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

The formula under Article 55 assigns MLA vote-values by dividing the state population by the number of elected Assembly members and taking multiples of 1,000. Constitutional practice and published tables for Presidential elections use the 1971 Census figures for these calculations. Legal/official notes illustrate the method with 1971 population data (for example, Uttar Pradesh) and election tables in textbooks likewise list each state’s population as per the 1971 census when computing MLA vote-values [3]. Thus, as at the time in question (1997), the expression “population” for this purpose meant the population as ascertained by the 1971 Census.

Sources

1. [1] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 18: President > 200 ,yj' lndian Polity > p. 202
2. [2] https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/154-194/CHAPTER5.pdf
3. [3] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 18: President > 200 ,yj' lndian Polity > p. 201