States LS seats to be raised by 50%, 272 reserved for women: Meghwal

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Thursday that the strength of the Lok Sabha will increase to 815, of which 272 seats will be reserved for women and neither men nor any state will suffer any loss due to the implementation of this quota. In his introductory remarks in the Lok Sabha on the three bills moved to amend the women's quota law and set up a delimitation commission, Meghwal also said that 272 seats out of 815 in the House is the simple formula of reserving 33 per cent seats for women. According to the proposed legislations, there will be an increase of 50 per cent in the current strength of the Lok Sabha. Seats of all states will be increased by 50% and neither men nor any state will suffer any loss after the implementation of the women's quota, he said. Meghwal also said that there will be reservation for women belonging to SC and ST categories within the women's quota in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

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The Delimitation Bill, 2026, The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-first Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, seek to raise Lok Sabha seats and conduct delimitation based on the latest, effectively the 2011 census figures, to roll out the quota from the 2029 general elections. The Opposition has opposed the delimitation plans. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi demanded that the delimitation and reservation for women should be based on the ongoing census, taking into account the caste enumeration.