Parliamentary constituencies and the Lok Sabha

Each member of the Lok Sabha is the elected representative of one of the parliamentary constituencies of a state or a union territory. Every parliamentary constituency is composed of multiple state assembly constituencies of roughly equal population. In this manner, the number of Lok Sabha MPs from each state is decided by its population. However, the number of constituencies in each state was frozen in 1976 so as to not interfere with family planning laws. The next delimitation will be done in 2026 when the birth rate of India is expected to stabilize.
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80
constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is the highest number for a state
3
STATES 6
UNION TERRITORIES
comprise of one constituency
7
constituencies in Delhi is the highest number for a union territory
0 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 Number of constituencies → Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerela Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
64,429
for the union territory Lakshadweep, is the lowest population per constituency for any state or union territory in India. The national average is 2,228,717.
With the exception of the Delhi NCR, all union territories have just one constituency
due to their low populations.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 Population per constituency (×100,000) → Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerela Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal NATIONAL AVERAGE
2,744,840
for the state of Rajasthan, is the highest population per constituency for any state or union territory in India.
The national average is 2,228,717.
Since the distribution of constituencies has not changed since 1976, some states have fewer than their population warrants.
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Data about the number of constituencies from each state and the rules for their delimitation was obtained from the Election Commission website:
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/03_NumberAndTypeOfConstituencies.pdf
http://eci.nic.in/delim/Procedure/Delimitation_of_Constituencies.pdf

Data about India’s population was obtained from figures of the 2011 census:
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/Age_level_Data/India/Age_data.xls

Data about areas of India’s states and union territories is from the Office of Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs:
http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/upload/SYB2013/CH-2-POPULATION/Table 2.1.xls

Information about the 1976 freezing of parliamentary constituences can be found in the forty-second Constitutional amendment:
http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend42.htm

Information about the next delimitation in 2026 can be found in the eighty-fourth Constitutional amendment:
http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend84.htm

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