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Reservation of seats of Zila Parishads.-- (1) Seats shall be reserved for- (a) the Scheduled Castes; and . (b) Backward Classes; in every Zila Parishad and the number of seats so reserved for Scheduled Castes shall bear, as nearly as may be. the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in that Zila Parishad as the population of the Scheduled Castes in that Zila Parishad area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Zila Parishad. (2) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes under sub-section (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes. (3) Not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Zila Parishad shall be reserved for Women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Zila Parishad. (4) One seat shall be reserved for Backward Classes in a Zila Parishad in which the population of Backward Classes is not less than twenty per cent of the total population of the District.