'Southern states will lose 26 seats in LS, if delimitation happens'

Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed his fear that if delimitation takes place, southern states will lose 26 seats in the Lok Sabha, and their voices will not be heard.

- Agencies

NEW DELHI:

He said that delimitation is a serious issue.

"It was frozen in 1971. A census taken after 2026 will lead to delimitation, followed by re-determination of the seats," he said. "According to our calculation, if it is redistributed according to current population of states, and the state's numbers are changed our southern states which have 129 seats will come down to 103.

The five southern states will lose 26 seats, whereas the populous states where population is growing will gain seats, especially UP, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan."