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Parliament · Monsoon Session 2027
June 24, 2026 · 6:00 PM IST

Flat 50% in the Centre. Proportional within the State.

Firstly, the federal identity of a state must be preserved, keeping census aside at national level seat distribution. The same census must then be used to ensure each state normalises its population growth across its newly allocated seats. Finally, the timeline of delimitation is just as important as the method, so every political party contests the 2029 general elections on a level playing field. Political parties, local leaders, and most importantly, the voters themselves, need adequate time to understand their new constituencies, shifting local demographics, and altered district lines.

AP Delimitation 2027 · A Citizen's Audit
June 12, 2026 · 6:00 PM IST

The Turnout Trap

India's first delimitation in five decades will redraw the geometry of the republic itself. A widely cited EAC-PM working paper proposes allocating Andhra Pradesh's 13 new seats through a predictive turnout model — accidentally embedding a 3.25:1 voter-weight disparity into the map. This interactive audit compares it constituency-by-constituency against a simple Equal-Elector alternative where every vote carries equal weight.