Submission statement: Relevant to the recent Indian delimitation debate. Explains how we got here and possible solutions.
The 1976 Forty-Second Amendment to the Indian Constitution froze the number and boundaries of constituencies in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures based on the 1971 census. This freeze, ostensibly due to uneven population growth, was actually driven by fiscal centralisation, disadvantaging wealthier southern states with higher per capita contributions to the national revenue pool. The freeze, extended to 2026, has led to significant malapportionment, with states like Tamil Nadu gaining seats and Uttar Pradesh losing them relative to their population share.
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!ping IND
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I swear to god if the principal of equal representation and one person one vote is broken because some states are getting pissy about seat distribution, this country is doomed.
Any appeasement now and you’ll have states extracting concessions every 10 years
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Submission statement: Relevant to the recent Indian delimitation debate. Explains how we got here and possible solutions.
The 1976 Forty-Second Amendment to the Indian Constitution froze the number and boundaries of constituencies in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures based on the 1971 census. This freeze, ostensibly due to uneven population growth, was actually driven by fiscal centralisation, disadvantaging wealthier southern states with higher per capita contributions to the national revenue pool. The freeze, extended to 2026, has led to significant malapportionment, with states like Tamil Nadu gaining seats and Uttar Pradesh losing them relative to their population share.
!ping IND
I swear to god if the principal of equal representation and one person one vote is broken because some states are getting pissy about seat distribution, this country is doomed.
Any appeasement now and you’ll have states extracting concessions every 10 years