3 min readNew DelhiApr 16, 2026 01:29 AM IST
The three new Bills scheduled to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday contain amendments to seven key Articles of the Constitution, The Indian Express has learnt. The amendments are related to Articles 55, 81, 82, 170, 330, 332 and 334A.
According to sources, these broadly fall under sections pertaining to the Executive – most specifically to the election of the President and Vice President of India – to the composition of legislatures, including the Parliament and State Assemblies, and to ‘Special Provisions’ relating to certain classes which provide for reservation for Scheduled Classes and Tribes.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will introduce The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty First Amendment) Bill 2026, as per the List of Business published on the Lok Sabha website on Wednesday.
According to the agenda of proceedings for the day, this will be followed by Home Minister Amit Shah tabling The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026.
Megwhal is also scheduled to move The Delimitation Bill 2026, which seeks to provide for the readjustment of the allocation of Lok Sabha seats to the States and UTs, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State and UTs.
Article 55, which pertains to the ‘Manner of election of President’ pertains to “uniformity in the scale of representation of the different States at the election of the President” as far as “practicable” as well as uniformity and parity between states and the Centre.
It also lays down the procedure for the election of the President by the members of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies and the number of votes these electors are entitled to cast.
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Article 81, pertaining to ‘Composition of the House of the People’, provides for the Lok Sabha consisting of “…not more than 530 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, and … not more than 20 members to represent the UTs, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide”.
Article 82, which provides for ‘Readjustment after each census’, states that upon the completion of each census, the allocation of Lok Sabha seats to the States and the division of each State into territorial constituencies “shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as Parliament may by law determine”.
Article 170 deals with the ‘Composition of the Legislative Assemblies’, while Article 330 pertains to reservations in the Lok Sabha for the SCs and the STs (except the STs in the autonomous districts of Assam). Article 332 relates to reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Legislative Assemblies.
Article 334 pertains to ‘Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after a certain period’ both in case of those reserved for SCs and STs as well as the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination. The Article provides for the ceasing of these reservations in 80 and 70 years, respectively, “from the commencement of this Constitution”.
