Prelim 2027 The Hindu, IE &PIB Microtheme: "Polity: Delimitation, Lok Sabha Seats, and Constitutional Amendments" Repeated 8 times in the UPSC Prelims
Consider the following statements regarding the freeze on Lok Sabha seat allocation:
1. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976 froze the interState allocation of Lok Sabha seats on the basis of the 1971 Census.
2. The Delimitation Commission based on the 2001 Census altered the interState allocation of Lok Sabha seats among States.
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