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The elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage; that is to say, every person who is a citizen of India and who is not less than 2[eighteen years] of age on such date as may be fixed in that behalf by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature and is not otherwise disqualified under this Constitution or any law made by the appropriate Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at any such election. No person to be ineligible for inclusion in, or to claim to be included in a special, electoral roll on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex. Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage. 1The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. 2Subs. by the Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, s. 2, for “twenty-one years”. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XV.—Elections.—Arts. 324—326.) 198