List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha explained

The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after article 331, 2 seats were reserved for Anglo Indian but by the 104th Constitution Amendment article 331 was null by parliament before this amendment maximum number of seats was 552).

Type:Lok Sabha
District Label:Number of Constituencies
District:543
Region Label:Country
Region:
Seats:543

The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 552 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population.

Delimitation of constituencies

Under the Delimitation Act of 2002, the Delimitation Commission of India has redefined the list of parliamentary constituencies, their constituent assembly segments and reservation status (whether reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates or Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates or unreserved). 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, which took place in May 2008, was the first state election to use newly demarcated assembly constituencies.[1] Consequently, all assembly elections scheduled in 2008, viz. in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Mizoram and Rajasthan were based on newly defined assembly constituencies.[2]

The size and shape of the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies are determined, according to section 4 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, by an independent Delimitation Commission. Under a constitutional amendment of 1976, delimitation was suspended until after the census of 2001.[3] However, certain amendments to the Constitution made in 2001 and 2003 have, while putting a freeze on the total number of existing seats as allocated to various States in the House of the People and the State Legislative Assemblies based on the 1971 census until the first census to be taken after the year 2026,[4] provided that each State shall be delimited into territorial Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies based on 2001 census and the extent of such constituencies as delimited shall remain frozen until the first census to be taken after the year 2026.[4] The number of seats to be reserved for SC/ ST shall be re-worked based on the 2001 census. The constituency shall be delimited in a manner that the population of each Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency in a State so far as practicable be the same throughout the State.[4]

Summary

The Delimitation Commission, set up under the Delimitation Act, 2002, was entrusted with the task of readjusting all parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the country in all the states of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, based on population ascertained in 2001 Census. The government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending the Delimitation Act, of 2002 nullifies the Final Order of the Delimitation Commission for the state of Jharkhand. Later on, the Government passed four separate Orders under Sec 10 A of the Delimitation Act, 2002, deferring the delimitation exercise in the four North Eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise.[5]

Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community. They were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India. In 2020, it was abolished under the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.[6] [7]

Largest!scope=col
Smallest
scope=rowBy areaLadakhChandni Chowk
scope=rowBy electorateMalkajgiriLakshadweep
#! rowspan="2" scope=col
State/ union
territory
SeatsPopulation
(2011)
Population
per constituency
scope=col Generalscope=col SCscope=col STscope=col Totalscope=col Total (%)
1scope=row Andhra Pradesh204125 4.604%
2scope=row Arunachal Pradesh2--2 0.368%
3scope=row Assam111214 2.578%
4scope=row Bihar346-40 7.366%
5scope=row Chhattisgarh61411 2.026%
6scope=row Goa2--2 0.368%
7scope=row Gujarat202426 4.788%
8scope=row Haryana82-10 1.842%
9scope=row Himachal Pradesh31-4 0.737%
10scope=row Jharkhand81514 2.578%
11scope=row Karnataka215228 5.1565%
12scope=row Kerala182-20 3.683%
13scope=row Madhya Pradesh194629 5.341%
14scope=row Maharashtra395448 8.84%
15scope=row Manipur1-12 0.368%
16scope=row Meghalaya--22 0.368%
17scope=row Mizoram--11 0.184%
18scope=row Nagaland1--1 0.184%
19scope=row Odisha133521 3.867%
20scope=row Punjab94-13 2.394%
21scope=row Rajasthan184325 4.604%
22scope=row Sikkim1--1 0.184%
23scope=row Tamil Nadu327-39 7.182%
24scope=row Telangana123217 3.131%
25scope=row Tripura1-12 0.368%
26scope=row Uttar Pradesh6317-80 14.733%
27scope=row Uttarakhand41-5 0.921%
28scope=row West Bengal3010242 7.735%
29scope=row Andaman and Nicobar Islands1--1 0.184%
30scope=row Chandigarh1--1 0.184%
31scope=row Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1-12 0.368%
32scope=row Jammu and Kashmir5--5 0.921%
33scope=row Ladakh1--1 0.184%
34scope=row Lakshadweep--11 0.184%
35scope=row Delhi61-7 1.289%
36scope=row Puducherry1--1 0.184%
Overall4128447543100%

Andhra Pradesh (25)

Constituency
no.
ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 ArakuST
2 SrikakulamNone
3 VizianagaramNone
4 VisakhapatnamNone
5 AnakapalliNone
6 KakinadaNone
7 AmalapuramSC
8 RajahmundryNone
9 NarasapuramNone
10 EluruNone
11 MachilipatnamNone
12 VijayawadaNone
13 GunturNone
14 NarasaraopetNone
15 BapatlaSC
16 OngoleNone
17 NandyalNone
18 KurnoolNone
19 AnantapurNone
20 HindupurNone
21 KadapaNone
22 NelloreNone
23 TirupatiSC
24 RajampetNone
25 ChittoorSC

Arunachal Pradesh (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Arunachal WestNone
2 Arunachal EastNone

Assam (14)

Constituency
no.
ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/none)
Formerly known as
5KokrajharSTKokrajhar (ST)
4DhubriNoneDhubri
6BarpetaNoneBarpeta
8Darrang–UdalguriNoneMangaldoi
7GuwahatiNoneGauhati
3DiphuSTAutonomous District (ST)
1KarimganjNoneKarimganj (SC)
2SilcharSCSilchar
10NagaonNoneNowgong
11KazirangaNoneKaliabor
9SonitpurNoneTezpur
14LakhimpurNoneLakhimpur
13DibrugarhNoneDibrugarh
12JorhatNoneJorhat

Bihar (40)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Valmiki NagarNone
2 Paschim ChamparanNone
3 Purvi ChamparanNone
4 SheoharNone
5 SitamarhiNone
6 MadhubaniNone
7 JhanjharpurNone
8 SupaulNone
9 ArariaNone
10 KishanganjNone
11 KatiharNone
12 PurniaNone
13 MadhepuraNone
14 DarbhangaNone
15 MuzaffarpurNone
16 VaishaliNone
17 GopalganjSC
18 SiwanNone
19 MaharajganjNone
20 SaranNone
21 HajipurSC
22 UjiarpurNone
23 SamastipurSC
24 BegusaraiNone
25 KhagariaNone
26 BhagalpurNone
27 BankaNone
28 MungerNone
29 NalandaNone
30 Patna SahibNone
31 PataliputraNone
32 ArrahNone
33 BuxarNone
34 SasaramSC
35 KarakatNone
36 JahanabadNone
37 AurangabadNone
38 GayaSC
39 NawadaNone
40 JamuiSC

Chhattisgarh (11)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 SargujaST
2 RaigarhST
3 Janjgir–ChampaSC
4 KorbaNone
5 BilaspurNone
6 RajnandgaonNone
7 DurgNone
8 RaipurNone
9 MahasamundNone
10 Bastar
11 Kanker

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Daman and DiuNone
2 Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Delhi or National Capital Territory of Delhi (7)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Chandni ChowkNone
2 North East DelhiNone
3 East DelhiNone
4 New DelhiNone
5 North West Delhi
6 West DelhiNone
7 South DelhiNone
South Delh

Goa (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 North GoaNone
2 South GoaNone

Gujarat (26)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 KachchhSC
2 BanaskanthaNone
3 PatanNone
4 MahesanaNone
5 SabarkanthaNone
6 GandhinagarNone
7 Ahmedabad EastNone
8 Ahmedabad WestSC
9 SurendranagarNone
10 RajkotNone
11 PorbandarNone
12 JamnagarNone
13 JunagadhNone
14 AmreliNone
15 BhavnagarNone
16 AnandNone
17 KhedaNone
18 PanchmahalNone
19 DahodST
20 VadodaraNone
21 Chhota UdaipurST
22 BharuchNone
23 Bardoli
24 SuratNone
25 NavsariNone
26 ValsadST

Haryana (10)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Ambala
2 KurukshetraNone
3 Sirsa
4 HisarNone
5 KarnalNone
6 SonipatNone
7 RohtakNone
8 Bhiwani–MahendragarhNone
9 GurgaonNone
10 FaridabadNone

Himachal Pradesh (4)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 KangraNone
2 MandiNone
3 HamirpurNone
4 Shimla

Jammu and Kashmir (5)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1BaramullaNone
2 SrinagarNone
3 Anantnag–RajouriNone
4 UdhampurNone
5 JammuNone

Jharkhand (14)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1Rajmahal
2 Dumka
3 GoddaNone
4 ChatraNone
5 KodermaNone
6 GiridihNone
7 DhanbadNone
8 RanchiNone
9 JamshedpurNone
10 SinghbhumST
11 Khunti
12 LohardagaST
13 Palamu
14 HazaribaghNone

Karnataka (28)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 ChikkodiNone
2 BelgaumNone
3 BagalkotNone
4 Bijapur
5 Gulbarga
6 RaichurST
7 BidarNone
8 KoppalNone
9 Bellary
10 HaveriNone
11 DharwadNone
12 Uttara KannadaNone
13 DavanagereNone
14 ShimogaNone
15 Udupi ChikmagalurNone
16 HassanNone
17 Dakshina KannadaNone
18 Chitradurga
19 TumkurNone
20 MandyaNone
21 MysoreNone
22 Chamarajanagar
23 Bangalore RuralNone
24 Bangalore NorthNone
25 Bangalore CentralNone
26 Bangalore SouthNone
27 ChikballapurNone
28 Kolar

Kerala (20)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 KasaragodNone
2 KannurNone
3 VatakaraNone
4 WayanadNone
5 KozhikodeNone
6 MalappuramNone
7 PonnaniNone
8 PalakkadNone
9 Alathur
10 ThrissurNone
11 ChalakudyNone
12 ErnakulamNone
13 IdukkiNone
14 KottayamNone
15 AlappuzhaNone
16 Mavelikara
17 PathanamthittaNone
18 KollamNone
19 AttingalNone
20 ThiruvananthapuramNone

Madhya Pradesh (29)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 MorenaNone
2 BhindSC
3 GwaliorNone
4 GunaNone
5 SagarNone
6 TikamgarhSC
7 DamohNone
8 KhajurahoNone
9 SatnaNone
10 RewaNone
11 SidhiNone
12 Shahdol
13 JabalpurNone
14 MandlaST
15 BalaghatNone
16 ChhindwaraNone
17 NarmadapuramNone
18 VidishaNone
19 BhopalNone
20 RajgarhNone
21 Dewas
22 UjjainSC
23 MandsaurNone
24 RatlamST
25 DharST
26 IndoreNone
27 Khargone
28 KhandwaNone
29 Betul

Maharashtra (48)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Nandurbar
2 DhuleNone
3 JalgaonNone
4 RaverNone
5 BuldhanaNone
6 AkolaNone
7 Amravati
8 WardhaNone
9 RamtekSC
10 NagpurNone
11 Bhandara–GondiyaNone
12 Gadchiroli–ChimurST
13 ChandrapurNone
14 Yavatmal–WashimNone
15 HingoliNone
16 NandedNone
17 ParbhaniNone
18 JalnaNone
19 AurangabadNone
20 DindoriST
21 NashikNone
22 PalgharST
23 BhiwandiNone
24 KalyanNone
25 ThaneNone
26 Mumbai NorthNone
27 Mumbai North WestNone
28 Mumbai North EastNone
29 Mumbai North CentralNone
30 Mumbai South CentralNone
31 Mumbai SouthNone
32 RaigadNone
33 MavalNone
34 PuneNone
35 BaramatiNone
36 ShirurNone
37 AhmednagarNone
38 ShirdiSC
39 BeedNone
40 OsmanabadNone
41 LaturSC
42 SolapurSC
43 MadhaNone
44 SangliNone
45 SataraNone
46 Ratnagiri–SindhudurgNone
47 KolhapurNone
48 HatkanangleNone

Manipur (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Inner ManipurNone
2 Outer ManipurST

Meghalaya (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 ShillongST
2 TuraST

Odisha (21)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 BargarhNone
2 SundargarhST
3 SambalpurNone
4 KeonjharST
5 MayurbhanjST
6 BalasoreNone
7 BhadrakSC
8 JajpurSC
9 DhenkanalNone
10 BolangirNone
11 KalahandiNone
12 NabarangpurST
13 KandhamalNone
14 CuttackNone
15 KendraparaNone
16 JagatsinghpurSC
17 PuriNone
18 BhubaneswarNone
19 AskaNone
20 BerhampurNone
21 KoraputST

Punjab (13)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 GurdaspurNone
2 AmritsarNone
3 Khadoor SahibNone
4 JalandharSC
5 HoshiarpurSC
6 Anandpur SahibNone
7 LudhianaNone
8 Fatehgarh SahibSC
9 FaridkotSC
10 FirozpurNone
11 BathindaNone
12 SangrurNone
13 PatialaNone

Rajasthan (25)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 GanganagarSC
2 BikanerSC
3 ChuruNone
4 JhunjhunuNone
5 SikarNone
6 Jaipur RuralNone
7 JaipurNone
8 AlwarNone
9 BharatpurSC
10 Karauli–DholpurSC
11 DausaST
12 Tonk–Sawai MadhopurNone
13 AjmerNone
14 NagaurNone
15 PaliNone
16 JodhpurNone
17 BarmerNone
18 JaloreNone
19 UdaipurST
20 BanswaraST
21 ChittorgarhNone
22 RajsamandNone
23 BhilwaraNone
24 KotaNone
25 Jhalawar–BaranNone

Tamil Nadu (39)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 ThiruvallurSC
2 Chennai NorthNone
3 Chennai SouthNone
4 Chennai CentralNone
5 SriperumbudurNone
6 KancheepuramSC
7 ArakkonamNone
8 VelloreNone
9 KrishnagiriNone
10 DharmapuriNone
11 TiruvannamalaiNone
12 AraniNone
13 VillupuramSC
14 KallakurichiNone
15 SalemNone
16 NamakkalNone
17 ErodeNone
18 TiruppurNone
19 NilgirisSC
20 CoimbatoreNone
21 PollachiNone
22 DindigulNone
23 KarurNone
24 TiruchirappalliNone
25 PerambalurNone
26 CuddaloreNone
27 ChidambaramSC
28 MayiladuturaiNone
29 NagapattinamSC
30 ThanjavurNone
31 SivagangaNone
32 MaduraiNone
33 TheniNone
34 VirudhunagarNone
35 RamanathapuramNone
36 ThoothukkudiNone
37 TenkasiSC
38 TirunelveliNone
39 KanniyakumariNone

Telangana (17)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 AdilabadST
2 PeddapalleSC
3 KarimnagarNone
4 NizamabadNone
5 ZahirabadNone
6 MedakNone
7 MalkajgiriNone
8 SecunderabadNone
9 HyderabadNone
10 ChevellaNone
11 MahbubnagarNone
12 NagarkurnoolSC
13 NalgondaNone
14 BhongirNone
15 WarangalSC
16 MahabubabadST
17 KhammamNone

Tripura (2)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Tripura WestNone
2 Tripura East

Uttar Pradesh (80)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 SaharanpurNone
2 KairanaNone
3 MuzaffarnagarNone
4 BijnorNone
5 NaginaSC
6 MoradabadNone
7 RampurNone
8 SambhalNone
9 AmrohaNone
10 MeerutNone
11 BaghpatNone
12 GhaziabadNone
13 Gautam Buddha NagarNone
14 BulandshahrSC
15 AligarhNone
16 HathrasSC
17 MathuraNone
18 AgraSC
19 Fatehpur SikriNone
20 FirozabadNone
21 MainpuriNone
22 EtahNone
23 BadaunNone
24 AonlaNone
25 BareillyNone
26 PilibhitNone
27 ShahjahanpurSC
28 KheriNone
29 DhaurahraNone
30 SitapurNone
31 HardoiSC
32 MisrikhSC
33 UnnaoNone
34 MohanlalganjSC
35 LucknowNone
36 Rae BareliNone
37 AmethiNone
38 SultanpurNone
39 PratapgarhNone
40 FarrukhabadNone
41 EtawahSC
42 KannaujNone
43 KanpurNone
44 AkbarpurNone
45 JalaunSC
46 JhansiNone
47 HamirpurNone
48 BandaNone
49 FatehpurNone
50 KaushambiSC
51 PhulpurNone
52 AllahabadNone
53 BarabankiSC
54 FaizabadNone
55 Ambedkar NagarNone
56 BahraichSC
57 KaiserganjNone
58 ShrawastiNone
59 GondaNone
60 DomariyaganjNone
61 BastiNone
62 Sant Kabir NagarNone
63 MaharajganjNone
64 GorakhpurNone
65 Kushi NagarNone
66 DeoriaNone
67 BansgaonSC
68 LalganjSC
69 AzamgarhNone
70 GhosiNone
71 SalempurNone
72 BalliaNone
73 JaunpurNone
74 MachhlishahrSC
75 GhazipurNone
76 ChandauliNone
77 VaranasiNone
78 BhadohiNone
79 MirzapurNone
80 RobertsganjSC

Uttarakhand (5)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Tehri GarhwalNone
2 GarhwalNone
3 AlmoraSC
4 Nainital–Udhamsingh NagarNone
5 HaridwarNone

West Bengal (42)

Constituency
no.
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/none)
1 Cooch BeharSC
2 AlipurduarsST
3 JalpaiguriSC
4 DarjeelingNone
5 RaiganjNone
6 BalurghatNone
7 Maldaha UttarNone
8 Maldaha DakshinNone
9 JangipurNone
10 BaharampurNone
11 MurshidabadNone
12 KrishnanagarNone
13 RanaghatSC
14 BangaonSC
15 BarrackporeNone
16 Dum DumNone
17 BarasatNone
18 BasirhatNone
19 JaynagarSC
20 MathurapurSC
21 Diamond HarbourNone
22 JadavpurNone
23 Kolkata DakshinNone
24 Kolkata UttarNone
25 HowrahNone
26 UluberiaNone
27 SrerampurNone
28 HooghlyNone
29 ArambaghSC
30 TamlukNone
31 KanthiNone
32 GhatalNone
33 JhargramST
34 MedinipurNone
35 PuruliaNone
36 BankuraNone
37 BishnupurSC
38 Bardhaman PurbaSC
39 Bardhaman–DurgapurNone
40 AsansolNone
41 BolpurSC
42 BirbhumNone

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Press Note (Subject: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and NCT of Delhi). Election Commission of India. 2008-10-14. 2008-11-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081031132454/http://www.eci.gov.in/pn141008.pdf. 2008-10-31.
  3. Web site: Women's Reservation Bill implementation depends on delimitation. What is it? . ...the 42nd Amendment enacted in 1976 froze the delimitation exercise for 25 years. . 21 September 2023 . 31 January 2024 . First Post.
  4. Web site: Eighty Fourth Amendment . Indiacode.nic.in . 2011-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080121181551/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend84.htm . 21 January 2008 . dead .
  5. Web site: The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2008. 20 March 2019. PRS India. 20 March 2019. 14 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814092159/https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/bill200_20081202200_The_Representation_of_The_People_Amendment_Bill_2008.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan. www.livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. 12 November 2020. 12 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184618/https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/constitution-104th-amendment-act-to-come-into-force-151919. live.
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