CEC Sunil Arora names Sushil Chandra as his nominee to proposed J&K Delimitation Commission

Delhi: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Monday (February 17) named his fellow commissioner Sushil Chandra as his nominee to the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu & Kashmir.

The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly had 87 active seats including 4 seats of Ladakh before Parliament had passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act on August 5, 2019.

The inactive 24 seats of the state assembly continue to remain vacant as they fall under Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

According to the J & K Reorganisation Act, 2019, the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be increased from 107 to 114, whereas, the Lok Sabha will have five seats from the UT of J & K and Ladakh will have one seat. 

The delimitation of the constituencies will be decided by the Election Commission.

The Delimitation Commission is established to redraw the boundaries of various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent census.