Which of the following statements are correct about Lok Sabha? (a) The Constitution puts a limit on the size of the Lok Sabha. (b) The size and shape of the Parliamentary Constituencies is determined by the Election Commission. (c) First-past-the Post electoral system is followed. (d) The Speaker of Lok Sabha does not have a casting vote in case of an equality of votes. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) and (c)
Each statement must be tested separately against the constitutional provisions, since two of the four are subtly wrong.
Statement (a) is correct. Article 81 caps the strength of the Lok Sabha, providing for not more than 530 members chosen from territorial constituencies in the states and not more than 20 representing the Union Territories, so the size is constitutionally limited rather than left open.
Statement (b) is incorrect, and it is the first item that decides the answer. Constituency boundaries are drawn not by the Election Commission but by a Delimitation Commission, a separate body constituted by Parliament under a Delimitation Act, headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court and including the Chief Election Commissioner. The Election Commission conducts elections within the constituencies so fixed; it does not draw them.
Statement (c) is correct. India follows the first past the post system for the Lok Sabha, in which the candidate polling the highest number of votes in a constituency is declared elected, whether or not that number is a majority of the votes cast.
Statement (d) is incorrect, and it is the second decisive item. Article 100 provides that the Speaker shall not vote in the first instance but shall exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes. So the Speaker does have a casting vote, and the statement asserts the opposite.
Since only (a) and (c) are correct, the first code applies.
Hence the correct statements are (a) and (c).
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