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Book's First Pagerepresentation; the rest, divided into two groups, returned representatives either by rotation or jointly, as laid down in the Act. • Procedure for the selection of members for seats assigned for the States was left to the Ruler or Rulers concerned: it was hoped, though, that a system of popular election would be devised. Representation of British India In the case of British India, the allocation of seats among the provinces in respect of both houses was on the basis of population. • Representation of communal and special interests was on familiar lines, with Muslims claiming one-third of British Indian seats. • It was hoped that a convention would develop, to the satisfaction of different communities, regarding the composition of representatives from the States in the legislature. • British India members of the upper house were to be returned in general, by direct election through territorial constituencies, while those of the lower house were to be returned, by direct election— through electoral colleges composed of members of the provincial legislatures. • In other words, members of those communities – general, Muslim and Sikh – who were also members of the provincial legislative assemblies, would elect them on the basis of a single transferable vote. Strength of the Lower House The lower house would have a maximum of 375 members – 250 from British India and 125 from the Indian States, thereby giving the latter, one-third representation with a population that was barely one-fourth of the total. Of the membership from British India, 3 represented commerce and industry and 1, labour. The term of the house was 5 years. Strength of the Upper House The upper house was to consist of 260 members – 156 from British India and 104 from the Indian States, thereby giving the latter over 40 per cent representation. Of the members from British India, the distribution was: 7 Europeans, 1 Anglo-Indian, 2 Indian Christians and 6 nominated by the Governor General in his discretion, with the rest distributed among the provinces. It was a permanent body, with a third of its