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What Are Reserved Constituency? Why Are They Necessary?


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The constituency in which the seats are reserve for the weaker sections – scheduled castes(Sc) and scheduled tribes (ST) based on the size of their population are called a reserved constituency.

Reserved constituency is necessary, because the weaker sections ( scheduled castes(Sc) and scheduled tribes (ST) )may not have the required contacts, education and other resources required to contest and win elections against others.

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