Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993
(1) A taluka panchayat shall consist of elected members as provided in sub-section (4). (2) The elected members of a taluka panchayat shall be elected from amongst the qualified voters of the taluka. (3) A taluka panchayat shall have a President and Vice-President elected by its elected members from amongst themselves. (4) A talukapanchayat of a taluka having population not exceeding one lakh shall consist of [sixteen] members and in case of a taluka panchayat where the population of the taluka exceeds one lakh, then for every twenty-five thousand or part thereof in excess of one lakh, the said number of [sixteen] shall be increased by two. (5) (a) (i) Seats shall be reserved by the State government for the Scheduled castes and the Scheduled tribes in every taluka panchayat in the State and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in that panchayat as the population of the Scheduled castes in the taluka or as the case may be, of, the Scheduled tribes in the taluka bears to the total population in the taluka and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotaion to different territorial constituencies in that taluka in the prescribed manner. (ii) One tenth of the total number of seats n a taluka panchayat shall be reserved by the State Government for socially and educationally backward classes and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotation to different territorial constituencies in that taluka in the prescribed manner. (b) [As nearly as may be one-half] of the total number of seats reserved under clause (a) shall be reserved by the State Government for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled tribes or as the case may be, socially and educationally backward classes. (c) [As nearly as may be one-half] (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Schedule Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in a taluka panchayat shall be reserved by the State Government for women and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotation to different territorial constituencies in taluka in the prescribed manner.