Constitution of India

This is election time. This is the time for us to do a Great work (Voting) to our country. Normally we learn things before doing any work. Let’s learn about Indian constituency and parliament system by knowing few terms.

Democratic Country
We know India is a big Democratic Country in the World. Known as Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic.

Republic
The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India. Came into force on 26th January, 1950

Constitution of India
The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government
The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the President.

Parliament
The council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the

• President and
• Two Houses
  • Council of States (Rajya Sabha)
  • House of the People (Lok Sabha).

Lok Sabha
It composed of representatives of people chosen by direct election.
Elected by People by our electoral system Universal Adult Suffrage.


Numbers:

Maximum strength	552 (530 +20 + 2)
From State	530
From Union Territories	20
Nominated from Anglo-Indian Community By President	20
The term of the Lok Sabha (unless dissolved)	5 years

Lok Shabha Elections till Date (March 2014)
1) 1951-52 (First elected Parliament came into existence in April, 1952)
2) April, 1957
3) April, 1962
4) March, 1967
5) March, 1971
6) March, 1977
7) January, 1980
8) December, 1984
9) December, 1984
10) June, 1991
11) May, 1996
12) March, 1998
13) March, 1998
14) March, 1998
15) March, 1998

Forth Coming election is for 16th Lok Shaba - April, May 2014

Rajya Sabha
It composed of representatives of States and Union Territories chosen by indirect election.
Elected by elected members of the Legislative Assembly of that State and by the members of the Electoral College for that Union Territory

Numbers:

Maximum strength	250 (238 + 12)
From State + Union Territories	20
Nominated by President	12
The term of each member in Rajya Sabha	6 years
E-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha	Vice President

Few terms and numbers:

• Election system - Universal Adult Suffrage
• Lok Shabha Maximum Strength - 552 (530 +20 + 2)
• Rajya Shabha Maximum Strength - 250 (238 + 12)
• April, May 2014 Election is for 16th Lok Shabha

More Info on:
http://india.gov.in/

States in India – Chronological Data

Number of States : 28
Number of Union Territories : 7

States- Population

Biggest State -  Uttar Pradesh
Smallest State - Sikkim

S.No	States	Population
1	Uttar Pradesh	199,581,477
2	Maharashtra	112,372,972
3	Bihar	103,804,637
4	West Bengal	91,347,736
5	Andhra Pradesh	84,655,533
6	Madhya Pradesh	72,597,565
7	Tamil Nadu	72,138,958
8	Rajasthan	68,621,012
9	Karnataka	61,130,704
10	Gujarat	60,383,628
11	Odisha	41,947,358
12	Kerala	33,387,677
13	Jharkhand	32,966,238
14	Assam	31,169,272
15	Punjab	27,704,236
16	Chhattisgarh	25,540,196
17	Haryana	25,353,081
18	Jammu and Kashmir	12,548,926
19	Uttarakhand	10,116,752
20	Himachal Pradesh	6,856,509
21	Tripura	3,671,032
22	Meghalaya	2,964,007
23	Manipurβ	2,721,756
24	Nagaland	1,980,602
25	Goa	1,457,723
26	Arunachal Pradesh	1,382,611
27	Mizoram	1,091,014
28	Sikkim	607,688
	Total	1,190,100,900

S.No	Union Territories	Population
1	Delhi	16,753,235
2	Puducherry	1,244,464
3	Chandigarh	1,054,686
4	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	379,944
5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	342,853
6	Daman and Diu	242,911
7	Lakshadweep	64,429
	Total	20,082,522

States- Number of MP constituencies

Biggest State -  Uttar Pradesh
Smallest State - Sikkim

S.No	States	No of MPs
1	Uttar Pradesh	80
2	Maharashtra	48
3	Andhra Pradesh	42
4	West Bengal	42
5	Bihar	40
6	Tamil Nadu	39
7	Madhya Pradesh	29
8	Karnataka	28
9	Gujarat	26
10	Rajasthan	25
11	Orissa	21
12	Kerala	20
13	Assam	14
14	Jharkhand	14
15	Punjab	13
16	Chhattisgarh	11
17	Haryana	10
18	Jammu & Kashmir	6
19	Uttarakhand	5
20	Himachal Pradesh	4
21	Arunachal Pradesh	2
22	Goa	2
23	Manipur	2
24	Meghalaya	2
25	Tripura	2
26	Mizoram	1
27	Nagaland	1
28	Sikkim	1
	Total	530

S.No	Union Territories	No of MPs
1	Delhi	7
2	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1
3	Chandigarh	1
4	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1
5	Daman & Diu	1
6	Lakshadweep	1
7	Pondicherry	1
	Total	13

States - Geographical data


Biggest State -  Rajasthan
Smallest State - Goa

S.No	States	Area (Km2)
1	Rajasthan	342,239
2	Madhya Pradesh	308,245
3	Maharashtra	307,713
4	Andhra Pradesh	275,045
5	Uttar Pradesh	240,928
6	Jammu and Kashmir	222,236
7	Gujarat	196,024
8	Karnataka	191,791
9	Odisha	155,707
10	Chhattisgarh	135,191
11	Tamil Nadu	130,058
12	Bihar	94,163
13	West Bengal	88,752
14	Arunachal Pradesh	83,743
15	Jharkhand	79,714
16	Assam	78,438
17	Himachal Pradesh	55,673
18	Uttarakhand	53,483
19	Punjab	50,362
20	Haryana	44,212
21	Kerala	38,863
22	Meghalaya	22,429
23	Manipur	22,327
24	Mizoram	21,081
25	Nagaland	16,579
26	Tripura	10,486
27	Sikkim	7,096
28	Goa	3,702
	Total	3,276,280

S.No	Union Territories	Area (Km2)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	8,249
2	Delhi	1,483
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	491
4	Puducherry	479
5	Chandigarh	114
6	Daman and Diu	112
7	Lakshadweep	32
	Total	10,960

* Data as on January 2014.