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Delimitation in Assam
July 1 , 2023
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- The Election Commission (EC) released a draft delimitation document for Assam.
- It was proposing a change in boundaries of several Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies of the state.
- The delimitation exercise was carried out on the basis of 2001 census.
- The last delimitation was done in Assam in 1976.
- The average population density of the state is 338 persons per sq Km.
- It retained the number of assembly seats in Assam at 126 and the Lok Sabha constituencies at 14.
- The assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Castes be increased from eight to nine and for Scheduled Tribes seats from 16 to 19.
- A parliamentary seat has been proposed to be named Kaziranga.
- It proposes to reserve 19 assembly and two parliamentary seats for STs, and nine assembly and one parliamentary seat for SCs.
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