Delimitation Act, 2002
4. Duties of the
Commission.-
1.
The
readjustment made, on the basis of the census figures as ascertained at the
census held in the year 1971 by the Delimitation Commission constituted under
section 3 of the Delimitation Act, 1972 (76 of 1972), of the allocation of
seats in the House of the People to the several States and the total number of
seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State shall be deemed to be the
readjustment made by the Commission for the purposes of this Act.
2.
Subject
to the provisions of sub-section (1) and any other law for the time being in
force, the Commission shall readjust the division of each State into
territorial constituencies for the purpose of elections to the House of the
People and to the State Legislative Assembly on the basis of the census figures
as ascertained at the census held in the year 1991:
Provided
that
where on such readjustment only one seat is allocated in the House of the
People to a State, the whole of that State shall form one territorial
constituency for the purpose of elections to the House of the People from that
State.