what is the number of loksabha constituencie at present
Answers
Explanation:
For the purpose of constituting the Lok Sabha , the whole country has been divided into
543 Parliamentary Constituencies , each one of which elects one member. The members
of the Lok Sabha are elected directly by the eligible voters . The President of India can
nominate a maximum of two members as representatives of the Anglo- Indian
community . Some seats are reserved in Lok Sabha for the members of the Schedule
Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As per the order issued by the Delimitation Commission in
2008 , 412 are general, 84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 47 seats for the
Scheduled Tribes .Earlier it was 79 and 41 for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
respectively.
Table 1 shows State-wise break –up of seats and reserved seats for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes before and after the Delimitation in 2008.
TABLE 1
Name of the
State/Union Territory
Seats in the House as
constituted in 2004 on the
basis of the Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly
Constituencies Order, 1976
Seats in the House as
subsequently constituted as
per the Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly
Constituencies Order, 2008
Total Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Castes
Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Tribes
Total Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Castes
Reserved
for the
Scheduled
Tribes
STATES:
1. Andhra Pradesh 42 6 2 42 7 3
2. Arunachal
Pradesh*
2 - - 2 - -
3. Assam* 14 1 2 14 1 2
4. Bihar 40 7 - 40 6 -
5. Chhattisgarh 11 2 4 11 1 4
6. Goa 2 - - 2 - -
7. Gujarat 26 2 4 26 2 4
8. Haryana 10 2 - 10 2 -
9. Himachal
Pradesh
4 1 - 4 1 -
10. Jammu and
Kashmir*
6 - - 6 - -
11. Jharkhand@ 14 1 5 14 1 5
12. Karnataka 28 4 - 28 5 2
13. Kerala 20 2 - 20 2 -
14. Madhya Pradesh 29 4 5 29 4 6
15. Maharashtra 48 3 4 48 5 4
16. Manipur* 2 - 1 2 - 1
17. Meghalaya 2 - - 2 - 2
18. Mizoram 1 - 1 1 - 1
19. Nagaland* 1 - - 1 - -
20. Orissa 21 3 5 21 3 5
21. Punjab 13 3 - 13 4 -
22. Rajasthan 25 4 3 25 4 3
23. Sikkim 1 - - 1 - -
24. Tamil Nadu 39 7 - 39 7 -
25. Tripura 2 - 1 2 - 1
26. Uttarakhand 5 - - 5 1 -
27. Uttar Pradesh 80 18 - 80 17 -
28. West Bengal 42 8 2 42 10 2
II. UNION
TERRITORIES:
1. Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
1 - - 1 - -
2. Chandigarh 1 - - 1 - -
3. Dadra and Nagar
Haveli
1 - 1 1 - 1
4. Delhi 7 1 - 7 1 -
5. Daman and Diu 1 - - 1 - -
6. Lakshadweep 1 - 1 1 - 1
7. Puducherry 1 - - 1 - -
Total Seats 543 79 41 543 84 47
* - States excluded from Delimitation Exercise
@ Order issued by the Delimitation Commission was nullified by the Sec 10 B of the
Delimitation Amendment Act ,2008
ABOUT THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION
The word “ Delimitation” literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial
constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body. The job of delimitation is assigned to a
high power body . Such a body is known as Delimitation Commission or a Boundary Commission . In
India, such Delimitation Commission have been constituted four times , in 1952 under the Delimitation
Commission Act , 1952 , in 1963 under the Delimitation Commission Act 1962, in 1973 under the
Delimitation Commission Act, 1972 and in 2002 under the Delimitation Commission Act,2002.
The main purpose of the undertaking the delimitation exercise is to rationalize the structure and
composition of the electoral constituencies , on the principle of “ One vote and one value”. 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, on the basis of population ascertained in 2001 Census.
On 14 th January,2008 , the Government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending the Delimitation
Act,2002 nullifies the Final Order of the Delimitation Commission for the state of Jharkhand. Later on, the
Government have 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
Explanation:
543, parliamentary constituencies