Constitution of India, 1949
226.Elections to the House of the People and
to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage.-
The elections to the House of the People and
to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult
suffrage; but is to say, every person who is a citizen of India and who is not
less than twenty-one years of age on such date as may be fixed in that behalf
by or under any law made by the appropriate legislature and is not otherwise
disqualified under this constitution or any law made by the appropriate
Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or
corrupt or illegal practice, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at
any such election.