JK News Today
Jammu , May 20:
In what appears to be the hurry of the government of India to restart democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir, the union law ministry on Friday notified that the Delimitation Report about the new electoral map for the Union territory has come into effect from today – now making 43 seats for Jammu and 47 for Kashmir Valley as an established norm for the Assembly elections .
The panel’s two orders — one of March 14 dealing with the number of constituencies reserved for various categories and the second of May 5 dealing with the size of each constituency — will come into effect together from May 20.
The report of the commission will form the basis for future assembly polls in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The delimitation panel had given six additional assembly seats to Jammu region and one to Kashmir Valley and brought areas of Rajouri and Poonch under the Anantnag parliamentary seat.
Jammu division will now have 43 assembly seats and Kashmir 47 in the 90-member house.
In a notification on Friday, the Law Ministry said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 62 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the 20th day of May, 2022, as the date on which the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Order No. 1, dated the 14th March, 2022 and Order No. 2, dated the 5th May, 2022,… shall take effect.
