EC releases Assam delimitation report, changes names of 20 seats

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday published the final order for the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in Assam, retaining the number of assembly seats at 126 and Lok Sabha at 14, while changing the name of one parliamentary and 19 assembly segments.

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The poll panel has stuck to the delimitation draft, which proposed major changes to 30 of the state's 126 assembly constituencies. It was not immediately clear what these changes were.

According to the official notification, nine seats in the legislative assembly are allocated for Scheduled Castes (up from eight earlier), while one seat is allocated for Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha (there were none earlier). A total of 19 assembly constituencies and two Parliament constituencies have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes (up from 16 and one respectively).

The reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been done on the basis of the provisions laid down in Articles 330 and 332 of the Constitution of India, the order said, adding the delimitation has been done on basis of the 2001 Census.