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Parliamentary Constituency Segments

(PC WISE)

Legal Provisions/ Guidelines
 Each Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in a State or Union Territory (UT) is an Legacy Information
integral multiple of the Assembly Constituencies (ACs) comprising therein and no In India, four Delimitation Commissions were constituted until 2019: in 1952
AC extends to more than one PC. under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952; in 1963 under the Delimitation
 Last delimitation of Constituencies was done under the Delimitation Act, 2002, Commission Act, 1962; in 1973 under the Delimitation Act, 1972 and in
by the Delimitation Commission on the basis Census 2001. 2002 under the Delimitation Act, 2002.
 Allocation of the number of PCs to each State/UT is in the First Schedule
attached in the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
 Total number of seats in State Legislative Assemblies is specified in the Second
Schedule attached in the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

T2.1 Highest no. of AC segments (PC wise) T2.3 Highest no. of AC segments (State/UT wise)

PC Name State/ UT Name No of AC Segments State/ UT Name No. of AC segments
Nagaland Nagaland 60 Uttar Pradesh 403

Mizoram Mizoram 40 West Bengal 294
Shillong Meghalaya 36 Maharashtra 288

Arunachal West Arunachal Pradesh 33 Bihar 243
Inner Manipur Manipur 32 Tamil Nadu 234

T2.2 Lowest no. of AC segments (PC wise)
PC Name State/ UT Name No of AC Segments
Fact
Daman & Diu Daman & Diu 2

Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 Currently, there are 543 Parliamentary Constituencies across States/UTs
of India.
Chandigarh Chandigarh 1
Dadra And Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1
Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 1

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