. The 36th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1975 made Sikkim a full-fledged state of the Indian Union. It included a new Article 371-F containing special provisions with respect to Sikkim. These are as follows:
- The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is to consist of not less than 30 members.
- One seat is allotted to Sikkim in the Lok Sabha and Sikkim forms one Parliamentary constituency.
- For the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of the different sections of the Sikkim population, the Parliament is empowered to provide for the:
- Number of seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly which may be filled by candidates belonging to such sections; and
- delimitation of the Assembly constituencies from which candidates belonging to such sections alone may stand for election to the Assembly.
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