How delimitation based on 2011 Census will redraw India’s political map

If the Lok Sabha’s spot is expanded to 850 and seats are allocated connected the ground of the 2011 Census population, arsenic the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and the companion Delimitation Bill to beryllium tabled successful Parliament envisage, the Southern States and the North-East would spot a crisp erosion successful their stock of parliamentary representation, portion the Hindi-Heartland States of bluish India would beryllium the overwhelming beneficiaries.

The 2 Bills introduced successful the Parliament sitting from April 16 question to bash 3 cardinal things. a) it would rise the Lok Sabha ceiling from 543 to 850 seats (815 from States, 35 from Union Territories), b) it would regenerate the law frost that pegged spot allocation to the 1971 Census with an open-ended look allowing Parliament to take the census ground by mean law, and  c) represent a Delimitation Commission that would usage the latest published census, presently the 2011 Census, to redraw boundaries and reallocate seats. The stated intent is to operationalise women’s preservation nether the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023.