Delimitation: Tamil Nadu Assembly adopts CM Vijay’s resolution to freeze Lok Sabha seats at 543
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution urging the Union government to freeze the number of Lok Sabha seats at 543. The resolution also advocates for maintaining the current Lok Sabha-Rajya Sabha ratio and implementing 33% reservation for women in upcoming elections.
Why it matters
This addresses critical debates regarding political representation, federalism, and gender equality in the Indian parliamentary system.
Amid opposition from some political parties, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) passed a resolution urging the Union government to freeze the number of Lok Sabha seats at the existing 543 and retain the current proportion of inter-State distribution of seats.
The resolution also emphasised maintaining the current Lok Sabha-Rajya Sabha ratio of 2.2:1, while simultaneously implementing 33% reservation for women in the 2029 Lok Sabha based on the existing 543 seats and subsequent Assembly elections without any delay.
Moving the resolution, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay said it reflected the concerns of women in every family. Tamil Nadu had many women of distinction who had been part of its identity from the Sangam era to the present day.
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