Article 330 - Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People - Constitution of India

PART XVI SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES Article 330. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People.- (1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the People for- (a) the Scheduled Castes; 11 [ (b) the Scheduled Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam; and ] (c) the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam. (2) The number of seats reserved in any State 1 [ or Union territory ] for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes under clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats allotted to that State 2 [ or Union territory ] in the House of the People as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State 3 [ or Union territory ] or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State 4 [ or Union territory ] or part of the State 5 [ or Union territory ] , as the case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the State 6 [ or Union territory .] 9 [ (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (2), the number of seats reserved in the House of the People for the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam shall bear to the total number of seats allotted to that State a proportion not less than the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the said autonomous districts bears to the total population of the State .] 10 [ Explanation .-In this article and in article 332, the expression population means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published: Provided that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 12 [ 2026 ] have been published, be construed as a reference to the 14 [ 2001 ] census. ] ******************* NOTES:- 1 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 2 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 3 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 4 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 5 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 6 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 7 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (23rd Amendment) Act, dated 23-01-1970 w.e.f. 23-01-1970, before it was read as, except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam 8 . (1) Substituted vide Article 3 of the Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973 dated 17-10-1973 w.e.f. 17-10-1973, before it was read as, 7 [ except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam and in Nagaland ] ; and (2) The amendment made to Article 330 of the Constitution by sub-section (1) shall not affect any representation in the House of the People until the dissolution of the House of the People existing at the commencement of this Act. 9 . (1) Inserted vide Article 3 of the Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973 dated 17-10-1973 , w.e.f. 17-10-1973. (2) The amendment made to Article 330 of the Constitution by sub-section (1) shall not affect any representation in the House of the People until the dissolution of the House of the People existing at the commencement of this Act. 10 . Inserted vide Article 47 of the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976 dated 18-12-1976 , w.e.f. 03-01-1977. 11 . (1) Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (51st Amendment) Act, 1984 dated 29-04-1985 w.e.f. 16-06-1986, before it was read as, 8 [ except the Scheduled Tribes ( i ) in the tribal areas of Assam; ( ii ) in Nagaland; ( iii ) in Meghalaya; ( iv ) in Arunachal Pradesh; and ( v ) in Mizoram; and ] (2) The amendment made to Article 330 of the Constitution by sub-section (1) shall not affect any representation in the House of the People until the dissolution of the House of the People existing at the commencement of this Act. 12 . Substituted vide Article 6 of the Constitution (84th Amendment) Act, 2001 dated 21-02-2002 w.e.f. 21-02-2002, before it was read as, 2000 13 . Substituted vide Article 6 of the Constitution (84th Amendment) Act, 2001 dated 21-02-2002 w.e.f. 21-02-2002, before it was read as, 1971 14 . Substituted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (87th Amendment) Act, 2003 dated 22-06-2003 w.e.f. 22-06-2003, before it was read as, 13 [ 1991 ]