The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana are:

2022

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana are:

  1. A.

    7 and 4

  2. B.

    10 and 4

  3. C.

    10 and 5

  4. D.

    12 and 5

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Correct answer: C

Concept: Under the Constitution, each state's Lok Sabha seat count is fixed by delimitation based on population (frozen since the 1971 census by the 42nd/84th Amendments, pending the next delimitation), while its Rajya Sabha seat count is fixed under the Fourth Schedule, also roughly proportional to population, out of a national total of 245 Rajya Sabha seats.

Application: Applying this allocation to Haryana, the state currently sends 10 members to the Lok Sabha and 5 members to the Rajya Sabha, giving the pair "10 and 5".

Cross-check: This total of 15 parliamentary seats for Haryana is consistent with its share of the country's population under the frozen delimitation, and no other listed pairing reproduces both figures together:

  • "7 and 4" understates both the Lok Sabha figure (10) and the Rajya Sabha figure (5).

  • "10 and 4" gets the Lok Sabha figure right (10) but understates the Rajya Sabha figure, which is 5, not 4.

  • "12 and 5" gets the Rajya Sabha figure right (5) but overstates the Lok Sabha figure, which is 10, not 12.

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