who have been for at least
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       three years graduates of any university in the territory of India or have
       been for at least three years in possession of qualifications prescribed by
       or under any law made by Parliament as equivalent to that of a graduate
       of any such university;
           (c) as nearly as may be, one-twelfth shall be elected by electorates
       consisting of persons who have been for at least three years engaged in
       teaching in such educational institutions within the State, not lower in
       standard than that of a secondary school, as may be prescribed by or
       under any law made by Parliament;
           (d) as nearly as may be, one-third shall be elected by the members of
       the Legislative Assembly of the State from amongst persons who are not
       members of the Assembly;
           (e) the remainder shall be nominated by the Governor in accordance
       with the provisions of clause (5).
       (4) The members to be elected under sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of
clause (3) shall be chosen in such territorial constituencies as may be prescribed


1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 10, for "one-fourth"
   (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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