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After its membership has been enhanced, the center has suggested a massive growth of the Lok Sabha through the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026: The number of seats should increase to as many as 850. MPs have already been provided with a draft of the bill before a special three-day Parliament session that starts April 16.

The proposal would divide 815 seats among the states and 35 among the Union Territories. The main focus of the expansion is an easy introduction of the 33% woman reservation (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) in the 2029 general elections. It will be delivered alongside a new delimitation exercise based on the new 2011 Census figures to redefine the constituencies so as to have proportional representation with one-third of seats to be occupied by women.

The bill aims to make an amendment to the Constitution of Articles 81 and 82 to eliminate the freeze on seat readjustment that has been in existence. Whereas the government sees this as a historic act towards a better representation and empowering women, opposition parties have taken a stand concerning the possibility of imbalance in the representation of regions, particularly the southern states. The next session should be the one where a heated debate of this revolutionary reform will occur.