constituency-edit

name	constituency-edit
description	Add, remove, or renumber constituencies in the master list. Use when: adding a missing constituency, fixing constituency counts, renumbering after insertions, correcting district mappings.

Constituency Edit

When to Use

• A constituency is missing from public/data/constituencies.json
• District constituency count is wrong in public/data/districts.json
• Constituencies need renumbering after an insertion or deletion
• A constituency's districtId mapping is incorrect

Files Affected

Every constituency edit touches multiple files:

1. public/data/constituencies.json — master constituency list
2. public/data/districts.json — constituencyCount per district
3. public/data/district-candidates/<district>.json — candidate rows for the constituency

Add a Constituency

1. Read constituencies.json — find the correct insertion point (constituencies are grouped by district)
2. Determine the new ID: lowercase, hyphenated (e.g. kunnamkulam, vengara)
3. Insert the entry with a temporary number value
4. Renumber ALL constituencies sequentially 1 through N
5. Update constituencyCount in districts.json for the affected district
6. Add a candidate row in the district's override JSON
7. Run the data-validation skill

Renumbering

Constituency numbers must be sequential 1 through N with no gaps. The app uses these numbers for sorting in DistrictPage.jsx and display in ConstituencyPage.jsx.

Use a script for renumbering — never renumber manually:

import json
with open('public/data/constituencies.json') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
for i, c in enumerate(data):
    c['number'] = i + 1
with open('public/data/constituencies.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2)

Constituency Entry Format

{
  "id": "<lowercase-hyphenated>",
  "name": "<Display Name>",
  "districtId": "<district-id>",
  "number": <sequential>
}

Official Reference

CEO Kerala maintains the definitive list of 140 assembly constituencies. Cross-check against official sources before adding or removing constituencies.

Constraints

• Never leave gaps in numbering
• Always update constituencyCount in districts.json to match
• Every new constituency needs a candidate row in the district override