Question

Outline the basis on which seats are allotted to the states for conducting
elections

Answer 1

Answer:

The allotment of seats for loksabha is majorly based on the demographic figures obtained on survey.

Explanation:

Generally allotment is based upon the population of that area, number of districts in that particular state etc.

Allotment of seat is also based on community population of that area.

Some are allotted for minorities, some for backward caste some for forward caste etc.

Answer 2

The maximum strength of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552. Currently, the house has 543 seats. Of which, a total of 131 seats (24.03%) are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47).

Explanation:

• Members of the Lok Sabha shall, under Universal Suffrage, be directly elected by the people of India. Elections take place directly at Lok Sabha and, according to two constitutional provisions, each state is divided into territorial constituencies:

1. Each state is given a number of seats in the Lok Sabha such that  there is  maximum uniformity in  the "ratio" between the number of seats & its population. This rule is not applicable to states with a "population below 6 million (60 lakhs)". Under the 1976 constitutional reform, the number of seats per State was frozen.
2. Each State is split into territorial constituencies  such that the ratio between the population of a constituency & the number of seats assigned to it (in any case, one) remains the same across the state, such that   This principle is upheld by the boundary reviews mentioned above.

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