To each State or Union territory specified in the first column of the following table, there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column thereof opposite to that State or that Union territory, as the case may be:
TABLE
1.
Andhra Pradesh …………………………………………………….11
2.
Telangana ……………………………………………………….7
3.
Assam …………………………………………………………………7
4.
Bihar …………………………………………………………………..16
5.
Jharkhand ……………………………………………………….6
6.
Goa …………………………………………………………………….1
7.
Gujarat ………………………………………………………………..11
8.
Haryana ……………………………………………………………….5
9.
Kerala …………………………………………………………………9
10.
Madhya Pradesh …………………………………………………..11
11.
Chhattisgarh ……………………………………………………….5
12.
Tamil Nadu ……………………………………………………….18
13.
Maharashtra ……………………………………………………….19
14.
Karnataka ……………………………………………………….12
15.
Odisha ……………………………………………………….10
16.
Punjab …………………………………………………………………7
17.
Rajasthan ……………………………………………………….10
18.
Uttar Pradesh ……………………………………………………….31
19.
Uttarakhand ………………………………………………………3
20.
West Bengal ……………………………………………………….16
21.
Nagaland ……………………………………………………….1
22.
Himachal Pradesh ………………………………………………….3
23.
Manipur ……………………………………………………………….1
24.
Tripura …………………………………………………………………1
25.
Meghalaya ……………………………………………………….1
26.
Sikkim ………………………………………………………………….1
27.
Mizoram ……………………………………………………….1
28.
Arunachal Pradesh …………………………………………………1
29.
Delhi ……………………………………………………………………3
30.
Puducherry ……………………………………………………….1
31.
Jammu and Kashmir ……………………………………………….4
Total
233
VERSION 1
Articles 4(1), 80(2) and 391, Constitution of India 1950
Allocation of seats in the Council of States
To each State or group of States specified in the first column of the table of seats appended to this Schedule there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column of the said table opposite to that State or group of States, as the case may be.
Table of Seats
The Council of States
Representatives of States specified in Part A of the First Schedule
|
1 |
2 |
|
States |
Total Seats |
| 1. Assam |
6 |
|
2. Bihar |
21 |
| 3. Bombay |
17 |
|
4. Madhya Pradesh |
12 |
| 5. Madras |
27 |
|
6. Orissa |
9 |
|
7. Punjab |
8 |
|
8. The United Provinces |
31 |
|
9. West Bengal |
14 |
|
Total … … 145 |
|
Representatives of States specified in Part B of the First Schedule
|
1 |
2 |
|
States |
Total Seats |
|
1. Hyderabad |
11 |
|
2. Jammu and Kashmir |
4 |
|
3. Madhya Bharat |
6 |
| 4. Mysore |
6 |
|
5. Patiala and East Punjab States Union |
3 |
|
6. Rajasthan |
9 |
| 7. Saurashtra |
4 |
|
8. Travancore-Cochin |
6 |
| 9. Vindhya Pradesh |
4 |
|
Total … … 53 |
|
Representatives of States specified in Part C of the First Schedule
|
1 |
2 |
|
States and Groups of States |
Total Seats |
|
1. Ajmer 2. Coorg |
1 |
| 3. Bhopal |
1 |
|
4. Bilaspur 5. Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
| 6. Cooch-Behar |
1 |
|
7. Delhi |
1 |
| 8. Kutch |
1 |
|
9. Manipur 10. Tripura |
1 |
|
Total … … 7 |
|
|
Total of all Seats … 205 |
|
SUMMARY
Schedule III-A (Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India 1950) was not part of the Draft Constitution of India 1948. It was introduced in the Constituent Assembly by a Drafting Committee member on 17 October 1949 and was taken up by the Assembly for discussion only on this day. This Schedule provided the distribution of seats in the Rajya Sabha for each State.
A Drafting Committee member informed the Assembly that the scheme of seat distribution was based on the report of the Union Constitution Committee. He explained to the Assembly the reason for keeping the number of total seats allocated at 205, though Draft Article 67 allowed for a maximum of 250 seats in the Rajya Sabha. Since the merger and break up of States was still not finalized, the Drafting Committee kept the number to 205 anticipating an increase in the total seats allocated to States if they were to split up.
Schedule III-A did not generate much debate and was adopted as part of the Constitution on 17 October 1949.