How does the number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes relate to the total number of seats in an Assembly?
The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of any State relates to the total number of seats in the Assembly such that it bears the same proportion to the total number of seats as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State.