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Fourth Schedule

Allocation of seats in the Council of States

Articles 4(1) and 80(2)

To each State or Union territory specified in the first column of the following table, there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column thereof opposite to that State or that Union territory, as the case may be:
TABLE
1.
Andhra Pradesh …………………………………………………….11
2.
Telangana ……………………………………………………….7
3.
Assam …………………………………………………………………7
4.
Bihar …………………………………………………………………..16
5.
Jharkhand ……………………………………………………….6
6.
Goa …………………………………………………………………….1
7.
Gujarat ………………………………………………………………..11
8.
Haryana ……………………………………………………………….5
9.
Kerala …………………………………………………………………9
10.
Madhya Pradesh …………………………………………………..11
11.
Chhattisgarh ……………………………………………………….5
12.
Tamil Nadu ……………………………………………………….18
13.
Maharashtra ……………………………………………………….19
14.
Karnataka ……………………………………………………….12
15.
Odisha ……………………………………………………….10
16.
Punjab …………………………………………………………………7
17.
Rajasthan ……………………………………………………….10
18.
Uttar Pradesh ……………………………………………………….31
19.
Uttarakhand ………………………………………………………3
20.
West Bengal ……………………………………………………….16
21.
Nagaland ……………………………………………………….1
22.
Himachal Pradesh ………………………………………………….3
23.
Manipur ……………………………………………………………….1
24.
Tripura …………………………………………………………………1
25.
Meghalaya ……………………………………………………….1
26.
Sikkim ………………………………………………………………….1
27.
Mizoram ……………………………………………………….1
28.
Arunachal Pradesh …………………………………………………1
29.
Delhi ……………………………………………………………………3
30.
Puducherry ……………………………………………………….1
31.
Jammu and Kashmir ……………………………………………….4
Total
233

VERSION 1

Articles 4(1), 80(2) and 391, Constitution of India 1950

Allocation of seats in the Council of States

To each State or group of States specified in the first column of the table of seats appended to this Schedule there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column of the said table opposite to that State or group of States, as the case may be.

Table of Seats

The Council of States

Representatives of States specified in Part A of the First Schedule

States

Total Seats

1. Assam

6

2. Bihar

21

3. Bombay

17

4. Madhya Pradesh

12

5. Madras

27

6. Orissa

9

7. Punjab

8

8. The United Provinces⁠

31

9. West Bengal

14

Total

145

Representatives of States specified in Part B of the First Schedule

States

Total Seats

1. Hyderabad

11

2. Jammu and Kashmir

4

3. Madhya Bharat

6

4. Mysore

6

5. Patiala and East Punjab States Union

3

6. Rajasthan

9

7. Saurashtra

4

8. Travancore-Cochin

6

9. Vindhya Pradesh

4

Total

53

Representatives of States specified in Part C of the First Schedule

States and Groups of States

Total Seats

1. Ajmer

1

2. Coorg

1

3. Bhopal

1

4. Bilaspur

1

5. Himachal Pradesh

1

6. Cooch-Behar⁠

1

7. Delhi

1

8. Kutch

1

9. Manipur

1

10. Tripura

1

Total

7

Total Seats

Total of all Seats

205

SUMMARY

Schedule III-A (Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India 1950) was not part of the Draft Constitution of India 1948. It was introduced in the Constituent Assembly by a Drafting Committee member on 17 October 1949 and was taken up by the Assembly for discussion only on this day. This Schedule provided the distribution of seats in the Rajya Sabha for each State.

A Drafting Committee member informed the Assembly that the scheme of seat distribution was based on the report of the Union Constitution Committee. He explained to the Assembly the reason for keeping the number of total seats allocated at 205, though Draft Article 67 allowed for a maximum of 250 seats in the Rajya Sabha. Since the merger and break up of States was still not finalized, the Drafting Committee kept the number to 205 anticipating an increase in the total seats allocated to States if they were to split up.

Schedule III-A did not generate much debate and was adopted as part of the Constitution on 17 October 1949.