What do you understand by delimitation? Underlining the significance of delimitation exercise, throw light on the challenges associated challenges.

Article 82 of Constitution of India provides for delimitation exercise. According to article 82, delimitation is electoral exercise to define boundary of constituencies. Their population strength to ensure principle of one man-one vote.

Significance of delimitation exercise:

1. Uphold democratic justice - through just elected right

2. Observe electoral energies (care) by subclassification of constituencies

3. Principle of one man-one vote → through proportional distribution of votes

4. Regional justice → affording for regional voices based on population

5. Uphold constitutional morality

Q: Delimitation must be done after every census exercise (Challenge)

4. Regional justice → affording for regional voices based on population (continued)

5. Uphold constitutional morality

Q: Delimitation must be done after every census exercise

Challenges

1. NCC mandate to southern states → due to population control

Q: TFR - Tamil Nadu 1.2, UP - 2.4

2. If not done → against universal adult franchise

Q: UP - LHP, C&D, J people vs TN - LP, people

3. Pending census 2021

4. Rest of the absent from southern states

Q: way forward → form interstate committee to take mutually beneficial solution to delimitation exercise. Keep constitutional morality.

— DEEKSHA PAT · AIR 88