Delimitation will likely diminish influence of southern states and give more power to northern states where prime minister’s ...

An exercise to redraw India’s parliamentary constituencies based on a new census is threatening to deepen a regional divide ...

Delimitation exercise could reshape Lok Sabha seats, favoring northern states over southern states, impacting Indian politics significantly.

MK Stalin has sparked a delimitation debate, urging Tamil Nadu couples to have kids -fearing a loss of political power due to ...

Telangana Chief ... in this case Lok Sabha constituencies. Article 82 of the Constitution states that after every census is completed, the allocation of Lok Sabha seats to each state must be ...

Under the expected population-based allocation, with one Member of Parliament (MP) representing an average of 2 million people, the total number of Lok Sabha seats would rise from the current 548 ...

Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday urged the Centre to allay fears of southern States over likely reduction in the number of Lok Sabha seats owing to proposed delimitation exercise.

Hyderabad: Polling was underway for three seats ... Lok Sabha constituency, led the campaign. BJP MPs and MLAs also addressed several meetings in all three constituencies. For Congress, Chief Minister ...

The proposed delimitation is expected to reallocate seats based on population data from the next Census, which could significantly alter the political map of India. Currently, the Lok Sabha has 543 ..

will not alter the proportion of Lok Sabha members from southern states,” Shah said. He assured that if there is any increase in seats during delimitation, southern states will get equal share.

He pointed out that Telangana, despite having only 2.8% ... Nadu CM MK Stalin warned that the state could lose eight Lok Sabha seats due to the population-based seat allocation formula.

If Lok Sabha seats are allocated based on the latest census, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar together will have 222 seats, while the five southern states — Telangana, AP, TN, Karnataka and Kerala ...