Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976

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legal order

The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 is an Indian legal order that redefined the boundaries and composition of parliamentary and state assembly constituencies across the country based on the 1971 census.

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Label	Occurrences
Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal order ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure fair representation based on population distribution ⓘ
appliesTo	Lok Sabha elections NERFINISHED ⓘ state legislative assembly elections ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnCensus	1971 Census of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
citationTitle	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification	central government order ⓘ
contains	descriptions of territorial units forming each constituency ⓘ schedules listing each assembly constituency ⓘ schedules listing each parliamentary constituency ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defines	boundaries of Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ boundaries of state legislative assembly constituencies ⓘ composition of assembly constituencies ⓘ composition of parliamentary constituencies ⓘ reservation status of constituencies for Scheduled Castes ⓘ reservation status of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
effectiveFromCensus	1971 ⓘ
enforcedBy	Election Commission of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
governsPeriod	Indian elections from late 1970s until implementation of later delimitation ⓘ
hasLegalForceUnder	Article 327 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 329 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
issuedBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
issuedUnderAuthorityOf	Delimitation Act, 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ Delimitation Commission of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalArea	constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ
legalStatus	subordinate legislation ⓘ
purpose	to equalize population among constituencies as far as practicable ⓘ to implement delimitation based on 1971 census data ⓘ
recordedIn	Gazette of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	allocation of seats to states and union territories in the House of the People ⓘ number of seats in each state legislative assembly ⓘ territorial extent of each constituency ⓘ
relatedTo	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956 NERFINISHED ⓘ Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	all states of India ⓘ union territories of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ⓘ delimitation of state legislative assembly constituencies ⓘ
typeOfInstrument	notification ⓘ
usedFor	conduct of elections to state legislative assemblies ⓘ conduct of general elections to the Lok Sabha ⓘ

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Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency → previousDelimitationOrder → Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 ⓘ