All States will have their number of Lok Sabha seats increase by half after delimitation, and no State will lose its current proportional strength in Parliament, a senior government functionary told The Hindu on Wednesday (April 15, 2026). He said that Home Minister Amit Shah would clarify this in the Parliament when the debate on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill and the Delimitation Bill opens on Thursday (April 16).
The drafts of the Bills have raised concerns that the States which have stabilised their population are set to lose their relative strength when the composition of the Lok Sabha is reapportioned between States as per the latest census figures.
Centre moots inter-State redistribution of Lok Sabha seats based on 2011 Census
Mr. Shah had assured party representatives, who met him in recent weeks, that the strength of the Lok Sabha would increase by 50%, to be distributed across States in their existing proportions — that is, a 50% increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats from each individual State. However, this is not mentioned in the drafts of the Bills circulated by the government. In fact, the Bills propose an inter-State redistribution of Lok Sabha seats, which could make it impossible for current proportionate shares to be maintained.
