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What does the Lucknow Pact say about the composition of Provincial Legislutures?

Lucknow Pact

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According to the Lucknow Pact-

  1. Four-fifths of the members of the Provincial Legislatures were to be elected and one-fifth nominated.
  2. The number of Muslim members was laid down Province by Province.
  3. On the whole, the proportion of Muslim members was large, for example, 50 per cent in Punjab, 40 per cent in Bengal and 30 per cent in U.P.
  4. They were to be elected through Separate Electorates.

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