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Q59 (CISF/2026) Polity & Governance › Parliament

Which of the following statements about the Delimitation of Constituencies in India is/are correct ? 1. The electoral boundaries are drawn in accordance with Article 82 and Article 170 of the Constitution of India. 2. The Delimitation Commission has been constituted eight times since Independence. 3. No delimitation exercise has ever been carried out in Jammu and Kashmir. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Statement 1 is correct: Article 82 of the Constitution provides for the readjustment of constituencies for the Lok Sabha after each census by a Delimitation Act. Similarly, Article 170 provides for the division of each State into territorial constituencies for the Legislative Assembly.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Delimitation Commissions have been constituted only four times since Independence: in 1952, 1963, 1973, and 2002. No commission was set up after the 1981 and 1991 censuses due to constitutional amendments freezing the number of seats.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Delimitation has been carried out in Jammu and Kashmir multiple times (e.g., 1963, 1973, and 1995). Most recently, a Delimitation Commission headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was constituted under the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, which finalized its report in May 2022 to redraw the boundaries of the Union Territory.

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