Re: more seats for losers

[pjshah <parth@ccsindia.org>]

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Pl check out the article by Swaminathan Aiyar in sunday's Times of India on
this
topic...


rakesh raju wrote:

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> Interesting article about population and representation. what can be done?
> -rakesh
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> Do Badly, Get A Prize
> Some time in the next few years, parliamentary constituencies in India will
> be redrawn, better reflecting the distribution of population. This is not an
> unusual procedure, it happens every now and then. When it next does, states
> like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will get more seats than they have today. Their
> gain will come at the expense of states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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> Why will this happen? Because population growth is slowing in TN and Kerala,
> whereas it is not in UP and Bihar. (Actually, the growth rate in the north
> is slowing, but much more slowly than it is in the south). That is, TN and
> Kerala constitute a steadily smaller share of the country's population,
> while UP and Bihar's share grows larger. So if we accept that Parliament
> must reflect the country's population, that each MP must represent about the
> same number of Indians, UP and Bihar will inevitably gain Lok Sabha seats
> while Kerala and TN lose them.
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> Does this seem slightly unfair to you? It does to me.
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> full article at
> http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/feb/04dilip.htm
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