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J&K Delimitation Commission
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- The Commission, chaired by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and including Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and J&K State Election Commissioner K.K. Sharma as ex-officio members
- The delimitation was carried out based on the 2011 Census and other considerations like geographical features and access.
- The new Assembly would have 90 seats, 47 in Kashmir and 43 in Jammu.
- This was increased from the earlier 83, with six of the additional seats being in Jammu and one in Kashmir.
- For the first time in J&K, nine seats have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
- Six of the ST reserved seats were in Jammu region and three in the Kashmir Valley.
- Seven seats had been reserved for Scheduled Castes.
- There are five Parliamentary Constituencies in the region.
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