Between 1952 and 2020, a single seat was reserved in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. This member was nominated by the Governor of Kerala on the advice of the Government of Kerala. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies of India were discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when enacted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.
The Article 331 of the Indian Constitution gave reservation to the Anglo-Indian community during the creation of the Constitution, the article 331 also says that this reservation would cease to exist 10 years after the commencement of the Constitution. But this reservation was extended to 1970 through the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980 through 23rd amendment and then to 1990 through 45th amendments, to 2006 through 62nd amendment, to 2010 through 79th amendments and to 2020 through the 95th Amendment.
Members The following is a list of members nominated after each election.
Election Name Assembly1957 William Hamilton D'Cruz1st1960 C. F. Pereira 2nd1965 Vacant President's Rule1967 S. P. Luiz 3rd1970 Stephen Padua4th19775th19806th19827th1987Nicolas Rodriguez8th1991David Pinheiro9th1996 John Fernandez10th 2001 Ludy Luiz 11th 2006 Simon Britto Rodrigues 12th 2011 Ludy Luiz 13th 2016 John Fernandez 14th
See also Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha Reserved political positions in India
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