Section 7: Election to reserved seats

7. Election to reserved seats.—(1) The members for seats reserved for women in an Assembly shall be elected, subject to the provisions of clause (5) of Article 51 or, as the case may be, clauses (4) and (5) of Article 106, by the persons elected to the general seats in that Assembly so that there is one member for each of the constituencies for seats reserved for women in that Assembly. (2) The members for seats reserved in an Assembly for persons belonging to the Christian, Hindu. Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi Communities and persons of the Quadiani group or the Lahori group (who call themselves ‘Ahmadis’) and other non­Muslims and persons belonging to the scheduled castes shall be elected, subject to the provisions of clause (4A) of Article 51 or, as the case may be, clause (5) of Article 106, by the persons elected to the general seats in that Assembly. (3) The Commission shall hold and conduct the election to fill the seats reserved in an Assembly for the persons referred to in clause (3) of Article 106 or for women in such manner as it may think fit CHAPTER IV ELECTION EXPENSES

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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