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State of Bihar - Section

Section 9 in The Bihar Panchayat Election Rules, 2006

9. Determination of seats for reservation in the constituencies.

(1)Separate electoral constituencies shall be reserved for and allotted to the members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Women of these categories subject to the Sections 13, 15, 38, 40, 65, 91 and 93 of the Ordinance respectively for election of Member of Gram Panchayat, Mukhiya, Member of Panchayat Samiti, Pramukh, Member of Zila Parishad, Panch and Sarpanch of Gram Katchahry by the District Magistrate under the direction, control and supervision of the State Election Commission.
(2)For election of the Chairman (Adhayksha) of Zila Parishad, separate electoral constituencies shall be reserved for and allotted to the members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Women of these categories, subject to Section 67 of the Ordinance, by the State Election Commission.
(3)After reservation and allotment of seats to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under sub-rule (1) the number of seats out of the remaining seats to be reserved for the persons of the Backward Classes and women of these classes shall be as nearly as possible but not exceeding twenty percent of the total seats, subject to the overall limit of fifty percent reservation for all categories and allotment of those to be made in descending order of the total population of the remaining constituencies by the District Magistrate under the direction, control and supervision of the State Election Commission.Similarly, separate constituencies shall be reserved and allotted by the State Election Commission; to the Backward Classes and Women of this category (in descending order of the total population of the remaining constituencies) under Section 67 of the Ordinance for election to the post of Adhyaksha of Zila Parishad:Provided that in case of population of more than one electoral constituencies being equal the constituency coming first in the order of serial number shall be reserved for that category.