The Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000
Section 12. Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies.
(1) The number of seats as on the appointed day in the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Bihar and Jharkhand shall be two hundred and forty-three and eighty-one respectively.
(2) In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), under heading "I. States",--
(a) for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:--
"4. Bihar 318 45 29 243 39 ...";
(b) entries 11 to 27 shall be renumbered as entries 12 to 28 respectively;
(c) after entry 10, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:--
"11. Jharkhand .. .. .. 81 9 28".
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