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Despite the increase in the population, till when the number of the State Assembly will remain the same.

The state legislature consists of the governor and the legislative assembly. The legislative council is the upper house, only seven states have two houses. The parliament is empowered to determine the authority, and it has enacted the Delimitation Commission Act for the readjustment.

The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.


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