Commission of 2002
The recent delimitation commission was set up on 12 July 2002 after the 2001 census with Justice Kuldip Singh, a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India as its Chairperson. The Commission has submitted its recommendations. On December 2007, the Supreme Court of India on a petition issued notice to the central government for non implementation. On 4 January 2008, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) decided to implement the order from the Delimitation commission. The recommendations of the delimitation commission was approved by the President, Pratibha Patil on 19 February 2008. This means that all future elections in India for states covered by the commission will be held under the newly formed constituencies.
The assembly elections in Karnataka which were conducted in three phases in May 2008 is the first one to use the new boundaries as drawn by the 2002 delimitation commission.
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