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In this 2004 map of Parliamentary constituencies alongside, roughly identify the constituencies in your State. What is the name of the MP from your constituency? How many MPs does your state have? Why are certain constituencies colored green while others are colored blue?
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Hint: Lok Sabha is formed of delegates of individuals picked by a direct political decision based on the universal adult franchise. The highest strength of the House dictated by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by the appointment of up to 530 individuals to represent the States, up to 20 individuals to represent the Union Territories and a few from the Anglo-Indian Community to be named by the Hon'ble President.

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A constituency is a region for which somebody is chosen as the delegate in a parliament or government. A specific voting demographic is a segment of society that may give political help to a specific gathering or legislator.
Mr./Mrs/Miss _________ (name of the MP) belonging to political party ______ (Name of the party) is the MP for my constituency (name of your constituency). My state ______ (name of your state) has _____ MPs (the number of MPs).
Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha are made based on the extent of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the State keeping in mind their ratio to the total population of the state.
For Scheduled Castes, 84 seats are held in Lok Sabha. The first timetable to Representation of People Act, 1950. For Scheduled Tribes, 47 seats are held in Lok Sabha. The constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Tribe are represented in the map as green-colored constituencies while those reserved for the Scheduled caste are represented as blue-colored constituencies.

Note: Delimitation in a real sense implies the demonstration or process of fixing boundaries or limits of the regional voting public in a nation or a territory having an authoritative body. The work of delimitation is relegated to a powerful body. This body is known as the Delimitation Commission or a Boundary Commission.