A delimitation red flag — the lessons from J&K, Assam
2 days, 1 hour ago

A delimitation red flag — the lessons from J&K, Assam

The Hindu  

As the debate on a fresh delimitation of legislative constituencies heats up, a number of concerns have been aired along with their solutions, including the very sensible proposal to freeze the number of parliamentary seats but increase the number of Assembly seats in States whose population has grown. The merger led to a loss of as many as 10 Muslim majority constituencies — South Salmara, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Hailakandi and Karimganj — while Hindu and tribal seats increased. As in Jammu and Kashmir, the Assam delimitation also created constituencies of a vastly different population size. As the Jammu and Kashmir and Assam examples suggest, recent delimitation commissions have not hesitated to create small population constituencies alongside large population ones when it has served the communal purpose of further marginalising minorities.

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BJP can win many minority seats if campaigns aggressive: Himanta
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP can win many minority seats if campaigns aggressive: Himanta

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Claiming that BJP got 30,000-40,000 votes in every minority seat during the last Lok Sabha polls in Assam due to beneficiary schemes, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the ruling party will be able to win many constituencies if it campaigns aggressively in those places. In an interaction with media after visiting a bridge construction site here, …

BJP Dominates Jammu, But Congress Falls Short of Expectations
5 months, 1 week ago

BJP Dominates Jammu, But Congress Falls Short of Expectations

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single-largest party in the Jammu Division, winning 29 out of 43 seats in the Assembly polls. The party's strong performance in Jammu was attributed to the 'Modi Magic' factor, which resonated with voters who were against the National Conference's (NC) agenda to restore Article 370. The Congress's individual performance hit an all-time …

J-K Assembly Polls: Discontent in Kashmir BJP after resignations in Jammu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

J-K Assembly Polls: Discontent in Kashmir BJP after resignations in Jammu

Live Mint  

After resentment and resignations of its leaders from Jammu over ticket distribution, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now facing anger in Kashmir division in the run up to assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The party leaders in Kashmir Valley are unhappy with the leadership for fielding candidates in only eight of the sixteen seats voting in first phase in …

J&K’s record voting of over 58% signals people’s trust in system
9 months, 3 weeks ago

J&K’s record voting of over 58% signals people’s trust in system

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: In the first major electoral exercise after Article 370 abrogation and bifurcation of erstwhile J&K state into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the combined poll percentage of 58.11% for the five parliamentary seats in the Union Territory, which is the record highest voter turnout in last 35 years. “The voter turnout in the polls this year …

‘Safer Valley’ Or A Vote To Restore Article 370 — What’s Behind Historic Turnout In Kashmir
10 months ago

‘Safer Valley’ Or A Vote To Restore Article 370 — What’s Behind Historic Turnout In Kashmir

ABP News  

Highlights Kashmir is voting in the first major election since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 Baramulla, once a dreaded militancy hub, recorded over 58% voter turnout, reportedly the highest since 1984 The BJP has not fielded any candidate from Kashmir for the Lok Sabha election Srinagar: Kashmir is witnessing historic voter turnouts in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, …

BJP forgot about delimitation in Assam, shared list with old seats
1 year ago

BJP forgot about delimitation in Assam, shared list with old seats

India Today  

A day after announcing the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP on Sunday released a revised list of candidates for the state of Assam after making some corrections. In the first list, where BJP announced to contest 11 of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, the party got some of the names wrong. …

Why delimitation has intensified the debate on North-South divide
1 year, 5 months ago

Why delimitation has intensified the debate on North-South divide

India Today  

The apprehensions of political parties in southern India that the region may lose out both on Lok Sabha and legislative assembly seats in the next delimitation exercise, due only after the delayed decadal census now expected to be completed by 2026, are not entirely misplaced. So, whenever the delimitation exercise is initiated after the next census, tweaks are imperative based …

11 Assam Political Parties Write to EC Against Delimitation Exercise
1 year, 8 months ago

11 Assam Political Parties Write to EC Against Delimitation Exercise

Deccan Chronicle  

GUWAHATI: Eleven Opposition parties of Assam, including the Congress, have submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India against the delimitation exercise, suggesting the need of a wider consultations. Bogged down by remarks of BJP leaders about the delimitation exercise that domination of the indigenous people of Assam remains in the state for the coming decades, the political parties …

Delimitation dynamics: Assam electoral landscape shifts as BJP's poll bugle puts Opposition parties in a fix
1 year, 9 months ago

Delimitation dynamics: Assam electoral landscape shifts as BJP's poll bugle puts Opposition parties in a fix

Firstpost  

Challenges faced by opposition parties in Assam regarding the delimitation exercise in the state can be comprehended by analysing their dilemma between prioritising their vote bank or considering the overall welfare of voters. On 7 May of this year, a collective memorandum was submitted by 11 opposition parties in Assam to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state, expressing their …

Delimitation process should be just, fair
2 years, 2 months ago

Delimitation process should be just, fair

Hindustan Times  

In the most peaceful of provinces, redrawing electoral constituencies is a thorny process, given its links to representation, proportional weightage, and future electoral outcomes. Therefore, it should not surprise anyone that the announcement by the Election Commission of India on delimitation in Assam has stoked simmering anxieties around demographic changes and proportional represen-tation. In a state with a long and …

Assam CM Calls Delimitation 'Harsh' But Effective To Safeguard Demographic Changes
2 years, 2 months ago

Assam CM Calls Delimitation 'Harsh' But Effective To Safeguard Demographic Changes

News 18  

A day after the Assam government merged four districts with others and changed administrative jurisdiction of a few villages, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday called Delimitation “harsh,” but “effective to safeguard demographic changes.” “What the Assam agitation and the National Register of Citizens couldn’t do, delimitation can. It’s Harsh but it’s for safeguarding the Demographic Changes in Assembly and …

Northeast Notes: BJP’s Pre-Election Gift To Tripura Govt Employees, Assam Delimitation And More
2 years, 2 months ago

Northeast Notes: BJP’s Pre-Election Gift To Tripura Govt Employees, Assam Delimitation And More

ABP News  

This Tuesday, the Manik Saha-led BJP government in Tripura announced a 12% hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief for government employees and pensioners with effect from December 1. Though the NRC final list was released in August 2019, the ruling BJP, opposition Congress and other influential social organisations like the All Assam Students’ Union were unhappy with the final …

Final nail in democracy’s coffin, Mufti slams BJP over ‘back-door’ voters in J&K
2 years, 7 months ago

Final nail in democracy’s coffin, Mufti slams BJP over ‘back-door’ voters in J&K

Hindustan Times  

Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “bringing voters from back-door to install a fascist” a day the region’s top electoral official said anyone residing and not necessarily a permanent resident can become a voter in Jammu & Kashmir. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday said around 2.5 …

Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir: Divide to rule?
2 years, 10 months ago

Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir: Divide to rule?

The Hindu  

T he Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission’s report, which recommended the creation of six additional Assembly segments for Jammu and only one for Kashmir, threatens to deepen the long-standing fault lines between New Delhi and mainstream political players in the erstwhile Himalayan State. Since the inception of the Delimitation Commission in March 2020, there have been deep-rooted apprehensions among Kashmir’s …

Mehbooba Mufti on J&K delimitation: ‘Disempowering Muslims’
2 years, 10 months ago

Mehbooba Mufti on J&K delimitation: ‘Disempowering Muslims’

The Hindu  

Mehbooba Mufti has emerged as a feisty challenger to New Delhi after August 5, 2019, hitting the street more often than others and relaying defiant messages on Twitter. Between her public meetings in North Kashmir, the former Chief Minister spoke to Frontline, describing the delimitation process in the Union Territory as a ploy to aid the BJP’s election prospects and …

CEC says delimitation done with aspirations of J&K people in mind
2 years, 10 months ago

CEC says delimitation done with aspirations of J&K people in mind

The Hindu  

Redrawing of Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir by the Delimitation Commission was done with the aspirations of the people of the Union Territory in mind and in an “inclusive” and “participative” manner, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said on Thursday. Mr. Chandra said the commission addressed the issues of constituencies being split across districts and the smallest administrative unit, …

Delimitation Commission Releases Report on J&K Constituencies, Wants More Seats for Kashmiri Pandits
2 years, 10 months ago

Delimitation Commission Releases Report on J&K Constituencies, Wants More Seats for Kashmiri Pandits

News 18  

The much-awaited report by the delimitation commission to redraw the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir was notified and submitted on Thursday in which all five parliamentary constituencies will have an equal number of assembly constituencies for the first time. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, who is also a member of the delimitation commission, had told News18 recently that the …

Delimitation panel notifies new J&K Assembly constituencies
2 years, 10 months ago

Delimitation panel notifies new J&K Assembly constituencies

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission on Thursday notified the new boundaries, names and number of Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, paving the way for the first-ever Assembly elections in the Union Territory that was carved out of the erstwhile State of J&K in 2019. While not mentioned in its order, the Delimitation Commission said in a statement that …

Jammu & Kashmir delimitation commission submits final plan: Understanding the exercise to redraw the electoral map
2 years, 10 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir delimitation commission submits final plan: Understanding the exercise to redraw the electoral map

Firstpost  

Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of a constituency, be that of an Assembly or Lok Sabha seat. In Jammu and Kashmir, the exercise was necessary after the last one was conducted back in 1995 After much deliberation, controversies and objections, the delimitation commission to redraw the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir has submitted its final report today. …

Jammu and Kashmir delimitation: Boost for national parties, NC, PDP may suffer as constituencies redrawn
2 years, 10 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir delimitation: Boost for national parties, NC, PDP may suffer as constituencies redrawn

India TV News  

Jammu & Kashmir delimitation commission: The three-member Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Justice Ranjana Desai, on Thursday, signed the final order on redrawing the assembly constituencies of the Union Territory, a day before its term was to end, officials said. Talking about the delimitation, CEC Sushil Chandra said, "As per the notification, there are 90 Assembly Constituencies …

Jammu & Kashmir: The hidden agenda behind the delimitation exercise
2 years, 11 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir: The hidden agenda behind the delimitation exercise

The Hindu  

THE Delimitation Commission, which had been tasked with redrawing the Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, published its proposals on March 14 in the Gazette of India and the Gazette of Jammu and Kashmir. A notification issued by the commission reads: “Any objection/suggestions in regard to these proposals should reach the secretary, Delimitation Commission, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, …

Uttar Pradesh Elections Phase 2: SP Hopes for Big Gains; These 4 Factors Are Key
3 years, 1 month ago

Uttar Pradesh Elections Phase 2: SP Hopes for Big Gains; These 4 Factors Are Key

The Quint  

Some of the districts voting in phase 2 have a sizable Muslim population: Rampur 50%, Moradabad 50%, Bijnor 43%, Saharanpur 42%, Amroha 41%, Bareilly 34%, Sambhal 33%, and Badaun 23%. Last time, the BJP managed to win some of the seats that in these districts due to a split of Muslim votes between the SP and the BSP. But when …

Delimitation Commission: Draft report proposes massive changes in Kashmir division
3 years, 1 month ago

Delimitation Commission: Draft report proposes massive changes in Kashmir division

India Today  

The Delimitation Commission has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in its draft report which has been handed over to five associate members from the Union Territory for their suggestions, officials said on Saturday. The voluminous report has proposed redrawing of the Anantnag Parliamentary seat by including Rajouri and Poonch from the Jammu …

Delimitation an Opportunity to Bring Jammu on a Par with Kashmir
3 years, 2 months ago

Delimitation an Opportunity to Bring Jammu on a Par with Kashmir

News 18  

The delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir has taken the centre stage in the ongoing political discourse over the Union Territory ever since the scrapping of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. Notably, PAGD comprises five mainstream political parties — National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, Communist Party of India or CPM, Awami National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir People’s …

How delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir is an opportunity to pave the way for equitable future
3 years, 2 months ago

How delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir is an opportunity to pave the way for equitable future

Firstpost  

The increase in seats for the Jammu region is a welcome step but history tells us that hegemony of Kashmir over Jammu may persist till the time Jammu is not politically on par with Kashmir The delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir has taken the centre stage in the ongoing political discourse over the Union Territory ever since the …

Delimitation Panel Proposes 6 More Seats for Jammu, 1 for Kashmir; Valley Parties Oppose
3 years, 3 months ago

Delimitation Panel Proposes 6 More Seats for Jammu, 1 for Kashmir; Valley Parties Oppose

News 18  

The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies under Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, has come up with the first draft of its proposal, recommending six additional seats for Jammu region and one for Kashmir Valley. The Delimitation Commission’s proposal has already led to sharp reactions, with Valley-based parties cutting across political lines opposing it and Jammu parties, led by …

Minority-dominated constituencies in Assam see population explosion
3 years, 8 months ago

Minority-dominated constituencies in Assam see population explosion

Op India  

When Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had appealed to the Muslims in the state to adopt birth control measures to check the population growth, he was slammed by Muslim fundamentalist leaders. However, now an analysis of Muslim dominated assembly constituencies shows that the fear of the CM is correct, the demography of the state will change radically if the …

Assam assembly poll Phase 3 voting: 337 candidates, 40 constituencies, 79 lakh voters
3 years, 11 months ago

Assam assembly poll Phase 3 voting: 337 candidates, 40 constituencies, 79 lakh voters

India Today  

The third and final phase of Assam assembly polls for 40 constituencies will be held on April 6 in 12 Lower Assam districts including three districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region area. In the third phase of the poll, several prominent candidates are contesting including six ministers under the Sarbananda Sonowal-led state government Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chandra …

Can BJP survive the demographic disadvantage in Assam?
3 years, 11 months ago

Can BJP survive the demographic disadvantage in Assam?

India Today  

On March 27, 47 constituencies in Upper Assam, the northern bank of Brahmaputra and middle of Assam went to polls in the first phase of the assembly election. With the Congress-led alliance of eight parties having a demographic advantage in the 79 seats going to polls in the second and third phases, a superlative performance by this grand alliance can, …

J&K DDC Election Results: Winning candidates declared at 276 seats; PAGD gets 110, BJP 74
4 years, 2 months ago

J&K DDC Election Results: Winning candidates declared at 276 seats; PAGD gets 110, BJP 74

Firstpost  

Besides PAGD and BJP, Independent candidates have won 49, Congress 26, Apni Party 12, PDF and National Panthers Party two each and BSP one Srinagar/Jammu: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration swept the maiden District Development Council polls by winning 110 seats, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 74 seats after securing the largest vote …

Delimitation Panel to Visit 4 North East States, J-K After Preparing Broad Framework to Redraw Constituencies
4 years, 6 months ago

Delimitation Panel to Visit 4 North East States, J-K After Preparing Broad Framework to Redraw Constituencies

News 18  

The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a "broad framework" of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The delimitation panel will redraw the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the four north-eastern states and, work on increasing the …

1.13 lakh doubtful voters in Assam
5 years ago

1.13 lakh doubtful voters in Assam

The Hindu  

The Assam government on Monday said there are more than 1.13 lakh doubtful voters or D-voters in the State, while six detention centres are currently holding 680 people declared as foreigners. NRC next step The Assembly was told on Monday that the 19.06 lakh people excluded from the National Register of Citizens would be issued “rejection slips” after the “speaking …

Haryana, Maharashtra election results show that in spite of Modi's halo, local factors, jobs and economy also matter
5 years, 4 months ago

Haryana, Maharashtra election results show that in spite of Modi's halo, local factors, jobs and economy also matter

Firstpost  

The Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly results have shown that BJP’s cultural ideology or strongman leadership or things such as highway projects and ease-of-doing-business rankings matter less compared with here-and-now issues such as the price of onions or jobs for the youths One is experienced enough to know that the exit polls can not be trusted. Yet, there was something in …

Government planning to redraw Jammu and Kashmir assembly constituency borders: Sources
5 years, 9 months ago

Government planning to redraw Jammu and Kashmir assembly constituency borders: Sources

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hit the ground running with back-to-back meetings with senior officials of various ministeries and agencies in the past few days. However, in 2002, the Farooq Abdullah government chose to freeze delimitation until 2026 by amending the Jammu & Kashmir Representation of the People Act 1957 and Section 47 of the Constitution of Jammu & …

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Delimitation ensures roughly equal number of voters in each constituency; all you need to know
5 years, 11 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Delimitation ensures roughly equal number of voters in each constituency; all you need to know

Firstpost  

Most democracies around the world undergo a delimitation process by which electoral boundaries of constituencies are redrawn to ensure equal population across seats. However, after the 1972 delimitation exercise, the Constitution Act of 1976 froze the number of parliamentary and Assembly seats in each state till the 2001 Census. List of newly-created and dissolved constituencies post delimitation After the implementation …

The divide is growing in a fragmented Jammu & Kashmir
6 years, 2 months ago

The divide is growing in a fragmented Jammu & Kashmir

Deccan Chronicle  

Three trends in Jammu and Kashmir stand out in the year 2018 — the conflation of civilian protests with militancy in the Valley; a complete breakdown in the political consensus between the Valley and the rest of the state; and the further fragmenting of opinion within the Kashmir Valley itself. That Jammu and Kashmir is not the Valley alone was …

Decoding Heartland Mandate: Hindu consolidation helped BJP sweep west UP
8 years ago

Decoding Heartland Mandate: Hindu consolidation helped BJP sweep west UP

ABP News  

The bitterly contested and just-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections were significant for more reasons than one. The consolidation of Jat votes in favour of the BJP, after Muzaffarnagar riots, was an important development in the party’s plans to cement a pan-Hindu vote-bank. Amid the strident campaigning by Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal and Yashpal Malik’s Akhil Bharatiya Jat Arakshan Sangharsh …

12 BJP states now govern 520 million Indians
8 years, 9 months ago

12 BJP states now govern 520 million Indians

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which created history by winning Assam for the first time, has consistently grown its vote share in that state from 1% in 1985 to 29.5% in 2016. Source: Census of India Congress gets 31% of vote in Assam—more than the BJP—but it contested more seats Electoral data show that in Assam, the BJP had a vote …

Alliances win states
8 years, 11 months ago

Alliances win states

Deccan Chronicle  

While it is true that the way the nationalism debate has unfolded across the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have gained popular support beyond the big cities, this is not likely to become a big election issue in the states that go to polls in April and May 2016. The BJP will certainly be the frontrunner in Assam, …

Distorted discourse in Assam
8 years, 11 months ago

Distorted discourse in Assam

The Hindu  

Over 19.8 million voters in Assam are eligible to exercise their franchise in >the two-phase polls on April 4 and April 11 to elect its 126-seat Assembly. It propelled him to power at the Centre in 2014 and >helped the party pick up an unprecedented seven out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, but the Assembly elections in Delhi …

Jammu and Kashmir polls: BJP formula of soft separatism plus pundit vote may fail
10 years, 3 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir polls: BJP formula of soft separatism plus pundit vote may fail

Firstpost  

The BJP game plan is simple: sweep Jammu and win as many seats as possible in the Valley, by the soft-separatism hook. The same thing is happening again.” The irony of her statement wouldn’t have been lost on many — a BJP candidate fears meeting the fate of a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in Narendra Modi’s India. Apart from the likes …

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