Section 7 in The Bihar Panchayat Election Rules, 2006
7. Procedure for assignment of number to the constituencies.
- The constituencies shall be numbered in the following manner, viz.-(1)Starting from the North-West of the Panchayat Samiti to the South-East, each Gram Panchayat will be serially numbered. Firstly, the name of the district, then stroke, then the number assigned to the Gram Panchayat and lastly the name of the Gram Panchayat will be entered, viz., Patna/1- Magarpal Gram Panchayat electoral constituency;(2)Starting from the North-West of the Gram Panchayat to its South-East, each territorial constituency of that Gram Panchayat will be serially numbered. Firstly, the name of the district, then stroke, then the number assigned to the Gram Panchayat and name of the Gram Panchayat, then stroke and thereafter the number assigned to the territorial constituency will be entered, viz; Patna/1-Magarpal Gram Panchayat/territorial electoral constituency-1;(3)Starting from the North-West of the district to its South-East, each Panchayat Samiti will be serially numbered. Firstly, the name of the district, then stroke, thereafter the number assigned to the Panchayat Samiti and the name of the Panchayat Samiti will be entered, viz; Patna/1 - Maner Panchayat Samiti electoral constituency;(4)Starting from the North-West of the Panchayat Samiti to its South-East, each territorial constituency of that Panchayat Samiti will be serially numbered. Firstly, the name of the district, then stroke, then the number assigned to the Panchayat Samiti and its name thereafter stroke and then the number assigned to the territorial electoral constituency will be entered, viz; Patna/1 - Maner Panchayat Samiti/territorial electoral constituency -1;(5)Starting from the North-West of the Zila Parishad to its South-East, each territorial constituency of the Zila Parishad will be serially numbered. Firstly the name of the Zila Parishad, then stroke and thereafter the number assigned to the territorial constituency will be entered, viz. Patna Zila Parishad territorial electoral constituency-1.
