Delimitation proposal raises question of Parliament’s working capacity
Quick dive
- The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and Delimitation Bill, 2026 propose increasing Lok Sabha strength from 550 to 850 members.
- The Election Commission’s 2024 Atlas records 97.98 crore voters across 543 constituencies, averaging about 18 lakh voters per constituency.
- Malkajgiri has about 37.8 lakh voters, while Lakshadweep has 57,953, showing large constituency-level variation.
- During the 17th Lok Sabha, Question Hour functioned for about 60% of scheduled time; in the 2026 Monsoon Session it ran for only nine minutes.
- exam_relevance: links delimitation to representation, Question Hour, Zero Hour and legislative accountability, extending the recurring UPSC polity pattern of testing constitutional design through institutional performance rather than seat arithmetic alone.
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