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11.14. Election of Members by the President

The upper house in India consists of 250 members from which 12 are nominated by the Nominal head-the President of the country for their exemplary work in their respective fields.

This saves these members from the turmoil of election

This system has been adopted from the constitution of Ireland.

 

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