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Definition :

Gerrymandering, it is an American expression which has taken root in the English language, meaning to arrange election districts so as to give an unfair advantage to the party in power by means of a redistribution act or to manipulate constituencies generally, State of M.P. v. Devilal, AIR 1986 SC 434 (439): (1986) 1 SCC 657: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 894.

The practice of dividing a geograplical area auto electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the oppositions voting strength, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn