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Schedule 4

Fourth Schedule

Allocation of seats in the Council of States

Linked articles: Articles 4(1) and 80(2

Allocation of seats in the Council of States

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 Pradesh²[11]

³[2. Telangana7]

⁴[3.] Assam7

⁴[4.] Bihar⁵[16]

⁶[⁴[5.] Jharkhand6]

⁷[⁸[⁴[6.] Goa1]]

⁹[⁸[⁴[7.] Gujarat11]]

¹⁰[⁸[⁴[8.] Haryana5]]

⁸[⁴[9.] Kerala9

¹¹[¹²[10.]] Madhya Pradesh[11]

¹³[¹¹[¹²[11.] Chhattisgarh5]]

¹⁴[¹¹[¹²[12.] Tamil Nadu[18]]

¹⁵[¹¹[¹²[13.] Maharashtra19]]

¹⁶[¹¹[¹²[14.] Karnataka12]]

¹¹[¹²[15.] [Odisha]10]

¹¹[¹²[16.] Punjab[7]

¹¹[¹²[17.] Rajasthan10]

¹¹[¹²[18.] Uttar Pradesh[31]

¹⁷[¹¹[¹²[19.] [Uttarakhand]3]]

¹¹[¹²[20.] West Bengal16]

¹⁸[¹¹[¹²[* * * * **]

¹⁹[²⁰[¹¹[¹²[21.] Nagaland1]]

²¹[²²[²³[²⁴[22.] Himachal Pradesh3]]]

²³[²²[²⁴[23.] Manipur1]

²³[²²[²⁴[24.] Tripura1]]

²³[²²[²⁴[25.] Meghalaya1]]

²⁵[²³[²²[²⁴[26.] Sikkim1]]

²⁶[²³[²²[²⁴[27.] Mizoram1]]

²⁷[²³[²²[²⁴[28.] Arunachal Pradesh1]]

²³[²²[²⁴[29.] Delhi3]

²³[²²[²⁴[30.] [Puducherry]1]]

²⁸[²³[²²[²⁴[31. Jammu and Kashmir4]

Total ²⁹[233]

Amendment notes

  1. ¹Whole schedule: Fourth Schedule Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 3(2), for ‘Fourth Schedule’ (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
  2. ²Subs. by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, s. 12, for “18” (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
  3. ³Ins. by s. 12 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
  4. ⁴Entries 2 to 30 renumbered as entries 3 to 31 respectively by s. 12 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
  5. ⁵Subs. by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7, for "22" (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
  6. ⁶Ins. by s. 7 of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
  7. ⁷Entries 4 to 26 renumbered as entries 5 to 27 respectively and entry “4 Goa….1” ins. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 6(a) and (b) (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
  8. ⁸Entries 4 to 29 renumbered as entries 5 to 30 by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
  9. ⁹Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 6, for entry "4" (w.e.f.1-5-1960).
  10. ¹⁰Ins. by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).
  11. ¹¹Entries 4 to 29 renumbered as entries 5 to 30 by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
  12. ¹²Entries 2 to 30 renumbered as entries 3 to 31 respectively by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, s. 12 (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
  13. ¹³Ins. by s. 7 of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (w.e.f. 1-11-2000).
  14. ¹⁴Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (53 of 1968), s. 5, for "8. Madras" (renumbered as *11) (w.e.f. 14-1-1969).
  15. ¹⁵Ins. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
  16. ¹⁶Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 (31 of 1973), s. 5, for "10. Mysore" (w.e.f. 1-11-1973).
  17. ¹⁷Ins. by s. 7 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (w.e.f. 9-11-2000).
  18. ¹⁸** Entry 21 relating to Jammu and Kashmir deleted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), s. 8 (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
  19. ¹⁹Entries 22 to 31 re-numbered as entries 21 to 30, respectively by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), s. 8 (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
  20. ²⁰Ins. by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 (27 of 1962), s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-12-1963).
  21. ²¹Ins. by the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 (53 of 1970), s. 5 (w.e.f. 25-1-1971).
  22. ²²Entries 4 to 29 renumbered as entries 5 to 30 by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 7 (w.e.f. 15-11-2000).
  23. ²³Entries 2 to 30 renumbered as entries 3 to 31 respectively by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (6 of 2014), s. 12 (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
  24. ²⁴Entries 22 to 31 renumbered as entries 21 to 30 respectively by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), s. 8 (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
  25. ²⁵Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amenement) Act, 1975, s. 4 (w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
  26. ²⁶Ins. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s. 5 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
  27. ²⁷Ins. by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 (69 of 1986), s. 5 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
  28. ²⁸Ins. by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), s. 8 (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
  29. ²⁹Subs. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 6, for "232" (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).

Constitution of India, as on 1 May 2026. The small raised numbers in the text point to the amendment notes below.