{"id":114207,"date":"2021-06-23T11:18:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114207"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:50:40","slug":"delimitation-in-ut-of-jammu-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delimitation-in-ut-of-jammu-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"Delimitation in UT of Jammu &#038; Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Context<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Assembly elections in Union Territory of J&amp;K<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0The Union government\u2019s\u00a0invitation to 14 key political leaders\u00a0from\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0for a meeting with the Prime Minister in the national capital this week has led to speculation about\u00a0possible scheduling\u00a0of the Assembly elections<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is\u00a0delimitation\u00a0and why is it needed?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of an Assembly or Lok Sabha seat to\u00a0represent\u00a0changes in population over time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"53\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"63\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Done by<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Delimitation Commission, whose orders have the force of law and cannot be questioned before any court.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"53\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"64\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Objective<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: The\u00a0objective\u00a0is to redraw boundaries<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(based on the data of the last Census)<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in a way so that the population of all seats, as far as\u00a0practicable, be the same throughout the State. Aside from changing the limits of a constituency, the process may result in change in the number of seats in a state.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How often has\u00a0delimitation\u00a0been carried out in J&amp;K?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"65\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Basis of\u00a0delimitation\u00a0in J&amp;K<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0Delimitation of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lok Sabha seats<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in J&amp;K, before its special status was scrapped, was governed by the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Constitution of India<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, but the\u00a0delimitation\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">state\u2019s Assembly seats<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0was governed by the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0Constitution and\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0Representation of the People Act, 1957.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"66\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previous\u00a0delimitations of assembly seats<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0Assembly seats in J&amp;K were\u00a0delimited\u00a0in 1963, 1973 and 1995.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The last exercise was conducted by the Justice (retired)\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">K\u00a0K\u00a0Gupta Commission<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0when the state was under President\u2019s Rule and was based on the 1981 census, which formed the basis of the state elections in 1996.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"67\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">No\u00a0delimitation\u00a0after 2001 census<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0There was no census in the state in 1991. Also,\u00a0no Delimitation Commission was set up by the state government after the 2001 census because the J&amp;K Assembly passed a law putting a freeze on the fresh\u00a0delimitation\u00a0of seats until 2026.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This freeze was upheld by the Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The J&amp;K Assembly, at that time, had 87 seats \u2014 46 in Kashmir, 37 in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and 4 in Ladakh.\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Twenty-four more seats are reserved for\u00a0Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The freeze, some political parties argue, has created\u00a0inequity\u00a0for\u00a0Jammu\u00a0region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How J&amp;K\u2019s\u00a0delimitation\u00a0will be done now?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After the\u00a0abrogation\u00a0of J&amp;K\u2019s special status in 2019,\u00a0delimitation\u00a0of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in the newly-created Union Territory would be\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">as per the provisions of the Indian Constitution<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"55\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"68\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In March 2020, the government set up the Delimitation Commission, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, which was tasked with completing\u00a0delimitation\u00a0in J&amp;K in a year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"55\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"69\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The commission has been granted\u00a0an\u00a0year\u2019s extension\u00a0in light of\u00a0the pandemic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Terms to know<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"56\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"70\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"56\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"71\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation Commission and relevant Constitutional provisions<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/delimitation-in-jk-how-why-pm-modi-jammu-kashmir-leaders-meeting-special-status-7369580\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian Express<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Assembly elections in Union Territory of J&amp;K\u00a0 News:\u00a0The Union government\u2019s\u00a0invitation to 14 key political leaders\u00a0from\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0for a meeting with the Prime Minister in the national capital this week has led to speculation about\u00a0possible scheduling\u00a0of the Assembly elections\u00a0 What is\u00a0delimitation\u00a0and why is it needed?\u00a0 Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of an Assembly&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delimitation-in-ut-of-jammu-kashmir\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Delimitation in UT of Jammu &#038; Kashmir<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[8121,8120,8122],"class_list":["post-114207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-delimitation","tag-delimitation-of-constituencies","tag-jammu-kashmir","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704800091},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}