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Chapter 9

Recent

Initiatives

ike a big scien fic laboratory where experiments
and research never cease, Elec on Commission of JAMMU & KASHMIR DELIMITATION (2022):
LIndia is constantly in pursuit of innova ons and On March 6, 2020 the Union Government had set up a Delimitation
improvement in electoral management. The ins tu on Commission chaired by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (Retd). Its other
has a long record of coming up with new ini a ves that members were Sushil Chandra, the then Election Commissioner, and
make elec ons a be er experience. K.K. Sharma, the State Election Commissioner of J&K. The Committee
was tasked with delimiting constituencies of Union Territory of Jammu
& Kashmir under provisions of Part V of the Jammu and Kashmir
One could broadly classify these ini a ves as under-
Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) and the provisions of
a) enhancing transparency and credibility Delimitation Act, 2002 as well as states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur and Nagaland in accordance with the latter Act. The
b) be er enforcement towards cleaner
Committee finalised its report with regard to UT of J&K on May 5, 2022
elec ons
after several rounds of consultations with stakeholders like political
c) bolstering voter facilita on and parties, citizens and Civil Society Organisations.
inclusiveness Jammu & Kashmir, after reorganisation, has five Parliamentary
constituencies. Delimitation Commission has redrawn their boundaries
d) knowledge produc on & sharing
in a manner that each would have 18 Assembly Constituencies. Out of
the 90 Assembly Constituencies in the UT, 47 will be part of Kashmir
region, and rest 43 in Jammu region. Nine Assembly Constituencies will
This chapter deals with some of the notable developments
be reserved for Scheduled Tribes, six of which are in Jammu region, and
in recent years. The next big thing might just be round
remaining three in Kashmir region.
the corner.

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