On February 4th 2022, the Delimitation Commission of Jammu and Kashmir presented the interim report of the J&K delimitation draft. It proposed restructuring of many Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Kashmir. Herein, six more seats have been added to Jammu and one more seat has been added to the Kashmir division. After the submission of the report, the commission provided the associate members with time till 14th of February 2022 to submit their objections. The associate members of the delimitation commission received the report and there seems to be a conflict of ideas.
Of the associate members of the Delimitation Commission, three MP's are of the National Conference (NC) and two are from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The associate members of the commission belonging to NC disagree with the report presented.
The officials said the Commission submitted a report this evening to the five associate members of Parliament in which it confirmed its earlier proposal to increase the six National Assembly seats in the Jammu Division to one. in the Kashmir Valley despite the objections of three associate members of the National Conference.
The committee is also said to have decided to redraw the boundaries of the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir to make them two and a half seats in the two. It may link some areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts with the South Kashmir headquarters of Anantnag.
After receiving objections from the Associate Members on 14 February and giving their views on them, the Commission is likely to release this report into the public domain for resolution. resolve complaints and objections.
The Commission's expanded mandate expires on 6 March and it remains to be seen whether the Commission can submit its final report on time.
In objections filed before the Boundary Commission on December 31, 2021, the National Conference rejected the Group's formula to increase six Parliamentary seats in Jammu and one seat in Kashmir on the grounds that this valley has more population and voters than Jammu and deserves more seats.
Associate members include Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Prime Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma, Assemblyman Lok Sabha from Jammu, and Dr. They include Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masudi. meeting. In the Kashmir Valley. The committee includes two official members, including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and State Electoral Commissioner (SEC), J&K and K.K. Sharma. The Boundary Determination Committee, chaired by (retired) Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, has so far held two meetings with its associates, the first meeting on February 18, 2021 and the second meeting on December 20, 2021. The first of these was boycotted by three delegates from the national conference, but attended the second. At a meeting with its associates on December 20, the vigilance committee also announced that it would secure seven designated castes and nine designated tribe seats in Parliament. The Commission was established on March 6, 2020, and a one-year extension was approved on March 6, 2021. All 7 seats reserved for COP have 4 consecutive reservations, including 3 in Jammu and 1 each in Samba, Katua, Ramban and Udhampur has been maintained. Although the general elections in 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014 were changed twice. Reserved seats are now subject to change at the Boundary Committee. The committee will also reserve nine seats for ST.
When the border is completed, the number of seats in Jammu and Kashmir's parliament will increase from 83 to 90.
The 24 seats in the House of Representatives are still vacant, as in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK). By dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two federal territories under the Reorganization Act, the Federal Ministry of Interior increased the number of seats in Jammu and Kashmir's parliament to seven for a total of 11,424 seats, of which PoJK would hold the election. occupies 90 seats. The former state of Jammu and Kashmir had 111 seats, including 24 reserved for PoJK, and elections were held with 87 seats. As Ladakh became a trade union territory, the region's four seats were reduced, leaving 83 seats in the parliament. However, with an increase of 7 seats, J&K UT will have a 90-seat assembly. Two MLA women are nominated to the House of Representatives as before. In the previous parliament, Kashmir had 46 seats, Jammu 37 and Ladakh 4 seats. The last constituency was defined in the 1994 presidential election.95 At that time, the number of former members of the National Assembly increased from 76 to 87. The Jammu region has increased from 32 seats to 37 seats (Kashmir). From 42 to 46, from 2 to 4 in Ladakh. However, in 2002, the border was frozen by the then-National Conference government, led by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, following a decision of the then-central government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Elections in the legislature are held only after the demarcation of the constituencies of the House of Representatives has been completed.
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