question no (31)
what is meant by reserved constituencies? justify the concept of reservation of seats' by giving any three suitable orguments
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In India, a certain number of political positions and university posts are held for specific groups of the population, including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Anglo-Indians and Women. There are reserved constituencies in both Parliamentary and State Assembly elections.
Candidates of General category are not eligible to contest from these constituencies. All voters are to vote for one of the candidates (from Scheduled Castes or Schedule Tribes). ... Reserved constituencies are those constituencies in which seats are reserved for SCs and STs on the basis of their population.
The 15th Lok Sabha will have 11 more reserved seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The number of total seats, however, will remain 543. The number of constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes has increased from 79 to 84 after the delimitation of the constituencies.