Delimitation And State Reorganisation: Better Democracy In Bharat by Gautam R. Desiraju And Deekhit Bhattacharya [Paperback]

This book argues that India's democratic principle of equal representation has been undermined by the long freeze on constituency delimitation and the highly unequal population sizes of its states. It contends that meaningful electoral reform requires not only updating parliamentary constituencies but also redrawing state boundaries to create smaller, more uniformly sized states. The author examines the political, economic, and governance consequences of unequal state representation and proposes structural reforms aimed at ensuring that every vote carries equal weight and that relations between the Union and states become fairer and more efficient.