An Alternative Approach to Seats Reapportionment in House of People of India

Abstract

The delimitation process of constituencies in India is set to roll after the Census of 2031. Proportional representation is being debated upon in the political corridors as non-justifiable. As states with low fertility rates have begun questioning if proportional representation can bear them the fruits financially and in terms of number of seats in Lok Sabha; states who were unsuccessful in curbing birth rates seem to be awarded with undue gain. it has become imperative to formulate a different methodology to reassign the number of seats to the states in the Lok Sabha.