(1) Quantum of Representation —
(i) The Scheduled Castes shall have minimum representation in the Legislature—Union and State—and if there be a group Constitution then in the group Legislature equal to the ratio of their population to the total population. Provided that no other minority is allowed to claim more representation than what is due to it on the basis of its population.
(ii) The Scheduled Castes of Sind and N.W.F. Provinces shall be given their due share of representation.
(iii) Weightage, where it becomes necessary to reduce a huge communal majority to reasonable dimensions, shall come out of the share of the majority. In no case shall it be at the cost of another minority community.
(iv) Weightage carved out from the share of the majority shall not be assigned to one community only. But the same shall be divided among all minority communities equally or in inverse proportion to their —
(1) Economic position,
(2) Social status, and
(3) Educational advance.
There should be no representation of special interests. But if the same is allowed it must be taken out of the share of representation given to that community to which the special interest belongs.
(2) Method of Election —
(A) For Legislative Bodies
(a) The system of election introduced by the Poona Pact shall be abolished.
(b) In its place, the system of Separate Electorates shall be substituted.
(c) Franchise shall be adult franchise.
(d) The system of voting shall be cumulative.
(B) For Local Bodies. The principles for determining the quantum of representation and the Method of election for Municipalities and Local Boards shall be the same as that adopted for the Union and State Legislatures.