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🏛️ Lok Sabha Strength Proposed to Increase to 850 Seats

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📌 Why in News?

On 14 April 2026, the central government proposed a draft Constitutional Amendment Bill to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha from 543 to 850 seats.

🔥 Key Highlights

🔹 Seat Distribution:

  • Total seats: 850
  • States: 815 seats
  • Union Territories: 35 seats

🔹 Implementation Timeline:

  • Expected to be implemented from 2029 Lok Sabha Elections
  • To be discussed in a special Parliament session (April 2026)

🔹 Objectives:

  • Enable 33% women reservation under Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam
  • Facilitate fresh delimitation of constituencies

🔹 Data Basis:

  • Based on 2011 Census

🔹 Legal Procedure:

  • Requires Constitutional Amendment
  • Needs two-thirds majority in Parliament

📚 Additional Information

🔸 Lok Sabha:

  • Known as House of the People
  • Governed by Article 81
  • Current strength: 543 seats

🔸 Delimitation Commission:

  • Formed under Article 82
  • Redraws constituency boundaries after Census
  • Works with Election Commission of India

🔸 84th Constitutional Amendment (2001):

  • Froze seat distribution based on 1971 Census till 2026

🎯 Exam Points

  • Proposed seats: 850
  • Current seats: 543
  • Implementation: 2029 elections
  • Census base: 2011
  • Women reservation: 33%

🇮🇳 लोकसभा की सीटें बढ़कर 850 होने का प्रस्ताव

📌 क्यों चर्चा में?

14 अप्रैल 2026 को केंद्र सरकार ने Lok Sabha की सीटों को 543 से बढ़ाकर 850 करने का प्रस्ताव रखा।

🔥 मुख्य बिंदु

🔹 सीट वितरण:

  • कुल: 850 सीटें
  • राज्य: 815
  • केंद्र शासित प्रदेश: 35

🔹 लागू होने का समय:

  • 2029 चुनाव से लागू

🔹 उद्देश्य:

  • महिला आरक्षण (33%) लागू करना
  • नई सीमांकन प्रक्रिया

🔹 आधार:

  • 2011 जनगणना

🔹 कानूनी प्रक्रिया:

  • संविधान संशोधन जरूरी
  • संसद में 2/3 बहुमत

📚 अतिरिक्त जानकारी

🔸 Lok Sabha:

  • Article 81

🔸 Delimitation Commission:

  • Article 82 के तहत

🎯 परीक्षा हेतु महत्वपूर्ण बिंदु

  • सीटें: 850
  • चुनाव: 2029

📝 Practice MCQs (English + Hindi)

1. Proposed Lok Sabha strength is?

प्रस्तावित लोकसभा सीटें कितनी हैं?

A. 600

B. 700

C. 850

D. 900

👉 Answer: C

2. Current Lok Sabha strength is?

वर्तमान लोकसभा सीटें कितनी हैं?

A. 500

B. 520

C. 543

D. 550

👉 Answer: C

3. Seats for states are?

राज्यों के लिए सीटें कितनी हैं?

A. 800

B. 810

C. 815

D. 820

👉 Answer: C

4. UT seats proposed are?

केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों के लिए सीटें कितनी हैं?

A. 25

B. 30

C. 35

D. 40

👉 Answer: C

5. Implementation year is?

यह कब लागू होगा?

A. 2027

B. 2028

C. 2029

D. 2030

👉 Answer: C

6. Based on which census?

किस जनगणना पर आधारित है?

A. 2001

B. 2011

C. 2021

D. 1971

👉 Answer: B

7. Article related to Lok Sabha composition?

लोकसभा की संरचना किस अनुच्छेद में है?

A. 80

B. 81

C. 82

D. 83

👉 Answer: B

8. Delimitation Commission formed under?

सीमांकन आयोग किस अनुच्छेद के तहत है?

A. 80

B. 81

C. 82

D. 83

👉 Answer: C

9. Women reservation is how much?

महिला आरक्षण कितना है?

A. 25%

B. 30%

C. 33%

D. 35%

👉 Answer: C

10. Constitutional amendment requires?

संविधान संशोधन के लिए क्या चाहिए?

A. Simple majority

B. Two-thirds majority

C. President approval only

D. Supreme Court

👉 Answer: B

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