Recent remarks by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his counterpart in Tamil Nadu MK Stalin advising people to have more children has again put the spotlight on delimitation and its fallout on southern states with lower population indices. There is a fear among the southern states, which have successfully controlled the population growth, that a reconfiguration based on current census data could drastically cut their representation in Lok Sabha.Tamil Nadu and Kerala taken together will lose 16 seats, if Lok Sabha seats are redistributed across states after the delimitation exercise scheduled to be conducted after 2026, according to a research paper for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, published ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The report said northern states may gain more than 32 seats while southern states may lose 24 seats.
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