Delimitation of Telangana Assembly constituencies only after 2026

Union Minister reiterated that as per Article 170 (3) of the Constitution, the total number of seats in the Assembly of each State will be readjusted after the first Census.

Hyderabad: The Union Home Ministry made it clear that there were no immediate plans to take up reorganisation of constituencies in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until 2026. Union Minister of State for Home Nityananda Rai reiterated that as per Article 170 (3) of the Constitution, the total number of seats in the Assembly of each State will be readjusted after the first Census is published post the year 2026.

In a question posed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy asked whether the Centre is planning to undertake simultaneous delimitation of constituencies in Telangana alongside Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to it, the Union Minister said, Section 26(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 inter-alia states that “Subject to the provisions contained in Article 170 of the Constitution and without prejudice to Section 15 of this Act, the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the successor States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana shall be increased from 175 and 119 to 225 and 153, respectively.”

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The Centre is keen to take up the delimitation of constituencies in both the Telugu states along with the rest of the country after 2026. The Centre had amended the Act in 2002 not to have any delimitation till the first census after 2026. Accordingly, the present constituencies will continue to be in operation and new constituencies are unlikely to come into existence before 2031.

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