State Act

THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1993

1[160. Elected members.- The elected members of the Zilla Panchayat shall consist of 9[5[not less than twenty five]5 members]9 elected from the Taluks in the district, the number of members to be elected from each Taluk 2[being fixed by the 3[Government]3]2 in accordance with the scale of one member for 6[for every population between thirty five thousand and forty-five thousand]6 or part thereof of the population : 8[4[Provided that, in case of 11[Shivamogga (excluding Bhadravati, Shivamogga and Shikaripura Taluks),]11 Chikkamagalur (excluding Tarikere, Kaduru, Ajjampura Taluks) Uttara Kannada 12[XXX]12 Districts it shall be one member for every rural population between eighteen thousand to twenty five thousand or part thereof 13[and in case of Kodagu district, there shall be one member for every eighteen thousand or part thereof of rural population]1]4]8]13 10[Provided further that, in case of a district having rural population of more than seven lakhs but not more than nine lakhs fifty thousand there shall be twenty eight elected members.]10