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The Constitution of India has a provision to reserve 15% seats in the Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies for the Scheduled Castes to protect the political rights of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. According to this, out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar also, 15% seats i.e. 6 seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. Following are the Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes in Bihar –
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- Gaya Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamaui Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency
- Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency
- Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency
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