Delimitation Commission’s key member and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra has said that the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir will be completed by May 6, adding that the decision on elections will be taken after review.
The Delimitation Commission has been entrusted with the task of redrawing the boundaries of the Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Commission on Monday published its proposals for the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.
The draft report of the Delimitation Commission has been placed in the public domain for suggestions till March 21, after which the panel will visit the Union Territory for a public hearing.
Reports published in the Gazette of India appeared in local newspapers on Monday and showed that the Habba Kadal seat in the Kashmir division and Suchetgarh seat in the Jammu province had been reinstated.
While the draft report agreed to restore the above two assembly seats, it did not find any mention of the objections of political parties on other issues.
The commission published the resolution, retaining the number of Lok Sabha constituencies at five but increasing the assembly seats from the current 83 to 90 (by adding six in Jammu and one in Kashmir).
The detailed resolution also contained two dissent notes signed by four of the five associate members – three National Conference Lok Sabha MPs (Farooq Abdullah, Hasnain Masoodi and Mohammad Akbar Lone) and BJP MP Jugal Kishor. Union Minister Jitendra Singh is the fifth associate member of the commission.
what is delimitation
Delimitation is the process of “setting the boundaries or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or province having a legislative body”.
Although the delimitation process sounds simple, it has a disputed history in the country.
Article 81 of the Constitution of India states that seats in the Lok Sabha should be allocated among the various states in such a way that, “the ratio between that number and the population of the state shall, as far as practicable, be for all states”. be the same.”
As to the territorial constituencies in each State, the Constitution states that they shall be “divided in such a way that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it shall, as far as practicable, be the whole of the State.” I shall be equal”.
(with PTI inputs)
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