What is the rule regarding the ratio between the population of a Panchayat's territorial area and the number of seats to be filled by election in that Panchayat?
The rule is that the ratio between the population of a Panchayat's territorial area and the number of seats to be filled by election in that Panchayat shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the State. Additionally, each Panchayat area shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such a way that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is also the same throughout the Panchayat area.