3 min learnNew DelhiMar 24, 2026 04:33 PM IST
First revealed on: Mar 24, 2026 at 06:25 AM IST
The Centre is exploring the risk of delinking the Girls’s Reservation Act, 2023 — which seeks to order one-third of seats within the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for ladies — from the upcoming Census and delimitation workouts, and learnt to have prompt that the power of the Lok Sabha be raised from the present 543 to 816, together with 273 seats reserved for ladies. A reconfigured Lok Sabha would solely come into drive within the 2029 Lok Sabha polls.
As reported by The Indian Categorical on Monday, on the assembly with some Opposition events Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah prompt amending the Act and individually elevating the full power of the Lok Sabha whereas sustaining the present proportions of seats allotted to every state. Nevertheless, delimitation or redrawing seat boundaries is anticipated to be pegged to the 2011 Census.
Going by the present state-wise allocation of seats, Uttar Pradesh by far has the very best proportion of Lok Sabha seats: 15% or 80 of the full 543. If this proportion is to be maintained in an 816-member Lok Sabha, UP could have 120 seats, together with 40 reserved for ladies.
State-wise seats in a 816-member Lok Sabha
Equally, Maharashtra will go from 48 seats to 72, together with 24 reserved for ladies, Bengal will go from 42 to 63 seats, with 21 for ladies, and Bihar will go from 40 to 60 seats, together with 20 reserved for ladies. In Tamil Nadu, the place the DMK has led the cost in opposition to the state’s alleged underrepresentation in Parliament, the variety of Lok Sabha seats will rise from 39 to 59, with 20 seats reserved for ladies. Madhya Pradesh, in the meantime, will rise from 29 seats to 44 with 15 seats for ladies.
Among the many smaller states, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura may go from 2 Lok Sabha seats to three every. Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim, which every have 1 seat, may have 2 seats every within the new Lok Sabha configuration.
Among the many main Union Territories, Delhi may rise from 7 Lok Sabha seats to 11 with 4 reserved for ladies, whereas Jammu and Kashmir would rise from 5 to eight seats with 3 reserved for ladies. Nevertheless, it stays unclear if the single-seat UTs, together with Ladakh and Puducherry amongst others, will see a rise within the variety of seats and the way they could be reserved for ladies.
