The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency.
The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 550 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population. There are currently 543 constituencies in the Lok Sabha.
Delimitation of constituencies Under the Delimitation Act of 2002, the Delimitation Commission of India has redefined the list of parliamentary constituencies, their constituent assembly segments and reservation status (whether reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates or Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates or unreserved). 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, which took place in May 2008, was the first state election to use newly demarcated assembly constituencies. Consequently, all assembly elections scheduled in 2008, viz. in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Mizoram and Rajasthan were based on newly defined assembly constituencies.
The size and shape of the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies are determined, according to section 4 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by an independent Delimitation Commission. Under a constitutional amendment of 1976, delimitation was suspended until after the census of 2001. However, certain amendments to the Constitution made in 2001 and 2003 have, while putting a freeze on the total number of existing seats as allocated to various States in the House of the People and the State Legislative Assemblies based on the 1971 census until the first census to be taken after the year 2026, provided that each State shall be delimited into territorial Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies based on 2001 census and the extent of such constituencies as delimited shall remain frozen until the first census to be taken after the year 2026. The number of seats to be reserved for SC/ ST shall be re-worked based on the 2001 census. The constituency shall be delimited in a manner that the population of each Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency in a State so far as practicable be the same throughout the State.
Summary The Delimitation Commission, set up under the Delimitation Act, 2002, was entrusted with the task of readjusting all parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the country in all the states of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, based on population ascertained in 2001 Census. The government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending the Delimitation Act, of 2002 nullifies the Final Order of the Delimitation Commission for the state of Jharkhand. Later on, the Government passed four separate Orders under Sec 10 A of the Delimitation Act, 2002, deferring the delimitation exercise in the four North Eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise.
Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community. They were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India. In 2020, it was abolished under the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.
+Largest and smallest Lok Sabha constituencies in IndiaLargestSmallestBy area Ladakh Chandni ChowkBy electorate Malkajgiri Lakshadweep
+ Lok Sabha constituencies per state/union territory # State/ union territory Seats Population(2011) Population perconstituency General SC ST Total Total (%) 1 Andhra Pradesh 20 4 1 25 4.60% 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 - - 2 0.37% 3 Assam 11 1 2 14 2.58% 4 Bihar 34 6 - 40 7.37% 5 Chhattisgarh 6 1 4 11 2.03% 6 Goa 2 - - 2 0.37% 7 Gujarat 20 2 4 26 4.79% 8 Haryana 8 2 - 10 1.84% 9 Himachal Pradesh 3 1 - 4 0.74% 10 Jharkhand 8 1 5 14 2.58% 11 Karnataka 21 5 2 28 5.16% 12 Kerala 18 2 - 20 3.68% 13 Madhya Pradesh 19 4 6 29 5.34% 14 Maharashtra 39 5 4 48 8.84% 15 Manipur 1 - 1 2 0.37% 16 Meghalaya - - 2 2 0.37% 17 Mizoram - - 1 1 0.18% 18 Nagaland 1 - - 1 0.18% 19 Odisha 13 3 5 21 3.87% 20 Punjab 9 4 - 13 2.39% 21 Rajasthan 18 4 3 25 4.60% 22 Sikkim 1 - - 1 0.18% 23 Tamil Nadu 32 7 - 39 7.18% 24 Telangana 12 3 2 17 3.13% 25 Tripura 1 - 1 2 0.37% 26 Uttar Pradesh 63 17 - 80 14.73% 27 Uttarakhand 4 1 - 5 0.92% 28 West Bengal 30 10 2 42 7.74% 29 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 - - 1 0.18% 30 Chandigarh 1 - - 1 0.18% 31 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 1 - 1 2 0.37% 32 Jammu and Kashmir 5 - - 5 0.92% 33 Ladakh 1 - - 1 0.18% 34 Lakshadweep - - 1 1 0.18% 35 Delhi 6 1 - 7 1.29% 36 Puducherry 1 - - 1 0.18% Overall 412 84 47 543 100%
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands None3,15,745
Andhra Pradesh (25)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Araku ST15,57,1532 Srikakulam None16,46,6863 Vizianagaram None15,90,9944 Visakhapatnam None19,31,3985 Anakapalli None16,01,3656 Kakinada None16,34,9217 Amalapuram SC15,32,2298 Rajahmundry None16,23,8529 Narasapuram None14,73,81110 Eluru None16,38,11611 Machilipatnam None15,40,04512 Vijayawada None17,04,46913 Guntur None17,93,32414 Narasaraopet None17,36,16215 Bapatla SC15,11,17716 Ongole None16,14,52517 Nandyal None17,24,19118 Kurnool None17,24,19119 Anantapur None17,69,26420 Hindupur None16,58,52921 Kadapa None16,41,34922 Nellore None17,12,84023 Tirupati SC17,30,31824 Rajampet None16,67,38525 Chittoor SC16,43,593
Arunachal Pradesh (2)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Arunachal West None5,20,0852 Arunachal East None3,78,357
Assam (14)
After 2023 Delimitation
Constituency Reserved For (SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No Name1 Kokrajhar ST14,94,4042 DhubriNone26,63,9873 BarpetaNone19,79,0514 Darrang-UdalguriNone22,14,5165 GuwahatiNone20,39,7656 Diphu ST9,02,0507 KarimganjNone14,14,5208 Silchar SC13,74,5599 NagaonNone18,21,02310 KazirangaNone20,53,80511 SonitpurNone16,38,99212 LakhimpurNone15,80,50013 DibrugarhNone16,61,99814 JorhatNone17,32,944
Before 2023 Delimitation
Constituency Reserved For (SC/ST/None) No Name1 Karimganj SC2 SilcharNone3 Autonomous District ST4 DhubriNone5 Kokrajhar ST6 BarpetaNone7 GauhatiNone8 MangaldoiNone9 TezpurNone10 NowgongNone11 KaliaborNone12 JorhatNone13 DilbrugarhNone14 LakhimpurNone
Bihar (40)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Valmiki Nagar None18,29,0522 Paschim Champaran None17,59,2343 Purvi Champaran None17,93,4404 Sheohar None18,34,4375 Sitamarhi None19,50,0286 Madhubani None19,36,7597 Jhanjharpur None20,05,2788 Supaul None19,28,8879 Araria None20,19,75710 Kishanganj None18,30,19711 Katihar None18,34,51212 Purnia None18,95,03613 Madhepura None20,73,60814 Darbhanga None17,82,85315 Muzaffarpur None18,69,07216 Vaishali None18,71,87717 Gopalganj SC20,27,05418 Siwan None19,01,95619 Maharajganj None19,42,44920 Saran None18,00,79021 Hajipur SC19,72,91522 Ujiarpur None17,48,37723 Samastipur SC18,20,01624 Begusarai None22,00,43525 Khagaria None18,43,76726 Bhagalpur None19,88,20727 Banka None18,59,96728 Munger None20,51,82929 Nalanda None22,93,99430 Patna Sahib None22,95,52731 Pataliputra None20,80,61332 Arrah None21,83,62533 Buxar None19,34,35234 Sasaram SC19,14,91435 Karakat None18,88,00536 Jahanabad None16,78,71637 Aurangabad None18,75,80938 Gaya SC18,21,33039 Nawada None20,10,28640 Jamui SC19,10,619
Chandigarh (1)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Chandigarh None6,60,552
Chhattisgarh (11)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Sarguja ST18,20,8802 Raigarh ST18,40,8473 Janjgir–Champa SC20,58,2604 Korba None16,20,0515 Bilaspur None21,03,9376 Rajnandgaon None18,69,2297 Durg None20,92,5518 Raipur None23,76,0309 Mahasamund None17,63,69810 Bastar ST 14,73,81011 Kanker ST 16,59,374
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Daman and Diu None1,34,2012 Dadra and Nagar Haveli ST 2,83,035
NCT of Delhi (7)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Chandni Chowk None16,46,4672 North East Delhi None24,64,3973 East Delhi None21,21,6104 New Delhi None15,26,6945 North West Delhi SC 25,69,2746 West Delhi None25,92,4987 South Delhi None22,93,698
Goa (2)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 North Goa None5,80,7102 South Goa None5,98,934
Gujarat (26)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Kachchh SC19,43,6332 Banaskantha None19,63,3123 Patan None20,21,7724 Mahesana None17,72,0485 Sabarkantha None19,80,7976 Gandhinagar None21,83,4027 Ahmedabad East None20,40,2638 Ahmedabad West SC17,27,6459 Surendranagar None20,35,00110 Rajkot None21,12,72611 Porbandar None17,69,59412 Jamnagar None18,18,95913 Junagadh None17,96,53214 Amreli None17,33,36715 Bhavnagar None19,18,39416 Anand None17,80,70917 Kheda None20,08,28118 Panchmahal None18,98,23419 Dahod ST18,76,24720 Vadodara None19,50,12321 Chhota Udaipur ST18,22,43722 Bharuch None17,23,67023 Bardoli ST 20,48,78824 Surat None17,86,28725 Navsari None22,23,80426 Valsad ST18,60,207
Haryana (10)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Ambala SC 20,03,5102 Kurukshetra None17,99,8223 Sirsa SC 19,41,3194 Hisar None17,99,5395 Karnal None21,09,7026 Sonipat None17,77,0087 Rohtak None19,13,6288 Bhiwani–Mahendragarh None18,21,7649 Gurgaon None25,84,98210 Faridabad None24,36,637
Himachal Pradesh (4)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Kangra None15,24,0322 Mandi None13,77,1733 Hamirpur None14,56,0994 Shimla SC 13,54,665
Jammu and Kashmir (5)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Baramulla None17,44,5252 Srinagar None17,48,8033 Anantnag–Rajouri None18,49,5174 Udhampur None16,40,8465 Jammu None18,18,657
Jharkhand (14)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Rajmahal ST 17,05,7082 Dumka ST 15,92,1923 Godda None20,30,4444 Chatra None16,92,6985 Koderma None22,07,8456 Giridih None18,66,7637 Dhanbad None22,90,3548 Ranchi None22,02,5289 Jamshedpur None18,71,38810 Singhbhum ST14,49,47111 Khunti ST 13,29,42312 Lohardaga ST14,48,22513 Palamu SC 22,48,08214 Hazaribagh None19,42,771
Karnataka (28)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Chikkodi None17,70,5232 Belgaum None19,31,7463 Bagalkot None18,10,0904 Bijapur SC 19,47,9765 Gulbarga SC 20,98,7786 Raichur ST20,10,4417 Bidar None18,94,3648 Koppal None18,67,0169 Bellary ST 18,84,47210 Haveri None17,94,39411 Dharwad None18,34,01512 Uttara Kannada None16,45,72113 Davanagere None17,09,80914 Shimoga None17,53,61515 Udupi Chikmagalur None15,85,72116 Hassan None17,38,81817 Dakshina Kannada None18,18,12718 Chitradurga SC 18,57,38519 Tumkur None16,61,83420 Mandya None17,80,14921 Mysore None20,94,31022 Chamarajanagar SC 17,78,66723 Bangalore Rural None28,02,95624 Bangalore North None32,15,29125 Bangalore Central None24,34,25426 Bangalore South None23,41,89527 Chikballapur None19,81,76728 Kolar SC 17,28,198
Kerala (20)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Kasaragod None14,55,5302 Kannur None13,63,0803 Vatakara None14,24,7924 Wayanad None14,64,4725 Kozhikode None14,32,5086 Malappuram None14,80,7147 Ponnani None14,71,2608 Palakkad None14,00,9149 Alathur SC 13,40,18310 Thrissur None14,83,78311 Chalakudy None13,11,25712 Ernakulam None13,24,75713 Idukki None12,51,17214 Kottayam None12,56,13815 Alappuzha None14,06,68916 Mavelikara SC 13,39,15917 Pathanamthitta None14,33,95618 Kollam None13,30,87319 Attingal None14,01,11420 Thiruvananthapuram None14,34,657
Ladakh (1)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Ladakh None1,90,576
Lakshadweep (1)
Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None)Electors (2024) No. Name1 Lakshadweep ST57,953
Madhya Pradesh (29)