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 persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely:—
 * Literature, science, art and social service.


 * (4) The representatives of each State *** in the Council of States shall be elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.


 * (5) The representatives of the [Union territories] in the Council of States shall be chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law prescribe.

[81. Composition of the House of the People.—(1) [Subject to the provisions of article 331 ***], the House of the People shall consist of—
 * (a) not more than [five hundred and thirty members] chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, and
 * (b) not more than [twenty members] to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide.


 * (2) For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1),—
 * (a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States; and
 * (b) each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as practicable, the same throughout the State:


 * [Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (a) of this clause shall not be applicable for the purpose of allotment of seats in the House of the People to any State so long as the population of that State does not exceed six millions.]


 * (3) In this article, the expression “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:

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