Composition of a Zila Parishad

(1) A Zila Parishad shall consist of -

a) directly elected members from as many territorial constituencies as are determined under Sub-sec. (2);

b) all members of the Lok Sabha and of the State Legislative Assembly representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Zila Parishad area;

c) all members of the Rajya Sabha registered as electors within the Zila Parishad area;

d) chairpersons of all Panchayat Samities falling within the Zila Parishad area;

Provided that the members referred to in Clauses (b), (c) and (d) shall have a right to vote in all the meetings of the Zila Parishad except those for election and removal of the Pramukh or the Up-Pramukh.

(2) The State Government shall, in accordance with such, rules as may be framed in this behalf, determine the number of territorial constituencies, not being less than seventeen, of each Zila Parishad area and thereupon so divide such area into single member territorial constituencies that the population of each territorial constituencies is, so far as practicable, the same throughout the Zila Parishad area.

Provided that a Zila Parishad area having population not exceeding four lakhs shall consist of seventeen constituencies and in case of a Zila Parishad area whose population exceeds four lakh, then for every one lakh or part thereof in excess of four lakhs, the said number of seventeen shall be increased by two.