Second Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	2nd Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	15 December 1952
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	19 December 1952
Assented to	1 May 1953
Signed by	Rajendra Prasad
Commenced	1 May 1953
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 1952
Introduced by	C.C. Biswas
Introduced	18 June 1952
Committee report	Report of the Select Committee of the House of the People on The Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 1952
Final stages
Reported from conference committee	18 November 1952
Conference committee bill passed by Lok Sabha	15 December 1952
Status: In force

The Second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952, removed the upper population limit for a parliamentary constituency by amending Article 81(1)(b) of the Constitution. Article 81(1)(b) had stipulated that the number of members to be allotted to each parliamentary constituency should be determined so as to ensure that there would be not less than one member for every 750,000 of the population and not more than one member for every 500,000 of the population.