An integration of parliamentary and assembly constituencies with other spatial data for delimitation- 2002 using GIS - a case study of Deoria district, U.P.

Ashwani K. Srivastava, Amit Sinha, R.K.Upadhyay, S.P.S.Jadaun, Neeraj K. Priyakant & Ravi Sharma
Remote Sensing Applications Centre, U.P., Lucknow, Sector G, Jankipuram Kursi Road, Lucknow – 226021

Srivastava
Tata Consultancy Services, Lucknow.


Abstract
India is a democratic country; therefore in such democratic set up, time bound elections are compulsory phenomenon. By virtue of being the largest democracy in the world, execution of elections (either Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha) in the country like India, is a hectic exercise. To ease out such exercise, Election Commission of India has decided the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies due to increasing population and setting up new provinces like Uttaranchal, Jharkhand & Chattisgarh in the country.

In the present study, an attempt has been made for dasymetric mapping using ARC/INFO GIS software to integrate all the assembly and parliamentary constituencies and other data, in order to generate a comprehensive map of Deoria district showing all the relevant informations, as desire by the Election Commission of U.P. from the district election office, Deoria.