Why is it necessary to divide the country into constituencies to hold elections? If there are 543 members in lok Sabha,what will be the number of constituencies in the country?
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The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament. Each represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 552 members made up of up to 530 members representing people of the states of India and up to 20 members representing people from the Union Territories on the basis of their population and 2 are nominated by President.
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It is necessary to divide the country into constituencies to hold elections because it is difficult to contest elections as a whole and one of the major features of democracy is that every vote should have equal value. Constituencies divide the country in such a way that each constituency a roughly the same number of voters which makes it easy to contest elections.