Consider the following statements 24 out of the 114 seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly are in P...........

Jammu and kashmir Polity and Governance

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Consider the following statements:

24 out of the 114 seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The number of districts in Jammu and Kashmir have increased from 12 to 20 since the last delimitation.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

As per the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, the number of assembly seats in UT of J&K are to be raised from 107 to 114 through fresh delimitation, a task entrusted to the Delimitation Commission.

The commission is headed by Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai and having chief election commissioner Sushil Chandra and J&K state election body chief as ex-officio members.

Since 24 of the 114 seats are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and remain unrepresented, the effective strength of J&K assembly will go up from 83 to 90.

The delimitation draft proposes one seat each to be added in the districts of Kishtwar, Samba, Kathua, Doda, Rajouri and Udhampur/Reasi in Jammu division and Kupwara in Kashmir division.

Incidentally, the districts in J&K have increased from 12 to 20 since the last delimitation in the erstwhile state in 1995.