Between 1952 and 2020, a single seat was reserved in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. This member was nominated by the Governor of Tamil Nadu on the advice of the Government of Tamil Nadu. 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.
List of Anglo-Indian members The following is a list of members nominated after each election.
Madras Legislative Assembly
Election Name Assembly Ref.1952W. J. Fernandes1st1957Alice Suares2nd19623rd19674th
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Election Name Assembly Ref.1971Alda Milicent Fowler5th1977Margaret Elisabeth Felix6th19807th1984G. K. Francis8th1989Oscar C. Nigli9th1991Beatrix D’Souza10th1996Anne D’Monte11th 2001 Sandra Dawn Grewal 12th 2006 Oscar C. Nigli 13th 2011 Nancy Ann Cynthia Francis 14th 2016 15th
See also Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha Reserved political positions in India
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