Question

The correct meaning of the term reserved constituency is _____
A.Constituencies for the weaker sections
B.Election area for the rich people
C.Polling Area for the poor
D.Area for senior citizens

Answer 1

Hint:Constituencies have been geographically designed in order to carry out the elections more smoothly and provide adequate representation. To incorporate the diversity, they’re reserved based on caste. In the local elections, one third of all seats are reserved for women in order to ensure appropriate representation and bring about progressive mindsets.

Complete answer:
Delimitation means the process of deciding boundaries based on territories to follow principles of ‘one vote,one value,’ providing equal representation to equal segments of the population with a fair division of borders.
The Delimitation Act is enacted under Article 82 and Article 170 (for state) after every census. It was enacted in 1952.
After that, the Delimitation Commission appointed by the President works in accordance with the Election Commission. It’s members include Retired Supreme Court judge, Chief Election Commissioner and respective State Election Commissioners.
In the 2009 General elections, 499 out of total 543 Parliamentary constituencies were newly delimited. Allocation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha were made on the basis of their proportion in the State concerned to that of the total population based on the provisions contained in Article 330 of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 of the R. P. Act, 1950.
For SCs, eighty four seats are reserved while for STs, forty seven are reserved. One third of panchayati raj wards are also reserved for women. This is done in order to provide an adequate representation to one and all, especially the downtrodden societies.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: The contemporary delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census figures under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002. It isn’t possible to change the number of constituencies at any time in the near future. Some reforms are needed, but a greater number of constituencies is not one of them in the contemporary context.