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The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality (first-past-the-post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 550 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population.
Scottish Parliament constituencies are sometimes called Holyrood constituencies, to distinguish them from Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies. [15] The Scottish Parliament Building is in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh , while the main meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is the Palace of Westminster , in the City of ...
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity.
Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. [ 5 ] If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation , then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election.
In the First Parliament of the United Kingdom some of the Irish members (for constituencies reduced from two seats to one) were co-opted from the former Parliament of Ireland by drawing lots. For the counties and two boroughs (Cork and Dublin) which retained two seats both members continued after the Union.
The Lok Sabha (meaning "House of the People") is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Delhi elects 7 members and they are directly elected by the state electorates of Delhi. Members are elected for a term of five years. The number of seats, allocated to the state/union territory are determined by the population of the state/union territory.
Map of the Kerala Legislative Assembly constituencies, with names. The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Niyamasabha (literally Hall of laws), is the law-making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives.