1. Composition

The Constituent Assembly was a partly elected and a partly nominated body. The members were elected indirectly by people in the provincial assemblies, who in turn had been elected on the basis of a limited franchise (on the basis of tax, property and education).

Although, it was an indirectly elected body, yet it comprised of representatives of all sections of Indian society - Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis and Anglo-Indians.

Further, the Constituent Assembly included all leading personalities of India of the time, with the exception of Gandhi and Jinnah.