India, April 12 -- The freeze on expanding and reallocating Lok Sabha seats has distorted constitutional provisions and the democratic principle of equality of representation, a new book on delimitation launched on Saturday argues, underlining that north and western India were grossly underrepresented and the south over-represented.

Prime Minister Museum joint director Ravi K Mishra, who has authored the book "Demography, Representation, Delimitation: The North-South Divide in India", has cited historical data showing southern states experienced population growth earlier than northern states, affecting current representation.

Mishra proposes expanding the number of Lok Sabha seats rather than redistributing the existing 543 seats based ...