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List of constituencies

  • list of constituencies
  • Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is members, made up of up to members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population. There are currently constituencies in the Lok Sabha.

    Under the Delimitation Act of , 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. The size and shape of the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies are determined, according to section 4 of the Representation of the People Act, , by an independent Delimitation Commission.

    Under a constitutional amendment of , delimitation was suspended until after the census of 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.

    List of constituencies near Richmond, IN

    The Delimitation Commission, set up under the Delimitation Act, , 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 Census. The government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending the Delimitation Act, of nullifies the Final Order of the Delimitation Commission for the state of Jharkhand.

    The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise. Between and , two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community.