List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly explained
Following is the list of the constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in 2019.[1] In March 2020, a three-member Delimitation Commission was formed, chaired by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, for the delimitation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[2] The final delimitation report was released on 5 May 2022 under which additional 6 seats were added to Jammu division and 1 seat to Kashmir division, taking the total tally to 90 seats.[3] The final delimitation report came into force from 20 May 2022.[4]
New list of constituencies
Following is the list of constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation was undertaken in 2022:[5] [6] [7]
Previous list of constituencies
Following is the list of constituencies in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir:[8] [9] [10]
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Notes and References
- Web site: 2019-08-09 . President Kovind gives assent to J&K Reorganisation Bill, two new UTs to come into effect from Oct 31 . 2022-06-27 . The Indian Express . en.
- Web site: Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India . eci.gov.in . 5 February 2021.
- News: 2022-05-09 . The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation report . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-05-16 . 0971-751X.
- Web site: 2022-05-21 . Orders of J&K Delimitation Commission take effect . 2022-05-21 . Hindustan Times . en.
- Web site: Notification by Delimitation Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20221017204253/https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2022/235556.pdf . 17 October 2022 . egazette.nic.in.
- Web site: Final Delimitation Order . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924222358/https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/Delimitation/English%20Final%20JK.pdf . 24 September 2022 . Jammu and Kashmir CEO.
- Web site: Constituency map . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524150644/https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/J&K%20AC%20map%20new.pdf . 24 May 2023 . Jammu and Kashmir CEO.
- Web site: Assembly Constituencies . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302215947/https://ceojk.nic.in/Assembly_Constituencies.htm . 2 March 2022 . Jammu and Kashmir CEO.
- Web site: Assembly constituency maps . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418120731/https://ceojk.nic.in/AC_Map.htm . 18 April 2021 . Jammu and Kashmir CEO.
- Web site: Parliamentary constituency maps . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418115937/https://ceojk.nic.in/PC_Maps.htm . 18 April 2021 . Jammu and Kashmir CEO.
- Web site: Jammu & Kashmir 2014 . 20 August 2018 . . 13 November 2021.
- Web site: Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir .