The 'constituency delimitation bill' is intended to ensure that states are represented in the Lok Sabha of Parliament in proportion to their population.
Through this delimitation, the number of Lok Sabha seats will be increased from 543 to 850.
The central government is trying to bring this bill into effect during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.
Earlier, in April, when the BJP introduced this bill in the Lok Sabha, it failed to pass due to not receiving enough votes.
Why the defeat?
According to the Constitution, a constitutional amendment bill requires two-thirds of the votes of those present and voting in the Lok Sabha on the day of the vote.
The total number of Members of Parliament currently in the Lok Sabha is 528. Two-thirds of this would be 352.
In April, the BJP plus its alliance partners had a total of 298.
As a result, the BJP failed to implement the constituency delimitation bill, falling short by 54 votes.
Try again!
Even now, the BJP is trying to push through this constituency delimitation in this session.
The reason for the BJP’s confidence is some recent changes in the politics of India’s states.
West Bengal: The Trinamool Congress, which ruled West Bengal for nearly 15 years, suffered a defeat in the last assembly election.
As a result, many within the party became dissatisfied with former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Among them, 20 Lok Sabha MPs from the Trinamool Congress have joined the BJP alliance.

Maharashtra: Six Lok Sabha MPs from the Shiv Sena party led by Uddhav Thackeray have now joined the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, which is part of the BJP alliance.
Tamil Nadu: Until just before the election results, the DMK had been strongly opposing the constituency delimitation bill.
At a time when talk of a “DMK-BJP alliance” is gaining traction, the DMK has taken the position that “once the bill is introduced, we will read it and then decide.”
The DMK has 22 Lok Sabha MPs.
So, if the number of MPs from these three states is added together, it comes to 48 votes.
But there are still 6 votes short.
With Rahul Gandhi...
To address this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju reportedly met Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi last Wednesday (August 5).
However, reports say Rahul Gandhi did not agree to this.
So, there is still a problem in getting this bill introduced. Let’s see how the BJP will resolve this issue... and when it will bring this bill for introduction.
