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Counting for Karnataka Council West Graduates' Constituency
Why in News?
Who elects graduates to a State Council? The Article 171(3) fraction every Karnataka polity answer needs
Counting arrangements set for the Council West Graduates' seat.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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The Returning Officer for the Karnataka Legislative Council West Graduates' Constituency election, K.M.
Janaki, has asked counting supervisors and assistants to ensure transparency and accountability at every stage of counting.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
Remember these
- K.M. Janaki is the Returning Officer for the Karnataka Legislative Council West Graduates' Constituency election.
- Counting supervisors and assistants were told to ensure transparency and accountability at every stage of counting.
- Article 171(3): one-twelfth of Council members are elected by graduates of the State.
- Another one-twelfth are elected by teachers; one-third by MLAs and one-third by local authorities.
- About one-sixth of Council members are nominated by the Governor.
Prelims · Mains
How the exam will ask it
Prelims
- Article 171 provides for the composition of Legislative Councils in States that have them.
- One-twelfth of the members of a Legislative Council are elected by graduates of the State who have been residing in it for at least three years.
- Members of a Legislative Council from graduates' and teachers' constituencies are elected by the single transferable vote system of proportional representation.
- A Legislative Council is a permanent House that is not subject to dissolution, with one-third of its members retiring every second year.
Mains
GS Paper 2: Parliament and State Legislatures. Second Chambers such as the Legislative Council bring in graduates, teachers and local bodies through indirect and special constituencies under Article 171, but critics question their relevance and cost. The way forward is to make these constituencies credible through transparent, accountable counting and clean electoral rolls, and to debate whether the Council's revising role justifies its existence.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Under Article 171(3) of the Constitution, what fraction of the members of a State Legislative Council is elected by graduates of the State?
- One-sixth
- One-twelfth
- One-third
- One-fourth
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Answer: B — Correct: One-twelfth — Right: one-twelfth are elected by graduates, and another one-twelfth by teachers. • One-sixth — Wrong: one-sixth are nominated by the Governor. • One-third — Wrong: one-third are elected by MLAs and another one-third by local authorities. • One-fourth — Wrong: no category of the Council is one-fourth.
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