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Constitution of Panchayat Samiti.- (1) Every Panchayat Samiti shall consist of- (a) the directly elected members from territorial constituencies as determined under the Act; (b) the Members of the House of the people and the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Panchayat Samiti area; (c) the Members of the Council of States, where they are registered as electors within the Panchayat Samiti area; (d) one-fifth of the Pradhans of Gram Panchayats in the Panchayat Samiti area, by rotation, for such period as the prescribed authority may determine, by lot: Provided that a Pradhan who was a member under this clause for one term shall not be eligible to become member for a second term during the remainder of his term of office as Pradhan; 2[(e) the member of the Zila Parishad, representing the ward which comprises wholly or partly the Panchayat Samiti area.] (2) The Pradhans of Gram Panchayat and other members of the Panchayat Samiti whether or not chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the Panchayat Samiti shall have the right to vote in the meetings of the Panchayat Samiti except in the election and removal of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman only the elected members shall have the right to vote. (3) The number of elected members of a Panchayat Samiti under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall consist of persons elected from the territorial constituencies in the Samiti area as may be notified from time to time by the Government at the rate of one member for every 3[three thousand five hundred] population or part thereof: Provided that in a Panchayat Samiti area having a population of not exceeding 4[fifty two thousand five hundred] there shall be minimum of 15 elected members: