Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India

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The Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India is a 2001 constitutional change that froze the readjustment of parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on population figures until after the first census taken after the year 2026.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitutional amendment of India ⓘ
amends Constitution of India ⓘ
appliesTo Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ
State legislative assembly constituencies ⓘ
censusReference First census taken after 2026 ⓘ
constitutionalArticleAffected Articles relating to delimitation and allocation of seats ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 2001 ⓘ
effectUntil After the first census taken after the year 2026 ⓘ
followedBy Eighty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of India ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalDomain Constitutional law ⓘ
legalStatus In force ⓘ
legislature Parliament of India ⓘ
policyGoal To maintain existing representation levels despite population changes ⓘ
precededBy Eighty-third Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
purpose To freeze readjustment of parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on population figures ⓘ
relatedConcept Census of India ⓘ
Delimitation Commission of India ⓘ
sequenceInSeries 84 ⓘ
shortName 84th Amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject Delimitation of constituencies ⓘ
Population-based representation ⓘ
typeOfChange Freeze on readjustment of constituencies ⓘ
year 2001 ⓘ

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Article 54 of the Constitution of India → hasBeenAmendedBy → Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India → shortName → 84th Amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India
Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India → precededBy → Eighty-third Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India