Original Indian Constitution had 22 parts and 395 articles. Later 4 parts were added and a part (Part VII) was repealed/deleted from constitution through amendment acts.Parts of the Indian Constitution
How many parts does constitution have? 22 or 25 ?
Thus total no. of parts are 25 in counting but in assigned numbers constitution has 22 parts only since parts added through amendments are its sub-parts.
Parts of Indian Constitution
All the parts of the Indian Constitution with Subject and Articles are given below.
| Part | Subject | Articles |
| Part I | The Union and its territory | Art. 1 to 4 |
| Part II | Citizenship | Art. 5 to 11 |
| Part III | Fundamental Rights | Art. 12 to 35 |
| Part IV | Directive Principles | Art. 36 to 51 |
| Part IVA | Fundamental Duties | Art. 51A |
| Part V | The Union | Art. 52 to 151 |
| Part VI | The States | Art. 152 to 237 |
| Part VII | Repealed through 7th Const Amend Act 1956 ( States Reorganization Act 1956 ) | Art. 238 |
| Part VIII | The Union Territories | Art. 239 to 242 |
| Part IX | The Panchayats | Art. 243 to 243O |
| Part IXA | The Municipalities | Art. 243P to 243ZG |
| Part IXB | Co-operative Societies | Art. 243ZH to 243ZT |
| Part X | The Scheduled and Tribal Areas | Art. 244 to 244A |
| Part XI | Relations between the Union and the States | Art. 245 to 263 |
| Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits | Art. 264 to 300A |
| Part XIII | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India | Art. 301 to 307 |
| Part XIV | Services under the Union and the States | Art. 308 to 323 |
| Part XIVA | Tribunals | Art. 323A to 323B |
| Part XV | Elections | Art. 324 to 329A |
| Part XVI | Special provisions relating to certain classes | Art. 330 to 342 |
| Part XVII | Official Language | Art. 343 to 351 |
| Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | Art. 352 to 360 |
| Part XIX | Miscellaneous | Art. 361 to 367 |
| Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | Art. 368 |
| Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | Art. 369 to 392 |
| Part XXII | Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals | Art. 393 to 395 |
Parts of the Indian Constitution added and repealed through Constitutional Amendment Acts
Parts of Indian Constitution Added
Parts Added – Constitution Amendment Acts (CAA)
Part 4A Fundamental duties — 42nd CAA, 1976 — came into effect in 1976
Part 9A Municipalities — 74th CAA, 1992 — came into effect on June1 1993
Part 9B Co-operative Societies — 97th CAA, — came into effect on February15 2012
Part 14A Tribunals — 42nd CAA, — came into effect in 1976
Parts of Indian Constitution Repealed
Parts Repealed/Replaced – Constitution Amendment Acts (CAA)
Part 7 was repealed AND original Part 9 was OMITTED BY THE CONSTITUTION ( 7th AMENDMENT) aCT, 1956. BOTH THE PARTS WERE REPEALED IN 1956 BY THE 7th CAA WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE REORGANISATION ACT 1956 (THAT FORMED STATES ON LINGUALISTIC BASE ,EFFICTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1 1956 ) . lATER NEW PART 9: THE PANCHAYATS WAS aDDED IN PLACE OF OMITTED ORIGINAL PART 9 BY THE CONSTITUTION ( 73RD AMENDMENT) aCT, 1992
ORIGINAL Part 9 — 7th CAA, 1956 — REPEALED on NOVEMBER 1 1956
PART 9 THE PANCHAYATS — 73RD CAA, 1992 — REPLACED and came into effect on APRIL24 1993
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