New Parliament Building India | How Will Lok Sabha Seats Increase In 2026 Delimitation?| News18

New Parliament Building India | How Will Lok Sabha Seats Increase In 2026 Delimitation?| News18

With the increased seating capacity of 888 Lok Sabha seats and 384 Rajya Sabha seats in the New Parliament of India all eyes are now on the delimitation exercise which will happen sometime after 2026. Remember the last delimitation exercise was done over a decade ago in 2008. That process was also controversial as several tribal communities in the northeast said they had lost representation. The new delimitation commission set up for the Northeastern states in 2020 was halted. Now coming to the entire politics around it and why the battlelines have been drawn between the political parties in the Northern and the Southern India over an exercise which may happen 3 years from now.

The census 2021 – whenever and if it ever happens – will be one of the most important exercise in the history of modern India. The data from the census will determine how electoral constituencies will be redrawn. The outcome of this exercise can change the landscape of representation in parliament. Politicians in Southern states argue that the seat share of northern states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar would surpass that of the entire southern region, comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.

Based on the population patterns, the existing distribution of parliamentary constituencies across the States is skewed in favour of populous States such as Uttar Pradesh which has 80 Lok Sabha seats allocated, Bihar which has 40, while southern States such as Tamil Nadu have 39 seats, Andhra Pradesh has 25, and Karnataka has 28. If delimitation occurs, given the population growth has slowed down considerably in the southern States, they stand to lose further in terms of the number of seats, relative to the northern States. The South Indian states, accounting for approximately 18 percent of India’s population, have contributed around 35 percent to the country’s GDP. Also the combined GDP of just three States — Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu — is greater than 13 States in the East. This statistic highlights the significant economic contribution of the region. These southern states have successfully implemented population control measures, which have led to better HDI indicators. Let me give you a small example- a higher proportion of graduates in the southern States indicates the greater prevalence of a specific set of skills required for sound decision making. As an instance, in 2011, only 5 per cent of UP’s population was graduate, while in Tamil Nadu, nearly 8 per cent of its population was graduate.The economic turnaround of the southern States in recent years, post the decade of the 2000s, which has been dramatic. On many parameters such as income and poverty, the northern States were actually better than the southern States at the beginning of 1960s, but the south surged more recently, post the decade of the 1990s.
However, the impending delimitation could undermine their achievements and diminish their political representation. According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, maintaining the principle that no state should lose representation would require increasing the maximum limit of seats in the Lok Sabha to 848. However, even with an expanded Lok Sabha, the South Indian states would still face a disadvantage. The report indicates that the seat share of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar combined would rise to 222, while the South Indian states’ seat share would decrease to 165. Additionally, the seat share of other states would become 461. So, should it be the number of people alone that should matter for electoral representation or their quality?

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[chithambararajanr]

Already north india is enjoying south indian taxpers money if delimitation comes south India will have no voice in parliament.

[jayapaulreddymotatireddy]

If Centr increased north seats decreasing south it may lead tension of division because we don't want to live in a country where our voice is compressed and our money is given to other states

[kartikeytyagi]

Why don’t we increase power to States? I mean, tilting the balance of power slightly in states favour?

[devotion]

In the context of increasing the number of parliamentary constituencies in a state in proportion to its population, the state should be divided into smaller states to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies in that state. i.e. limiting number of parliamentary constituencies under a state or a chief minister of a state. For example Uttar Pradesh and Bihar should be divided into four or five smaller states.

[sansan-eiom]

Indian is a union of states. If member states are not treated equally, the Union can become null and void.

[SumanRoy.official]

If left are complaining too much then, it's a right move.

[sancool]

The seats shouldnt be based on population but should be based on area. Limit the area by certain sq. Km. That will be fair

[ShamsunderKonda]

It is inferred that implementation of women's reservation is linked to delimitation, so as to accommodate additional seats required for women, without cutting the men's strength in parliament as it stands now. However, Southern states have a genuine argument that their representation in Lok Sabha will come down if the new sensus only becomes the basis. They feel being punished for performing well on family planning front, which is a genuine concern to address. I suggest the following:

1. The distribution of the current strength of 543 not be disturbed, representing erstwhile sensus. Only the additional seats being added, over and above the 543, be distributed based on the next sensus.

2. The increase in seats can be minimized, by accounting the existing strength of about 15% of women already in parliament. Which means the increased strength of Loksabha should be 85% x 543 x (3/2), which equals to 693. It will amount to an increase of 150 seats.

3. The above will ensure that all the existing members, whether men or women will continue to retain their seats. And the additional 150 seats created would go to new women members.

4. Also, there is no need to crowd the new parliament, using it's entire capacity of 888.

[MoMo-tndd]

We South Indian already kept last compair to north

[woman]

New parliament with increased loksabha seats

[kalyanasundaramsrinivasan]

Yes grown and developed states has to give up for less developed states, just like general category people have given up their rights in favour of down trodden and Dalits in the name of social justice.

Yes this delimitation exercise is """political justice"" for more population states.

[kalyanasundaramsrinivasan]

Political justice for north Indian states is the need of hour i.e more population more seats