Lok Sabha constituency

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A Lok Sabha constituency is an electoral district in India that elects a representative to the lower house of the Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
electoral district
political division
administeredBy Election Commission of India
canHold by-election when seat falls vacant
country India
createdUnder Constitution of India
differsFrom Rajya Sabha constituency
electoralRollPreparedBy Election Commission of India
elects Member of Parliament
electsNumberOfMembers 1
electsToBody Lok Sabha
governedByLaw Representation of the People Act, 1950
Representation of the People Act, 1951
hasElectoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
hasElectorateType universal adult suffrage
hasJurisdictionOver voters in its geographic area
hasMapFeature demarcated boundary on electoral maps
hasMinimumVotingAge 18 years
hasNumberInCountry 543 elected constituencies
hasOutput elected Member of Parliament
hasPollingUnits polling stations
hasProperty fixed geographic boundaries until next delimitation
hasRepresentativeTitle Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
hasReservationStatus Scheduled Castes
Scheduled Tribes
general
hasTemporalProperty elections normally every five years
hasType territorial constituency
hasVoters Indian citizens registered in the constituency
isBasisFor allocation of polling stations
counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections
isDefinedBy Delimitation Commission of India
isLevelOfRepresentation national
languageOfOfficialProcess English
Hindi
mayContain multiple assembly constituencies
overseenDuringPollsBy Returning Officer
partOf India
partOfGovernmentStructure Parliament of India
relatedToArticle Article 81 of the Constitution of India
representationInBody Lok Sabha
subdivisionOf state or union territory
subjectTo delimitation
usedFor elections to the Lok Sabha
usedIn by-elections
general elections

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Ernakulam district legislativeConstituencyType Lok Sabha constituency
Medak district legislativeRepresentation Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Farrukhabad hasParliamentaryConstituencyType Lok Sabha constituency
Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 appliesTo Lok Sabha constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Delimitation Commission of India scope Lok Sabha constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India appliesTo Lok Sabha constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) isPartOf Indian parliamentary constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Palnadu district parliamentaryConstituencyType Lok Sabha constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency) isPartOf Indian parliamentary constituencies
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Rajya Sabha constituencies of India relatedTo Lok Sabha constituencies of India
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Rajya Sabha constituencies of India differsFrom Lok Sabha constituencies of India
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Bihar Lok Sabha constituencies partOf Lok Sabha constituencies of India
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency abbreviationContext LS for Lok Sabha constituency
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituencies partOf Lok Sabha constituencies of India
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency