Election Commission03-March, 2009 13:57 IST
State/UT Wise Seats in the Lok Sabha

Backgrounder -1

GENERAL ELECTIONS- 2009

 

For the purpose of constituting the Lok Sabha , the whole country has been divided into 543 Parliamentary Constituencies , each one of which elects one member. The members of the Lok Sabha are elected directly by the eligible voters . The  President of India can nominate a maximum of two members as representatives of the Anglo- Indian community . Some seats are reserved in Lok Sabha for the members of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As per the order issued  by the Delimitation Commission in 2008 ,  412 seats are General  , 84 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and 47 seats for the Scheduled Tribes . Earlier, it was 79 and 41  for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.  

Table 1 shows State-wise break –up of seats and  reserved seats  for  Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes before and after the Delimitation in  2008.

TABLE 1

Name of the State/Union Territory

Seats in the House as constituted in 2004 on the basis of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly  Constituencies Order, 1976

Seats in the House as subsequently constituted as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008

 

Total

Reserved for the Scheduled Castes

Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes

Total

Reserved for the Scheduled Castes

Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes

 

STATES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Andhra Pradesh

42

6

2

42

7

3

2.

Arunachal Pradesh*

2

-

-

2

-

-

3.

Assam*

14

1

2

14

1

2

4.

Bihar

40

7

-

40

6

-

5.

Chhattisgarh

11

2

4

11

1

4

6.

Goa

2

-

-

2

-

-

7.

Gujarat

26

2

4

26

2

4

8.

Haryana

10

2

-

10

2

-

9.

Himachal Pradesh

4

1

-

4

1

-

10.

Jammu and Kashmir*

6

-

-

6

-

-

11.

Jharkhand@

14

1

5

14

1

5

12.

Karnataka

28

4

-

28

5

2

13.

Kerala

20

2

-

20

2

-

14.

Madhya Pradesh

29

4

5

29

4

6

15.

Maharashtra

48

3

4

48

5

4

16.

Manipur*

2

-

1

2

-

1

17.

Meghalaya

2

-

-

2

-

2

18.

Mizoram

1

-

1

1

-

1

19.

Nagaland*

1

-

-

1

-

-

20.

Orissa

21

3

5

21

3

5

21.

Punjab

13

3

-

13

4

-

22.

Rajasthan

25

4

3

25

4

3

23.

Sikkim

1

-

-

1

-

-

24.

Tamil Nadu

39

7

-

39

7

-

25.

Tripura

2

-

1

2

-

1

26.

Uttarakhand

5

-

-

5

1

-

27.

Uttar Pradesh

80

18

-

80

17

-

28.

West Bengal

42

8

2

42

10

2

 

II. UNION TERRITORIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1

-

-

1

-

-

2.

Chandigarh

1

-

-

1

-

-

3.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1

-

1

1

-

1

4.

Delhi

7

1

-

7

1

-

5.

Daman and Diu

1

-

-

1

-

-

6.

Lakshadweep

1

-

1

1

-

1

7.

Puducherry

1

-

-

1

-

-

 

Total Seats

543

79

41

543

84

47

*  -  States excluded from Delimitation Exercise 

@ Order issued by the Delimitation Commission was nullified by the Sec 10 B of the Delimitation Amendment Act ,2008

 

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