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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Parliamentary Constituency Segments (PC WISE)

Legal Provisions / Guidelines
Legacy Information
l Each Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in a State or Union Territory (UT) is an
integral multiple of the Assembly Constituencies (ACs) comprising therein l In India, four Delimitation Commissions were constituted until 2019:
and no AC extends to more than one PC. in 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952; in 1963 under
the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962; in 1973 under the
l Last delimitation of Constituencies was done under the Delimitation Act, Delimitation Act, 1972 and in 2002 under the Delimitation Act, 2002.
2002, by the Delimitation Commission on the basis of Census 2001.
l *The General Election to the House of People-2024 to constitute the
l *Allocation of the number of PCs to each State/UT is in the First Schedule 18th Lok Sabha was held based on the extent of Parliamentary
attached in the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Constituencies as contained in the “Delimitation of Parliamentary and
l *Total number of seats in State Legislative Assemblies is speci ed in the Assembly Constituencies Order-2008” except the UT of Jammu and
Second Schedule attached in the Representation of the People Act, 1950. Kashmir and the State of Assam.

Fact T2.3 Highest Number of AC Segments in 2024 [State- wise]
State/UT No of AC Segments
l Currently, there are 543 Parliamentary Constituencies across Uttar Pradesh 403
States/UTs of India. West Bengal 294
Maharashtra 288
Bihar 243
T2.1 Highest Number of AC Segments in 2024 [PC- wise]
Tamil Nadu 234
State/UT PC Name No of AC Segments
Madhya Pradesh 230
Nagaland Nagaland 60
Karnataka 224
Mizoram Mizoram 40
Rajasthan 200
Meghalaya Shillong 36
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal West 33
Manipur Inner Manipur 32

T2.2 Lowest Number of AC Segments in 2024 [PC- wise]
State/UT PC Name No of AC Segments
A & N Islands A & N Islands 1
Chandigarh Chandigarh 1
DNH and D&D Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1
Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 1
DNH and D&D Daman & Diu 2
Ladakh Ladakh 2

Ready for the Polls: Distribution of Election Materials & EVMs A unique igloo polling booth set up in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir

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