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UPSC 1997: In the Presidential election in India, every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly. As at present (1997) the expression "population" here means the population as ascertained by the
(a)1991 Census
(b)1981 Census
(c)1971 Census
(d)1961 Census
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) 1971 Census
Article 55(2) specifies that the value of each MLA’s vote is calculated on the basis of the State’s ‘population’. The 42nd Amendment Act (1976) froze the population figure to that of the 1971 Census and, by the 84th Amendment, this freeze was continued up to the first census after 2026. Therefore, in 1997 the expression ‘population’ meant the 1971 Census figures, making option (c) correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28India%29?utm_source=openai))
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The correct answer is option (c): 1971 Census. Watch the detailed video explanation in our Sherlocking Prelims course on UnlockIAS.
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 1997, GS Paper 1, as Question 66. It falls under Indian Polity > Union & State Executive.
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