The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after article 331, 2 seats were reserved for Anglo Indian but by the 104th Constitution Amendment article 331 was null by parliament before this amendment maximum number of seats was 552).
The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 552 members, made up of up to 524 members representing people of 28 states and 19 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population.
Under the Delimitation Act of 2002, the Delimitation Commission of India has redefined the list of parliamentary constituencies, their constituent assembly segments and reservation status (whether reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates or Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates or unreserved). 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, which took place in May 2008, was the first state election to use newly demarcated assembly constituencies. [1] Consequently, all assembly elections scheduled in 2008, viz. in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Mizoram and Rajasthan were based on newly defined assembly constituencies. [2]
The size and shape of the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies are determined, according to section 4 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, by an independent Delimitation Commission. Under a constitutional amendment of 1976, delimitation was suspended until after the census of 2001. [3] However, certain amendments to the Constitution made in 2001 and 2003 have, while putting a freeze on the total number of existing seats as allocated to various States in the House of the People and the State Legislative Assemblies based on the 1971 census until the first census to be taken after the year 2026, [4] provided that each State shall be delimited into territorial Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies based on 2001 census and the extent of such constituencies as delimited shall remain frozen until the first census to be taken after the year 2026. [4] The number of seats to be reserved for SC/ ST shall be re-worked based on the 2001 census. The constituency shall be delimited in a manner that the population of each Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency in a State so far as practicable be the same throughout the State. [4]
The Delimitation Commission, set up under the Delimitation Act, 2002, was entrusted with the task of readjusting all parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the country in all the states of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, based on population ascertained in 2001 Census. The government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending the Delimitation Act, of 2002 nullifies the Final Order of the Delimitation Commission for the state of Jharkhand. Later on, the Government passed four separate Orders under Sec 10 A of the Delimitation Act, 2002, deferring the delimitation exercise in the four North Eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise. [5]
Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community. They were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India. In 2020, it was abolished under the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. [6] [7]
State/ union territory | Seats | Population (2011) | Population per seat | ||||
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Gen. | SC | ST | Total | Total ( % ) | |||
Andhra Pradesh | 20 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4.604% | 49,577,103 | 1,983,084 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0.368% | 1,383,727 | 691,864 |
Assam | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2.578% | 31,205,576 | 2,228,970 |
Bihar | 34 | 6 | - | 40 | 7.366% | 104,099,452 | 2,602,486 |
Chhattisgarh | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.026% | 25,545,198 | 2,322,291 |
Goa | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0.368% | 1,458,545 | 729,273 |
Gujarat | 20 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4.788% | 60,439,692 | 2,324,604 |
Haryana | 8 | 2 | - | 10 | 1.842% | 25,351,462 | 2,535,146 |
Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 0.737% | 6,864,602 | 1,716,151 |
Jharkhand | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2.578% | 32,988,134 | 2,356,295 |
Karnataka | 21 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 5.1565% | 61,095,297 | 2,181,975 |
Kerala | 18 | 2 | - | 20 | 3.683% | 33,406,061 | 1,670,303 |
Madhya Pradesh | 19 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 5.341% | 72,626,809 | 2,504,373 |
Maharashtra | 39 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 8.84% | 112,374,333 | 2,341,132 |
Manipur | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 0.368% | 2,570,390 | 1,285,195 |
Meghalaya | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0.368% | 2,966,889 | 1,483,445 |
Mizoram | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0.184% | 1,097,206 | 1,097,206 |
Nagaland | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 1,978,502 | 1,978,502 |
Odisha | 13 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 3.867% | 41,974,219 | 1,998,772 |
Punjab | 9 | 4 | - | 13 | 2.394% | 27,743,338 | 2,134,103 |
Rajasthan | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 4.604% | 68,548,437 | 2,741,937 |
Sikkim | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 610,577 | 610,577 |
Tamil Nadu | 32 | 7 | - | 39 | 7.182% | 72,147,030 | 1,849,924 |
Telangana | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3.131% | 35,003,674 | 2,059,040 |
Tripura | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 0.368% | 3,673,917 | 1,836,959 |
Uttar Pradesh | 63 | 17 | - | 80 | 14.733% | 199,812,341 | 2,497,654 |
Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 0.921% | 10,086,292 | 2,017,258 |
West Bengal | 30 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 7.735% | 91,276,115 | 2,173,241 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 380,581 | 380,581 |
Chandigarh | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 1,055,450 | 1,055,450 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 0.368% | 585,764 | 292,882 |
Jammu and Kashmir | 5 | - | - | 5 | 0.921% | 12,267,032 | 2,453,406 |
Ladakh | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 274,000 | 274,000 |
Lakshadweep | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0.184% | 64,473 | 64,473 |
Delhi | 6 | 1 | - | 7 | 1.289% | 16,787,941 | 2,398,277 |
Puducherry | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.184% | 1,247,953 | 1,247,953 |
Total | 412 | 84 | 47 | 543 | 100% | 1,210,569,573 | 2,229,410 |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Araku | ST |
2 | Srikakulam | None |
3 | Vizianagaram | None |
4 | Visakhapatnam | None |
5 | Anakapalli | None |
6 | Kakinada | None |
7 | Amalapuram | SC |
8 | Rajahmundry | None |
9 | Narasapuram | None |
10 | Eluru | None |
11 | Machilipatnam | None |
12 | Vijayawada | None |
13 | Guntur | None |
14 | Narasaraopet | None |
15 | Bapatla | SC |
16 | Ongole | None |
17 | Nandyal | None |
18 | Kurnool | None |
19 | Anantapur | None |
20 | Hindupur | None |
21 | Kadapa | None |
22 | Nellore | None |
23 | Tirupati | SC |
24 | Rajampet | None |
25 | Chittoor | SC |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Arunachal West | None |
2 | Arunachal East | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) | Formerly known as |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kokrajhar | ST | Kokrajhar (ST) |
2 | Dhubri | None | Dhubri |
3 | Barpeta | None | Barpeta |
4 | Darrang–Udalguri | None | Mangaldoi |
5 | Guwahati | None | Gauhati |
6 | Diphu | ST | Autonomous District (ST) |
7 | Karimganj | None | Karimganj (SC) |
8 | Silchar | SC | Silchar |
9 | Nagaon | None | Nowgong |
10 | Kaziranga | None | Kaliabor |
11 | Sonitpur | None | Tezpur |
12 | Lakhimpur | None | Lakhimpur |
13 | Dibrugarh | None | Dibrugarh |
14 | Jorhat | None | Jorhat |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Valmiki Nagar | None |
2 | Paschim Champaran | None |
3 | Purvi Champaran | None |
4 | Sheohar | None |
5 | Sitamarhi | None |
6 | Madhubani | None |
7 | Jhanjharpur | None |
8 | Supaul | None |
9 | Araria | None |
10 | Kishanganj | None |
11 | Katihar | None |
12 | Purnia | None |
13 | Madhepura | None |
14 | Darbhanga | None |
15 | Muzaffarpur | None |
16 | Vaishali | None |
17 | Gopalganj | SC |
18 | Siwan | None |
19 | Maharajganj | None |
20 | Saran | None |
21 | Hajipur | SC |
22 | Ujiarpur | None |
23 | Samastipur | SC |
24 | Begusarai | None |
25 | Khagaria | None |
26 | Bhagalpur | None |
27 | Banka | None |
28 | Munger | None |
29 | Nalanda | None |
30 | Patna Sahib | None |
31 | Pataliputra | None |
32 | Arrah | None |
33 | Buxar | None |
34 | Sasaram | SC |
35 | Karakat | None |
36 | Jahanabad | None |
37 | Aurangabad | None |
38 | Gaya | SC |
39 | Nawada | None |
40 | Jamui | SC |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Sarguja | ST |
2 | Raigarh | ST |
3 | Janjgir–Champa | SC |
4 | Korba | None |
5 | Bilaspur | None |
6 | Rajnandgaon | None |
7 | Durg | None |
8 | Raipur | None |
9 | Mahasamund | None |
10 | Bastar | ST |
11 | Kanker | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | North Goa | None |
2 | South Goa | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Kachchh | SC |
2 | Banaskantha | None |
3 | Patan | None |
4 | Mahesana | None |
5 | Sabarkantha | None |
6 | Gandhinagar | None |
7 | Ahmedabad East | None |
8 | Ahmedabad West | SC |
9 | Surendranagar | None |
10 | Rajkot | None |
11 | Porbandar | None |
12 | Jamnagar | None |
13 | Junagadh | None |
14 | Amreli | None |
15 | Bhavnagar | None |
16 | Anand | None |
17 | Kheda | None |
18 | Panchmahal | None |
19 | Dahod | ST |
20 | Vadodara | None |
21 | Chhota Udaipur | ST |
22 | Bharuch | None |
23 | Bardoli | ST |
24 | Surat | None |
25 | Navsari | None |
26 | Valsad | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Ambala | SC |
2 | Kurukshetra | None |
3 | Sirsa | SC |
4 | Hisar | None |
5 | Karnal | None |
6 | Sonipat | None |
7 | Rohtak | None |
8 | Bhiwani–Mahendragarh | None |
9 | Gurgaon | None |
10 | Faridabad | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Kangra | None |
2 | Mandi | None |
3 | Hamirpur | None |
4 | Shimla | SC |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Rajmahal | ST |
2 | Dumka | ST |
3 | Godda | None |
4 | Chatra | None |
5 | Kodarma | None |
6 | Giridih | None |
7 | Dhanbad | None |
8 | Ranchi | None |
9 | Jamshedpur | None |
10 | Singhbhum | ST |
11 | Khunti | ST |
12 | Lohardaga | ST |
13 | Palamau | SC |
14 | Hazaribagh | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Chikkodi | None |
2 | Belgaum | None |
3 | Bagalkot | None |
4 | Bijapur | SC |
5 | Gulbarga | SC |
6 | Raichur | ST |
7 | Bidar | None |
8 | Koppal | None |
9 | Bellary | ST |
10 | Haveri | None |
11 | Dharwad | None |
12 | Uttara Kannada | None |
13 | Davanagere | None |
14 | Shimoga | None |
15 | Udupi Chikmagalur | None |
16 | Hassan | None |
17 | Dakshina Kannada | None |
18 | Chitradurga | SC |
19 | Tumkur | None |
20 | Mandya | None |
21 | Mysore | None |
22 | Chamarajanagar | SC |
23 | Bangalore Rural | None |
24 | Bangalore North | None |
25 | Bangalore Central | None |
26 | Bangalore South | None |
27 | Chikballapur | None |
28 | Kolar | SC |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Kasaragod | None |
2 | Kannur | None |
3 | Vatakara | None |
4 | Wayanad | None |
5 | Kozhikode | None |
6 | Malappuram | None |
7 | Ponnani | None |
8 | Palakkad | None |
9 | Alathur | SC |
10 | Thrissur | None |
11 | Chalakudy | None |
12 | Ernakulam | None |
13 | Idukki | None |
14 | Kottayam | None |
15 | Alappuzha | None |
16 | Mavelikara | SC |
17 | Pathanamthitta | None |
18 | Kollam | None |
19 | Attingal | None |
20 | Thiruvananthapuram | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Morena | None |
2 | Bhind | SC |
3 | Gwalior | None |
4 | Guna | None |
5 | Sagar | None |
6 | Tikamgarh | SC |
7 | Damoh | None |
8 | Khajuraho | None |
9 | Satna | None |
10 | Rewa | None |
11 | Sidhi | None |
12 | Shahdol | ST |
13 | Jabalpur | None |
14 | Mandla | ST |
15 | Balaghat | None |
16 | Chhindwara | None |
17 | Hoshangabad | None |
18 | Vidisha | None |
19 | Bhopal | None |
20 | Rajgarh | None |
21 | Dewas | SC |
22 | Ujjain | SC |
23 | Mandsaur | None |
24 | Ratlam | ST |
25 | Dhar | ST |
26 | Indore | None |
27 | Khargone | ST |
28 | Khandwa | None |
29 | Betul | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Nandurbar | ST |
2 | Dhule | None |
3 | Jalgaon | None |
4 | Raver | None |
5 | Buldhana | None |
6 | Akola | None |
7 | Amravati | SC |
8 | Wardha | None |
9 | Ramtek | SC |
10 | Nagpur | None |
11 | Bhandara–Gondiya | None |
12 | Gadchiroli–Chimur | ST |
13 | Chandrapur | None |
14 | Yavatmal–Washim | None |
15 | Hingoli | None |
16 | Nanded | None |
17 | Parbhani | None |
18 | Jalna | None |
19 | Aurangabad | None |
20 | Dindori | ST |
21 | Nashik | None |
22 | Palghar | ST |
23 | Bhiwandi | None |
24 | Kalyan | None |
25 | Thane | None |
26 | Mumbai North | None |
27 | Mumbai North West | None |
28 | Mumbai North East | None |
29 | Mumbai North Central | None |
30 | Mumbai South Central | None |
31 | Mumbai South | None |
32 | Raigad | None |
33 | Maval | None |
34 | Pune | None |
35 | Baramati | None |
36 | Shirur | None |
37 | Ahmednagar | None |
38 | Shirdi | SC |
39 | Beed | None |
40 | Osmanabad | None |
41 | Latur | SC |
42 | Solapur | SC |
43 | Madha | None |
44 | Sangli | None |
45 | Satara | None |
46 | Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg | None |
47 | Kolhapur | None |
48 | Hatkanangle | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Inner Manipur | None |
2 | Outer Manipur | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Shillong | ST |
2 | Tura | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Mizoram | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Nagaland | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Bargarh | None |
2 | Sundargarh | ST |
3 | Sambalpur | None |
4 | Keonjhar | ST |
5 | Mayurbhanj | ST |
6 | Balasore | None |
7 | Bhadrak | SC |
8 | Jajpur | SC |
9 | Dhenkanal | None |
10 | Bolangir | None |
11 | Kalahandi | None |
12 | Nabarangpur | ST |
13 | Kandhamal | None |
14 | Cuttack | None |
15 | Kendrapara | None |
16 | Jagatsinghpur | SC |
17 | Puri | None |
18 | Bhubaneswar | None |
19 | Aska | None |
20 | Berhampur | None |
21 | Koraput | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Gurdaspur | None |
2 | Amritsar | None |
3 | Khadoor Sahib | None |
4 | Jalandhar | SC |
5 | Hoshiarpur | SC |
6 | Anandpur Sahib | None |
7 | Ludhiana | None |
8 | Fatehgarh Sahib | SC |
9 | Faridkot | SC |
10 | Firozpur | None |
11 | Bathinda | None |
12 | Sangrur | None |
13 | Patiala | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Ganganagar | SC |
2 | Bikaner | SC |
3 | Churu | None |
4 | Jhunjhunu | None |
5 | Sikar | None |
6 | Jaipur Rural | None |
7 | Jaipur | None |
8 | Alwar | None |
9 | Bharatpur | SC |
10 | Karauli–Dholpur | SC |
11 | Dausa | ST |
12 | Tonk–Sawai Madhopur | None |
13 | Ajmer | None |
14 | Nagaur | None |
15 | Pali | None |
16 | Jodhpur | None |
17 | Barmer | None |
18 | Jalore | None |
19 | Udaipur | ST |
20 | Banswara | ST |
21 | Chittorgarh | None |
22 | Rajsamand | None |
23 | Bhilwara | None |
24 | Kota | None |
25 | Jhalawar–Baran | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Sikkim | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Thiruvallur | SC |
2 | Chennai North | None |
3 | Chennai South | None |
4 | Chennai Central | None |
5 | Sriperumbudur | None |
6 | Kancheepuram | SC |
7 | Arakkonam | None |
8 | Vellore | None |
9 | Krishnagiri | None |
10 | Dharmapuri | None |
11 | Tiruvannamalai | None |
12 | Arani | None |
13 | Villupuram | SC |
14 | Kallakurichi | None |
15 | Salem | None |
16 | Namakkal | None |
17 | Erode | None |
18 | Tiruppur | None |
19 | Nilgiris | SC |
20 | Coimbatore | None |
21 | Pollachi | None |
22 | Dindigul | None |
23 | Karur | None |
24 | Tiruchirappalli | None |
25 | Perambalur | None |
26 | Cuddalore | None |
27 | Chidambaram | SC |
28 | Mayiladuturai | None |
29 | Nagapattinam | SC |
30 | Thanjavur | None |
31 | Sivaganga | None |
32 | Madurai | None |
33 | Theni | None |
34 | Virudhunagar | None |
35 | Ramanathapuram | None |
36 | Thoothukkudi | None |
37 | Tenkasi | SC |
38 | Tirunelveli | None |
39 | Kanniyakumari | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Adilabad | ST |
2 | Peddapalle | SC |
3 | Karimnagar | None |
4 | Nizamabad | None |
5 | Zahirabad | None |
6 | Medak | None |
7 | Malkajgiri | None |
8 | Secunderabad | None |
9 | Hyderabad | None |
10 | Chevella | None |
11 | Mahbubnagar | None |
12 | Nagarkurnool | SC |
13 | Nalgonda | None |
14 | Bhongir | None |
15 | Warangal | SC |
16 | Mahabubabad | ST |
17 | Khammam | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Tripura West | None |
2 | Tripura East | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Tehri Garhwal | None |
2 | Garhwal | None |
3 | Almora | SC |
4 | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | None |
5 | Haridwar | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Cooch Behar | SC |
2 | Alipurduars | ST |
3 | Jalpaiguri | SC |
4 | Darjeeling | None |
5 | Raiganj | None |
6 | Balurghat | None |
7 | Maldaha Uttar | None |
8 | Maldaha Dakshin | None |
9 | Jangipur | None |
10 | Baharampur | None |
11 | Murshidabad | None |
12 | Krishnanagar | None |
13 | Ranaghat | SC |
14 | Bangaon | SC |
15 | Barrackpore | None |
16 | Dum Dum | None |
17 | Barasat | None |
18 | Basirhat | None |
19 | Jaynagar | SC |
20 | Mathurapur | SC |
21 | Diamond Harbour | None |
22 | Jadavpur | None |
23 | Kolkata Dakshin | None |
24 | Kolkata Uttar | None |
25 | Howrah | None |
26 | Uluberia | None |
27 | Srerampur | None |
28 | Hooghly | None |
29 | Arambagh | SC |
30 | Tamluk | None |
31 | Kanthi | None |
32 | Ghatal | None |
33 | Jhargram | ST |
34 | Medinipur | None |
35 | Purulia | None |
36 | Bankura | None |
37 | Bishnupur | SC |
38 | Bardhaman Purba | SC |
39 | Bardhaman–Durgapur | None |
40 | Asansol | None |
41 | Bolpur | SC |
42 | Birbhum | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Chandigarh | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | ST |
1 | Daman and Diu | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Chandni Chowk | None |
2 | North East Delhi | None |
3 | East Delhi | None |
4 | New Delhi | None |
5 | North West Delhi | SC |
6 | West Delhi | None |
7 | South Delhi | None |
South Delh
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Baramulla | None |
2 | Srinagar | None |
3 | Anantnag–Rajouri | None |
4 | Udhampur | None |
5 | Jammu | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Ladakh | None |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Lakshadweep | ST |
Constituency no. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/none) |
---|---|---|
1 | Puducherry | None |
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Parliament House, New Delhi.
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become the Speaker of the Legislature
Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in the state of Bihar in India. The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and the constituency boundaries were readjusted by the Delimitation Order of 2008. The constituency consists of 6 Assembly segments (constituencies) of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
In India, a number of political positions and university posts are held for specific groups of the population, including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and women in some cases.
The Delimitation Commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act, tasked with redrawing the boundaries of legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on the last census. The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.
Ahmedabad West is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Kirit Premjibhai Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of latest elections in 2019, Solanki represents this constituency.
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1952, removed the upper population limit for a parliamentary constituency by amending Article 81(1)(b) of the Constitution. Article 81(1)(b) had stipulated that the number of members to be allotted to each parliamentary constituency should be determined so as to ensure that there would be not less than one member for every 750,000 of the population and not more than one member for every 500,000 of the population.
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1959, amended article 334 of the Constitution in order to extend the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1970. Article 334 had stipulated that the reservation of seats should expire within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution.
The Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1969, discontinued reservation of seats for the Scheduled Tribes in Nagaland, both in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assembly and stipulated that not more than one Anglo-Indian could be nominated by the Governor to any State Legislative Assembly. Prior to the amendment, the number of Anglo-Indians who could be nominated to the State Legislative Assemblies, was left to the discretion of the Governor of the State. The amendment also extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1980.
The Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1980, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1990.
The Sixty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1989, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2000.
The Seventy-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1999, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2010.
Elections in Haryana, which is a state in India, have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of state-level Haryana Legislative Assembly and national-level Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies and 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories. Between 1952 and January 25,2020 two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India.
Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. These two members were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when enacted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.
The One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, extends the deadline for the cessation of the reservation of seats for members from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies by a period of 10 years.
...the 42nd Amendment enacted in 1976 froze the delimitation exercise for 25 years.