ECI Final Delimitation, Badarpur is now North Karimganj, South Karimganj renamed to Patherkandi

By barakbulletin On August 11, 2023 - 5:36 pm

Election Commission of India publishes final delimitation order for Assembly & Parliamentary Constituencies of State of Assam, after what the autonomous body states, “extensive consultations with stakeholders.”

ECI has listed that, Over 1200 representations received were considered before finalizing the proposal; 45% of suggestions/objections received have been addressed in the final order. In the final order, ECI revises existing nomenclature of 19 ACs (Assembly Constituencies) and 01 PC (Parliamentary Constituency).

Number of Assembly seats retained at 126 and Lok Sabha seats at 14 19 ACs and 2 PCs reserved for STs; 9 ACs and 01 PC for SCs.

While the detailed draft is awaited, ECI has confirmed that Algapur is now Algapur – Katlicherra, Badarpur constituency has been renamed to Karimganj North. North Karimganj is now Karimganj South. South Karimganj will be known as Patharkandi and Ratabari which was reserved for SC candidates will remain reserved but has been renamed to Ram Krishna Nagar (SC).

Some salient features as listed by the ECI are:

Lowest administrative unit has been taken as ‘Village’ in rural areas and ‘Ward’ in urban areas. Accordingly, village and ward have been kept intact and have not been broken anywhere in the State. The proposal has been prepared based on administrative units of development i.e., Development block, Panchayats (VCDC in BTAD) and village in rural areas and Municipal Boards, wards in urban areas.
SC assembly seats have increased from 8 to 9; ST assembly seats have increased from 16 to 19
Increase of 01 assembly seat in Autonomous districts in West KarbiAnglong District
Increase of Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Bodoland districts from 11 to15
Retaining Diphu and Kokrajhar Parliamentary seats reserved for ST
Continuing Lakhimpur Parliamentary seat as unreserved;
01 unreserved AC in Dhemaji district
01 Parliamentary seat namely ‘Diphu’ reserved for ST which comprises 06 ACs of 03 Autonomous districts
02 Parliamentary seats given to the Barak Valley districts i.e., Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts.
01 Parliamentary seat named as ‘Kaziranga’, while 01 AssemblyConstituency named as ‘Manas’.

The ECI concluded, “The detailed delimitation report will also be shortly available containing all the legal and constitutional provisions, delimitation statistics, guidelines, and methodology, working paper, notified delimitation order, maps of PCs of the state, district wise maps of ACs, press notes and list of representations received on the draft proposal from political parties, organizations, and members of the public.”