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Nod for delimitation panel report

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the report of the Delimitation Commission, headed by Kuldip Singh, getting the approval of the Union Cabinet, the next general elections will be held as per the delimited constituencies.

The new constituencies will be notified soon. The constituencies have been delimited on the basis of the census figures of 2001.

Local self-government institutions have been taken as the primary unit for delimiting the constituencies. The delimitation exercise was taken up in the State after a gap of 34 years. The commission has avoided the fragmentation of districts, corporations, municipalities and panchayats.

The limits of constituencies that remain spread over two or three districts have been made geographically compact units. Coordinating development activities has been found to be an arduous task for elected representatives in constituencies that spread over two or more districts.

There have been complaints that remote areas and hilly terrains are neglected by the representatives as they are inaccessible. This is one of the main reasons for delimiting the Muvattupuzha and Adoor constituencies.

The population of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha and Assembly segments has been taken as the basis for finalising the reserved constituencies. Alathur and Mavelikara will be the two reserved Lok Sabha constituencies. Manjeri, Ottappalam, Mukundapuram, Muvattupuzha, Adoor and Chirayinkeezhu Lok Sabha constituencies will cease to exist. Malappuram, Wayanad, Alathur, Chalakkudy and Pathanamthitta are the new segments that have been carved out by the commission. The number of Lok Sabha and Assembly segments will remain the same.

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