Constituent Assembly Debates. Official Report Tuesday 4th January 1949

Vice-President Sir: That in sub-clause (a.) of clause (5) of article 67 for the words not more than five hunched representatives of the people of the territories of the States directly chosen by the voters' the words 'such members as shall in the aggregate secure one representative for every 500 000 of the population in all the constituent parts of the Union whether States [...] Vice-President 1 move Sir: That in sub-clause (a) of Clause (5) of article 6-7 for the words `representatives of the people of the territories of the States directly chosen by the voters' the words `members directly elected by the voter in the States' be substituted." The clause as it appears in the Draft Constitution reads thus: "(5) (a) Subject to the provisions of Articles 292 and 293 of [...] Vice-President Sir I beg to move: That in clause (8) of article 67 after the word 'readjusted' the words `on the basis of population' be added." Clause (8) of article 67 provides that upon the completion of each census the representation of the several States in the Council of States and of the several territorial constituencies in the House of the People shall subject to the provisions of a [...] 1049 [Shri L. Krishnaswami Bharathi] The object of this sub-clause is that after the elections to the Legislature —either the Council of States or the House of the People as the case may be —census may happen to be taken and new figures may be available; and we have of course to adjust the number of seats in accordance with the census figures available then. [...] Vice-President Sir I beg to move: That to article 67 the following new clause (10) be added :- (10) The election to the House of the People shall be in accordance with ... proportional representation by means of a single transferable cot.' Sir I am only proposing the extension of the principle which we accepted yesterday in the matter of election to the Council of States.