131 seats in the lok sabha are reserved for representatives of scheduled castes.
how many seats in the lok sabha are reserved for representatives of scheduled castes?
131
india has seats in the parliament of the country, state assemblies, local municipal bodies and village level institutions reserved for untouchable castes, also called dalits or scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. the election of untouchables and tribes candidates is by a joint or mixed electorate, which includes all castes. out of 543 constituencies in india's parliament, a total of 131 seats (24.16%) are reserved or blocked for representatives from scheduled castes (84) and scheduled tribes (47) only. this is different from separate electorate practiced in other countries. many indian states, like kerala and bihar, have parliamentary reserved seats for the anglo-indian community, as does the lok sabha.
reserved political positions
gosaba, basanti, kultali, canning paschim, sonarpur, bishnupur purba, magrahat purba, mandirbazar and kulpi constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes (sc) candidates. along with one assembly constituency from north 24 parganas district, gosaba, basanti, kultali, jaynagar, canning paschim and canning purba assembly constituencies form the jaynagar (lok sabha constituency), which is reserved for scheduled castes (sc). baruipur, bishnupur purba, kabitirtha, jadavpur, behala paschim, behala purba and magrahat paschim constituencies form the jadavpur (lok sabha constituency). bishnupur paschim, garden reach, maheshtala, budge budge, satgachhia, falta and diamond harbour constituencies form the diamond harbour (lok sabha constituency). magrahat purba, mandirbazar, mathurapur, kulpi, patharpratima, kakdwip and sagar constituencies form the mathurapur (lok sabha constituency), which is reserved for scheduled castes (sc). along with six assembly segments from north 24 parganas district, bhangar assembly constituency forms the basirhat (lok sabha constituency). along with three assembly constituencies from kolkata district, alipore, dhakuria, tollyganj, sonarpur form the kolkata dakshin (lok sabha constituency).
south 24 parganas