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The first Delimitation Commission of India was constituted in:

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Answer: Option A — 1952

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The first Delimitation Commission was constituted in 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952, to readjust the boundaries of Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.

Meaning of delimitation:

  • Delimitation means fixing the number of seats and the boundaries of territorial constituencies for elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.
  • It is done on the basis of the latest census, so that each constituency has roughly the same population.

Constitutional basis:

  • Article 82 provides for the readjustment of seats and constituencies in the Lok Sabha after every census.
  • Article 170 provides the same for state legislative assemblies.
  • Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after each census, and the Central Government sets up a Delimitation Commission.

Delimitation Commissions so far:

1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002.

Composition:

  • The Commission is headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
  • The Chief Election Commissioner and the State Election Commissioners are members.

Powers:

  • The orders of the Delimitation Commission have the force of law and cannot be questioned in any court.
  • They are laid before the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, but these Houses cannot modify them.

Freeze on seats:

  • The 42nd Amendment froze the allocation of seats among states on the basis of the 1971 census until 2001.
  • The 84th Amendment extended the freeze until after the first census after 2026.
  • The 2002 Commission, headed by Justice Kuldip Singh, redrew constituency boundaries based on the 2001 census without changing the number of seats per state.

Reserved constituencies:

The Commission also decides which constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Recent delimitation:

A Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, completed its work in 2022.

Women's reservation:

The 106th Amendment provides that reservation of seats for women will come into effect after delimitation following the next census.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗1950 does not match.
  • ✗1963 and 1973 are years of later Delimitation Commissions.

Quick tip

Remember: Delimitation Commissions: 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002 (Kuldip Singh); seats frozen till after 2026.

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