Eighty-Fourth Amendment Act, 2001

• Extended the ban on readjustment of seats in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies for another 25 years (i.e., up to 2026) with the same objective of encouraging population limiting measures. In other words, the number of seats in the Lok Sabha and the assemblies are to remain same till 2026.
• It also provided for their adjustment and rationalisation of territorial constituencies in the states on the basis of the population figures of 1991 census.