Delimitation Commission for J&K put 43 Assembly Constituencies in the region for Jammu and 47 for Kashmir

The Delimitation Commission on Thursday finalized the Delimitation Order for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Out of the 90 Assembly Constituencies in the region, 43 will be part of Jammu region and 47 for Kashmir region. After consultation with Associate Members, representatives of political parties, citizens, civil society groups, nine Assembly Constituencies have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes, out of which, six are in Jammu region and three in the Kashmir Valley. The Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir were last delimited in 1995 based on 1981 Census.

There are five Parliamentary Constituencies in the region. The Delimitation Commission has seen the Jammu and Kashmir region as one single Union Territory. Therefore, one of the Parliamentary Constituency has been carved out combining Anantnag region in the Valley and Rajouri and Poonch of Jammu region. 

By this reorganisation, each Parliamentary Constituency will have equal number of 18 Assembly Constituencies each. The names of some Assembly Constituencies have also been



changed keeping in view the demand of local representatives.  

The commission headed by Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai and Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and State Election Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir K. K. Sharma, met in New Delhi and finalized the Delimitation Order. The Gazette notification for it has also been published on Thursday.

The Delimitation Commission was constituted by the Centre, for the purpose of delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The public sittings were organised in the Capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar on 4th and 5th of last month, which provided an opportunity to the people, public representatives, political leaders and other stakeholders to express their views.

During the public hearing, the Commission received number of representations from the Kashmiri migrants and the displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir.