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Here is my revised calculation of how the delimitation proposed in the bills today would affect the share of states in the Lok Sabha. The political pattern of losers and gainers maps almost perfectly on areas of BJP’s weakness and strength.
Assumptions: Total seats: 850 (of which 35 for UTs). Rest allocated as per population share in Census 2011.
The column on Gains/Losses is critical as every state would get more seats in 850 seat house. Here gains and losses are compared to seats every state would have had if their present share was respected: e.g. Kerala would get 23 seats (additional 3) but should have got 31 if its present share was maintained. Hence it’s a loss of 8 seats. UP should have had 125 but would have 138, gain of 13.
Thanks @qfint for the detailed table below and @vrsrini for pointing out the error in the previous table.

Avinash M. Tripathi@qfint
According to media reports, a new constitutional amendment act proposing population based seat adjustment and seat delimitation has been introduced. If 2011 census figures are used as baseline, this is what final seat tally may look like. 1/2
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