Can women’s quota be implemented before 2029 general elections?

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Women NDA MPs rise slogans during a protestation amid rain, aft the Constitution Amendment Bill to instrumentality preservation for women successful legislatures successful 2029 and summation the fig of seats of the Lok Sabha was defeated, during the Special Session of Parliament, successful New Delhi, Friday, April 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

The Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, 2026, which sought to redistribute Lok Sabha seats connected the ground of the 2011 Census to expedite the implementation of women’s preservation was defeated connected the level of the Lok Sabha connected Friday (April 17, 2026). The 2023 Women’s Reservation Act though remains a portion of the Constitution and tin beryllium implemented according to its provisions.

The authorities has notified the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Act, 2023), connected Thursday (April 16). This successful effect means that the instrumentality timeline of 15 years often referred to arsenic the “sunset clause” begins from April 16, 2026.

Published - April 18, 2026 07:25 p.m. IST

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