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Delimitation Act

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Delimitation Act
Parliament of India
  • An Act to provide for the readjustment of the allocation of seats in the House of the People to the States, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State, the division of each State and each Union territory having a Legislative Assembly into territorial constituencies for elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of the States and Union territories and for matters connected therewith.
CitationIndia Code: Delimitation Act, 2002[1]
Enacted byParliament of India
Enacted2002-06-03
Status: In force

Delimitation Act, 2002 is a law of India.

Amendments

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The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, introduced by Law Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda, seeks to amend Section 11 of the Delimitation Act, 2002. Once passed, the proposed Bill will enable the Election Commission to carry out a limited delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal following the exchange of 51 Bangladeshi and 111 Indian enclaves in July 2015. The enclaves were exchanged pursuant to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and 2011 Protocol and Instruments of Ratification during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh on 6–7 June 2015.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "India Code: Delimitation Act, 2002" (PDF). 3 June 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Election Laws (Amendment) Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha", NDTV, 24 February 2016