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Constitution of India - Fourth Schedule


1[Articles 4(1) and 80(2)]

Allocation of seats in the Council of States

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.

1

Andhra Pradesh

2[11]

3[2.

Telangana

7]

4[3

Assam

7

4[4

Bihar

5[16]

6[4[5

Jharkhand

6]

7[8[4[6.

Goa

1]

9[8[4[7.]

Gujarat

11]

10[8[4[8.]

Haryana

5]

8[4[9.]

Kerala

9

8[4[10.]

Madhya Pradesh

11[11]

12[8[4[11.

Chhattisgarh

5]

13[8[4[12.]

Tamil Nadu]

14[18]

15[8[4[13.]

Maharashtra

19]

16[8[4[14.]

Karnataka]

12

8[4[15.]

17[Orissa]

10

8[4[16.]

Punjab

18[7]

1[2[17.]

Rajasthan

10

1[2[18.]

Uttar Pradesh

3[31]

4[1[2[19.

5[Uttarakhand]

3]

1[2[20.]

West Bengal

16

1[2[21.]

Jammu and Kashmir

4

6[1[2[22.]

Nagaland

1]

7[1[2[23.]

Himachal Pradesh

3]

1[2[24.]

Manipur

1]

1[2[25.]

Tripura

1

1[2[26.]

Meghalaya

1

8[1[2[27.]

Sikkim

1]

9[1[2[28.]

Mizoram

1

10[1[2[29.]

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1[2[30.]

Delhi

3

1[2[31.]

11[Pondicherry]

1

Total

12[233]]

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 3, for the Fourth Schedule.
2. Subs. by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, s. 12, for “18” (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
3. Ins. by s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
4. Entries 2 to 30 renumbered as entries 3 to 31 respectively by s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
5. Subs. by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7, for “22” (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
6. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
7. Ins. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 6 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
8. Entries 4 to 29 renumbered as entries 5 to 30 by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
9. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 6, for entry ”4” (renumbered as 6*) (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
10. Ins. by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).
11. Subs. by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (28 of 2000), s. 7, for “16” (w.e.f. 1-11-2000).
12. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 1.11.2000).
13. Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (53 of 1968), s. 5, for “*8. Madras” (renumbered as *11) (w.e.f. 14-1-1969).
14. Subs. by the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (56 of 1959), s. 8, for “17” (w.e.f. 1-4-1960).
15. Ins. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
16. Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 (31 of 1973), s. 5, for “10. Mysore”(renumbered as “13” (w.e.f. 1-11-1973).
17. Subs. by the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 (15 of 2011) s. 7, for “Orissa” (w.e.f. 1-11-2011).
18. Subs. by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), s. 9, for “11” (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).

Amendment (Rajasthan to Pondicherry) :-

1. Entries 4 to 29 renumbered as entries 5 to 30 by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
2. Entries 2 to 30 renumbered as entires 3 to 31 respectively by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (6 of 2014), s. 12, (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
3. Subs. by the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (29 of 2000), s. 7, for “34” (w.e.f. 9-11-2000).
4. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 9-11-2000).
5. Subs. by the Uttaranchal (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (52 of 2006), s. 4, for “Uttaranchal”
(w.e.f. 1-1-2007).
6. Ins. by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 (27 of 1962), s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-12-1963).
7. Ins. by the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 (53 of 1970), s. 5 (w.e.f. 25-1-1971).
8. Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 4 (w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
9. Ins. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s. 5 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
10. Ins. by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 (69 of 1986), s. 5 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
11. Subs. by the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (44 of 2006), s. 4, for “Pondicherry” (w.e.f. 1-10-2006).
12. Subs. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 6, for “232”
(w.e.f. 30-5-1987).

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