Delimitation and seat reservation of seats of Panchayats in Burdwan - basis

We had meeting with all recognised Political parties at VC room yesterday where basics of Delimitation of seats and reservation were explained to them in detail showing PPP on LCD. Here are some basics for understanding...

1. GP is the basic unit to determine the number of seats for GP and PS and block for ZP. Number of electors of a GP as per electoral rolls published in January 2012, is divided by 900 to get number of GP seats in a GP. One more seat for fraction is added. Similarly, PS seats is equal to electors in the GP divided by 4500 plus one for fraction and ZP seats is equal to total electors of block divided by 60000 plus one seat for fraction.
2.  Maximum seats in a GP can not exceed 30 and minimum 5. Number of PS in a GP can not exceed 3 whereas number of ZP seats in a block should not exceed 3.
3. Now, electoral parts of assembly (as on date after rationalisation of polling station in August 2012) a GP are assigned GP seat constituency from SW to NE directions as per polling station serial numbers. In case of number parts more than seats, parts with lowest electors and geographically continuous are merged to delimit seats.That means existing Assembly booth and part is also the new GP seats except few cases where merger has been done.
4. PS seats and ZP seats are also carved out in similar fashion without changing boundaries of GP seats as determined. Number of electors assigned to each seat of GP, PS and ZP can vary and may be less than or higher than nominal average of 900, 4500 and 60000 which is only for determination of number of seats.
5. Reservation of seats is now done in proportionate to percentage of ST SC OBC in the population of GP for GP, block for PS and district for ZP.  Population of GP is projected based on decade growth of population for the block as per decadal growth rates figures made available by census for 2011 as against published mouja population of 2001.
6. In case of part mouja field surveys were carried out. ST SC population have also been derived in the same way. BC population derived from BC survey conducted two months ago. As per figures Burdwan district has 7.7 percent ST, 34 percent SC and 19 percent BC. So number of seats out of 75 ZP for ST is 6, SC 25, and BC is 6 only.
7. It may noted that reservation can't exceed 50 percent of total seats, so only 37 seats are reserved. BC reservation is to be done only when seats reserved for ST and SC taken together is below 50 percent. Available seats will be reserved for BC to that extent. If ST SC seats exceed 50 percent, it will be reduced proportionately.  This is the reason for overall less seats reserved to ST SC compared to total population in GPs where their percentage is more than 50.
8. In a GP, block or district individual seats are reserved in terms of rosters after arranging seats in descending order from highest to lowest percent of ST or SC or BC as the case may be. So seats having higher number of ST SC or BC may not always be reserved for that category.roster is generally 1, 3, 5.... of serial number of descending order.
9. There may be cases where a seat with only low population of ST or SC or BC,  as low as 5 percent may be reserved for that category as because all seats having at least half of ST or SC or BC population percentage become eligible to be considered under roster. This is the reason as to why two seats in Memari ZP seats are ST reserved.
10. Women seats are than reserved out of ST SC taken together and BC or Open seats separately. Half of seats not exceeding 50 percent of that category reserved for women. this provision limits women reservation less than 50 but higher than earlier years.

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