Delimitation in India: The Future Expansion of Lok Sabha Seats

Описание: Timestamps:
00:37 - Why is this question being raised?
00:51 - Delimitation: Meaning.
01:13 - Importance of delimitation in India.
02:11 - Historical background of delimitation in India.
03:00 - Why haven't Lok Sabha seats increased since 1973?
04:42 - Most recent delimitation process at the union level.
05:36 - Key issues surrounding delimitation.
07:08 - Arguments around it.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building Sunday morning.

The new Parliament building will be able to accommodate 888 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Lok Sabha. Similarly, the new Rajya Sabha will have provision for 384 seats, addressing the need for additional space for future MPs.

Up until 1976, after every Indian Census the seats of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State legislative assemblies of India were re-distributed respectively throughout the country so as to have equal population representation from every seat. The apportionment was done thrice as per 1951, 1961 and 1971 population census. However, during The Emergency, through Forty-second Amendment the government froze the total Parliamentary and Assembly seats in each state till 2001 Census.[23] This was done, mainly, due to wide discrepancies in family planning among the states. Thus, it gives time to states with higher fertility rates to implement family planning to bring the fertility rates down.[23]

Even though the boundaries of constituencies were altered in 2001 to equate population among the parliamentary and assembly seats; the number of Lok Sabha seats that each state has and those of legislative assemblies has remained unaltered since 1971 census and may only be changed after 2026 as the constitution was again amended (84th amendment to Indian Constitution) in 2002 to continue the freeze on the total number of seats in each state till 2026.



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