Have you ever wondered how and when the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s strength was fixed at 234 seats? This number was arrived at by the Delimitation Commission, which undertook the post-1961 Census redistribution of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats.
Under Article 170 of the Constitution and Section 8(b) of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, the number of seats in a State Assembly must be an integral multiple of the number of Lok Sabha seats allotted to that State.
Published – March 03, 2026 09:36 am IST
