Jammu and Kashmir delimitation commission's order on electoral segments in the Union Territory came into force after the Central government issued the notification in this regard yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' Union Law and Justice Ministry issued a notification declaring May 20 as the date on which the order of the delimitation commission shall come into effect.<br />'' <br />'' The delimitation commission was headed by Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai, former chief election commissioner of India, Sushil Chandra, and J&amp;K election commissioner KK Gupta.<br />'' <br />'' In its reorganization of electoral segments, the commission has delimited 90 assembly seats for J&amp;K out of which 47 are for the Kashmir division 43 for Jammu division.<br />'' <br />'' For the first time, 9 seats have been reserved for scheduled tribe (ST) candidates and 7 for the scheduled caste (SC) candidates.<br />'' <br />'' Two seats will be nominated out of the Kashmiri Pandit community and in a significant development, both members thus nominated would have voting rights like the elected members.<br />''<br />''The commission has not made any delimitation for the 24 seats reserved for the Pakistan-occupied part of Jammu and Kashmir.
News On AIR | May 21, 2022 2:03 PM
J&K Delimitation Commission order comes into force