Article 170 amendment updates census reference years, fixing seat totals but allowing constituency boundary readjustment. Amendment to Article 170 updates census reference years and bifurcates readjustment functions: total Legislative Assembly seats are to be readjusted on the basis of the 1971 census, while the division of each State into territorial constituencies may be readjusted on the basis of the 1991 census.
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Article 170 amendment updates census reference years, fixing seat totals but allowing constituency boundary readjustment.
Amendment to Article 170 updates census reference years and bifurcates readjustment functions: total Legislative Assembly seats are to be readjusted on the basis of the 1971 census, while the division of each State into territorial constituencies may be readjusted on the basis of the 1991 census.
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