After the state of kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir was partitioned into two Union Territories, a commission led by retired supreme court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai was formed to redraw the assembly and lok sabha constituencies. The election commission received the Commission's final report yesterday. The number of assembly constituencies in the kashmir Valley would be increased from 46 to 47, and in the Jammu area, from 37 to 43. As a result, the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir Legislative assembly will have 90 members in total.

In addition, each of Jammu and Kashmir's five lok sabha constituencies would have an equal number of assembly constituencies. The commission has also proposed that tribals be given nine constituencies, six in Jammu and three in Kashmir. This is the first time tribals have been granted a reservation in the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir Assembly. The applicable district boundaries apply to all assembly constituencies. In the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir assembly, the Commission has also proposed nominations for the Pandit community and expatriates from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The report clears the way for an election in kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir, where there has been no chief minister since 2018. According to the study, the total number of seats in the Jammu area will increase from 37 to 43.

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