Delimitation panel to visit 4 north east states, J&K after preparing broad framework to redraw constituencies

The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union territory after preparing a "broad framework" of the delimitation exercise, officials said.

The commission will also seek views and inputs of its "associate members" -- a group of Lok Sabha members and MLAs -- after drawing up the broad framework."First the broad framework has to be developed on carving out constituencies based on the 2011 Census. Only then would the Delimitation Commission visit the states to meet locals. Once the framework is drawn, it would also interact with associate members to seek their views and inputs," said an official aware of the developments.The delimitation panel will redraw the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the four north-eastern states and, work on increasing the assembly seats of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as per the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act.