India's Delimitation Dilemma and the Fight for Fair Representation

Описание: Democracy is supposed to put power in your hands—but what happens when the rules haven’t kept pace with the people? In this hard‑hitting explainer, we unravel India’s delimitation dilemma:

Why are some MPs representing 6 lakh voters while others face 26 lakh?
How migration—not just birth rates—is warping representation.
The shocking proposal to apportion seats by GDP (yes, really!).

Three competing visions for India’s future: equal population-based seats, the frozen status quo, or a Fortune 500-style democracy.

And a radical fix from Desiraju & Bhattacharya: 75 perfectly balanced states, each with 12 MPs—“rationalizing” India’s map…at what cost to our unity?

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