With reference to Indian History, the Members of the Constituent Assembly from the Provinces were

1. The Constituent Assembly of India was formed to draft the Constitution of India. 2. The method of selecting its Members from the Provinces was based on the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. 3. According to this plan, the Members representing the British Indian Provinces were not directly elected by the people (A). Instead, they were elected by the Members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies (C). 4. The election was indirect and based on proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. 5. Seats were allocated to each Province based on its population, and these seats were further divided among the three principal communities (General, Muslim, Sikh) in proportion to their population. 6. Nomination by political parties (B) was not the formal mechanism, although the parties fielded their candidates for the election within the Assemblies. Selection by the Government (D) was not the procedure for provincial representatives; this method was used for some representatives from Princely States.