Delimitation Commission Flashcards
____is the act of fixing or redrawing the limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies (Assembly or Lok Sabha seat) in a country or a province having a legislative body, as per the Election Commission.
Delimitation
Under (?) , the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census
Article 82
Under ____ , States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census.
Article 170
Once the Act is in force, the ____ sets up a Delimitation Commission.
Union government
the first delimitation exercise was carried out by the President (with the help of the Election Commission) in
1950-51
The Delimitation Commission Act was enacted in
1952
Delimitation Commissions had been set up __ times
four
1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002
There was no delimitation after the ___ and ____ Censuses
1981 , 1991
The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the (?) and works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India.
President of India
delimitation as a rule is carried out on the basis of
Census population
Delimitation became necessary when the (?) increased the number of seats in the Assembly.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019
The Delimitation Commission in J&K was set up on
6th March 2020
was headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
The Commission has increased ____ Assembly seats
Seven
* Six in Jammu (now 43 seats)
* One in Kashmir (now 47)
Total = 90
114 seats(if PoK seats which are empty counted) — 47 in Kashmir, 43 in Jammu — plus 24 seats reserved for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
Total ___ seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes for the first time
nine
In ____, the then J&K government amended the J&K Representation of the People Act to freeze the delimitation exercise until (?)
2002 , 2026
