ECI publishes final delimitation order for Assam; 19 Assembly constituencies, 1 LS seat renamed

The census figures of 2001, as published by the Census Commissioner have been considered for the delimitation purpose.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday published the final order for delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies for the state of Assam. Nineteen assembly constituencies and one Parliamentary constituency has been renamed.

Check here for the constituencies whose names have been changed.

The census figures of 2001, as published by the Census Commissioner have been considered for the delimitation purpose. The number of seats in the Legislative Assembly in the State of Assam have maintained at 126 and number of seats in Parliament at 14.

Nine seats in the Legislative Assembly have been allocated for Scheduled Castes, while 1 seat has been allocated for Scheduled Castes for the Lok Sabha. 19 Assembly constituencies and two Parliament Constituencies have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been done on the basis of the provisions laid down in Article 330 and 332 of the Constitution of India.
SC assembly seats have increased from 8 to 9; ST assembly seats have increased from 16 to 19.
The final proposal has been prepared by the Commission after an extensive and robust consultative exercise with diverse stakeholders which included three days of public hearings in Guwahati on the draft proposal in July 2023 and pre-meeting before drafting of the report in March 2023, the ECI release said.
The Commission, during the public hearings on draft delimitation proposal received many conflicting representations from members of the public, political parties, and organizations for change of nomenclature of some Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies, highlighting the historical, cultural, political, and ethnic significance of the region.
All representations were duly heard by the Commission, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel and were considered and assessed, within the constitutional and statutory provisions, before finalising the proposal.
A total of 1,222 representations were received with respect to Commission’s draft proposal, in public sittings or otherwise.
Around 45% of the total 1,222 suggestions/objections received in the Commission have been addressed in the final proposal.
In around 5% of the representations, the demands raised were found beyond the constitutional and statutory provisions and hence could not be acceded to. The requests made in all the remaining suggestions/objections were not found feasible to accommodate.

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