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Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing

limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a
country or a province having a legislative body. The
need for periodical delimitation is the, rise in
population and the migration of people.

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Delimitation needs to be undertaken in a way as to be

integrated with development of the constituency.
Therefore, administrative, social and geographical
dimensions need to be kept in mind.
All constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be
geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them
regard shall be had to the physical features, existing
boundaries of administrative units, facilities of
communication and public convenience.

Each constituency in a State shall be so delimited that the

population of all constituencies shall, so far as
practicable, be the same throughout the State.

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The duty of delimitation is assigned to a high power body

called the Delimitation Commission. Its orders have the
force of law and cannot be called in question before any
court. These orders come into force on a date to be
specified by the President of India in this behalf.
The copies of its orders are laid before the house of the
People and the State Legislative Assembly concerned, but
no modifications are permissible in them.

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Delimitation Commission is headed by the Chairman

who is a sitting or former Judge of the Supreme Court.
Chief
Election
Commissioner
or
an
Election
Commissioner is an ex-officio member.

The DC will have the State Election Commissioner of the

State concerned as another ex-officio member. There
will also be 10 associate members in each State: five will
be the Members of the Lok Sabha (representing the
State) and five will be Members of the State Assembly.

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It has been observed that boundaries of constituencies

are drawn and redrawn in such a manner as to favour a
particular party or a candidate and influence electoral
results. Thus, vested interest can be the basis for
delimitation in certain pockets. It is known as
gerrymandering, an American expression.

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