#THE TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACT, 2010 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 
1. Short title. 
2. Definition. 
3. Creation of Legislative Council for Tamil Nadu. 
4. Amendment of Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule to Act 43 of 1950. 
5. Amendment of section 15A of Act 43 of 1951. 



#THE TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACT, 2010 

##ACT NO. 16 OF 2010 

[18th May, 2010.] 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  creation  of  Legislative  Council  for  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  for 
  matters supplemental, incidental and consequential thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title.**—This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010. 

2. **Definition.**—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, each of the words and expressions 
used herein and not defined but defined in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall 
have the same meaning as in that Act. 

3. **Creation of Legislative Council for Tamil Nadu.**—(1) As from such date as the President may, 
by order appoint, there shall be a Legislative Council for the State of Tamil Nadu; and as from that date, 
in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 168, after the word “Karnataka,”, the words “Tamil Nadu” shall 
be inserted. 

(2) In the said Council, there shall be 78 seats of which— 

  (a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) 
and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 26, 7 and 7 respectively; 

  (b) the  number  to  be  filled  by  persons  elected  by  the  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
Tamil Nadu in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 26; and 

  (c) the number to be filled by persons nominated by the Governor of Tamil Nadu in accordance 
with the provisions of sub-clause (e) of that clause shall be 12. 

(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the President, after consultation with the 
Election Commission, shall, by order, determine,— 

  (a) the  constituencies  into  which  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  shall  be  divided  for  the  purpose  of 
elections to the said Council under each of the sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (3) of article 171; 

  (b) the extent of each constituency; and 

  (c) the number of seats to be allotted to each constituency. 

(4) As soon as may be after such determination, steps shall be taken to constitute the said Council in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) and 
the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951). 

4. **Amendment of Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule to Act 43 of 1950.**—In the Representation 
of the People Act, 1950,— 

  (a) in  the  Third  Schedule,  after  entry  No.  6  relating  to  Karnataka,  the  following  entry  shall  be 
inserted, namely:— 

     “7.      Tamil Nadu       78       26       7       7       26       12”; 

  (b) in  the  Fourth  Schedule,  after  the  heading  “KARNATAKA”  and  the  entries  thereunder,  the 
following heading and entries shall be inserted, namely:— 

                                  		“TAMIL NADU 

1. Municipalities, as referred to in article 243Q of the Constitution. 

2. Panchayat Union Councils. 

3. Cantonment Boards. 

4. District  Panchayats  referred  to  in  the  Tamil  Nadu  Panchayat  Act,  1994  (Tamil  Nadu 
Act 21 of 1994).”. 

5. **Amendment of section 15A of Act 43 of 1951.**—In  section  15A  of  the  Representation  of  the 
People Act, 1951, after the words and figures “under the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005 
(1 of 2006)”, the words and figures “and constituting the Legislative Council of the State of Tamil Nadu 
under the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010” shall be inserted.