{"id":2398,"date":"2025-05-01T19:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:47:33","slug":"q-how-many-delimitation-commissions-have-been-constituted-by-the-government-of-india-till-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-how-many-delimitation-commissions-have-been-constituted-by-the-government-of-india-till-december-2023","title":{"rendered":"Q. How many delimitation Commissions have been constituted by the Government of India till December 2023?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>One<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:&nbsp;(d) Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delimitation\"><strong>Delimitation<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Delimitation means the<strong>\u00a0process of fixing the number of seats and boundaries<\/strong>\u00a0of territorial constituencies in each State for the Lok Sabha and Legislative assemblies.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It also includes determining the seats to be reserved for\u00a0<strong>Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)<\/strong>\u00a0in these houses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This \u2018delimitation process\u2019 is performed<strong>\u00a0by the\u00a0\u2018Delimitation Commission\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0that is set up under an act of Parliament.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 82<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Article 170\u00a0<\/strong>of the Constitution empowers the Parliament to readjust the allocation of seats in the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of States respectively, after every census.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accordingly, the Parliament enacts a\u00a0Delimitation Commission Act\u00a0and an independent high-powered panel known as the\u00a0<strong>Delimitation Commission<\/strong>\u00a0is constituted to carry out the exercise of delimitation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delimitation Commissions have been set up four times \u2014\u00a0<strong>1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002<\/strong>\u00a0under the Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There was no Delimitation Commission Act after the 1981 and 1991 census.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first delimitation exercise was carried out by the President (with the help of the Election Commission) in 1950-51.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The next Delimitation Commission will be set up after 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delimitation-commission\"><strong>Delimitation Commission<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Delimitation Commission is a\u00a0<strong>high-powered committee\u00a0<\/strong>entrusted with the task of\u00a0<strong>drawing and redrawing of boundaries\u00a0<\/strong>of different constituencies for state assembly and Lok Sabha election.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is\u00a0appointed\u00a0<strong>by the President<\/strong>\u00a0and works in collaboration with the\u00a0<strong>Election Commission.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Commission consists of \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A retired or working Supreme Court Judge (chairperson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Election Commissioner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concerned State Election Commissioners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Commission\u2019s orders have the force of law and\u00a0<strong>cannot be called in question before any court<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Commission\u2019s orders are laid before the<strong>\u00a0Lok Sabha and the legislative assemblies concerned<\/strong>,\u00a0but they cannot effect any modifications in the orders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1952<\/td><td>First delimitation exercise post-independence.<\/td><td>1951 census<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1963<\/td><td>First delimitation exercise after the reorganisation of states in 1956. Only single-seat constituencies<\/td><td>1961 census<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1973<\/td><td>Increase in Lok Sabha seats from 522 to 543<\/td><td>1971 census<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2002<\/td><td>No changes in Lok Sabha seats or their apportionment between the various states<\/td><td>2001 census<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Following the&nbsp;<strong>84th amendment<\/strong>&nbsp;to the Constitution, in 2002,&nbsp;<strong>Delimitation is to be done after 2026<\/strong>, based on the first census conducted after 2026.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delimitation-in-northeast-states-nes\">Delimitation in Northeast States (NES)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As per\u00a0<strong>Section 8A of RPA 1950<\/strong>, President can order delimitation exercise to be carried out<br>in\u00a0<strong>Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Delimitation exercise has\u00a0<strong>not been carried out for last 51 years in these states<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Last delimitation exercise (2002-08) kept out these NES due to apprehensions over use of 2001 Census.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also, Presidential Order of 2020, which allowed for conducting delimitation exercises in these 4 states as well, was restricted to Jammu and Kashmir only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(d) Four Delimitation: Delimitation Commission 1952 First delimitation exercise post-independence. 1951 census 1963 First delimitation exercise after the reorganisation of states in 1956. Only single-seat constituencies 1961 census 1973 Increase in Lok Sabha seats from 522 to 543 1971 census 2002 No changes in Lok Sabha seats or their apportionment between the various states 2001&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}