Constitution 332A — Reservation of seats for women in the Legislative Assemblies of the States

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

(1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the
Legislative Assembly of every State.
(2) As nearly as may be, one-third of the total number of seats reserved
under clause (3) of article 332 shall be reserved for women belonging to the
Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes.
(3) As nearly as may be , one-third (including the number of seats
reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Sceduled
Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the
Legislative Assembly of every State shall be reserved for women.

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