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Allocation of seats in the Council of States

October 10, 2013 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Uncategorized

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:


1. Andhra Pradesh 18
2. Assam 7
3. Bihar 16
4. Jharkhand 6
5. Goa 1
6. Gujarat 11
7. Haryana 5
8. Kerala 9
9. Madhya Pradesh 11
10. Chhattisgarh 5
11. Tamil Nadu 18
12. Maharashtra 19
13. Karnataka 12
14. Odisha 10
15. Punjab 7
16. Rajasthan 10
17. Uttar Pradesh 31
18. Uttarakhand 3
19. West Bengal 16
20. Jammu and Kashmir 4
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
Total 233