poona pact in 4 points
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1. Election to these seats shall be by joint electorates subject, however, to the following procedure –
All members of the Depressed Classes registered in the general electoral roll of a constituency will form an electoral college which will elect a panel of four candidates belonging to the Depressed Classes for each of such reserved seats by the method of the single vote and four persons getting the highest number of votes in such primary elections shall be the candidates for election by the general electorate.
2. The representation of the Depressed Classes in the Central Legislature shall likewise be on the principle of joint electorates and reserved seats by the method of primary election in the manner provided for in clause above for their representation in the provincial legislatures.
3. In the Central Legislature 19% of the seats allotted to the general electorate for British India in the said legislature shall be reserved for the Depressed Classes.
4. The system of primary election to a panel of candidates for election to the Central and Provincial Legislatures as herein-before mentioned shall come to an end after the first ten years, unless terminated sooner by mutual agreement under the provision of clause 6 below
Hi friend_______,
★ On 1932 Gandhi and Ambedkar negotiated all agreement known as the Poona Pact.
★ The principle of separate electorates was abandoned.
★ Instead the principle of joint electorate was accepted with reservation of seats for the depressed classes.
★ Reserved seats for the depressed classes were increased from 71 to 148.In the central Legislature 18 percent of the seats were reserved.