Lok Sabha constituency

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A Lok Sabha constituency is an electoral district in India that elects a representative to the lower house of the Parliament.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
electoral district ⓘ
political division ⓘ
administeredBy Election Commission of India ⓘ
canHold by-election when seat falls vacant ⓘ
country India ⓘ
createdUnder Constitution of India ⓘ
differsFrom Rajya Sabha constituency ⓘ
electoralRollPreparedBy Election Commission of India ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsNumberOfMembers 1 ⓘ
electsToBody Lok Sabha ⓘ
governedByLaw Representation of the People Act, 1950 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
hasElectoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
hasElectorateType universal adult suffrage ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver voters in its geographic area ⓘ
hasMapFeature demarcated boundary on electoral maps ⓘ
hasMinimumVotingAge 18 years ⓘ
hasNumberInCountry 543 elected constituencies ⓘ
hasOutput elected Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasPollingUnits polling stations ⓘ
hasProperty fixed geographic boundaries until next delimitation ⓘ
hasRepresentativeTitle Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) ⓘ
hasReservationStatus Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
general ⓘ
hasTemporalProperty elections normally every five years ⓘ
hasType territorial constituency ⓘ
hasVoters Indian citizens registered in the constituency ⓘ
isBasisFor allocation of polling stations ⓘ
counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections ⓘ
isDefinedBy Delimitation Commission of India ⓘ
isLevelOfRepresentation national ⓘ
languageOfOfficialProcess English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
mayContain multiple assembly constituencies ⓘ
overseenDuringPollsBy Returning Officer ⓘ
partOf India ⓘ
partOfGovernmentStructure Parliament of India ⓘ
relatedToArticle Article 81 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
representationInBody Lok Sabha ⓘ
subdivisionOf state or union territory ⓘ
subjectTo delimitation ⓘ
usedFor elections to the Lok Sabha ⓘ
usedIn by-elections ⓘ
general elections ⓘ

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Ernakulam district → legislativeConstituencyType → Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
Medak district → legislativeRepresentation → Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Farrukhabad → hasParliamentaryConstituencyType → Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 → appliesTo → Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Delimitation Commission of India → scope → Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India → appliesTo → Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) → isPartOf → Indian parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Palnadu district → parliamentaryConstituencyType → Lok Sabha constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency) → isPartOf → Indian parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Rajya Sabha constituencies of India → relatedTo → Lok Sabha constituencies of India ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Rajya Sabha constituencies of India → differsFrom → Lok Sabha constituencies of India ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Bihar Lok Sabha constituencies → partOf → Lok Sabha constituencies of India ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency → abbreviationContext → LS for Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency
Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituencies → partOf → Lok Sabha constituencies of India ⓘ
linked to: Lok Sabha constituency