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Women's Reservation in Panchayati Raj Institutions (Not Linked to Delimitation)
Local self-government offers a contrasting precedent: reservation for women in Panchayats was made a direct constitutional mandate, effective immediately upon each Panchayat's formation, without being tied to any prior delimitation exercise at the national level — because ward-level delimitation for local bodies is a routine, recurring state-level administrative function rather than a rare national one.
- Article 243D(3), inserted by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, mandates that not less than one-third of directly elected seats in every Panchayat (village, block, and district level) be reserved for women, with rotation among constituencies at each election.
- This provision has been operative since the 73rd Amendment came into force in 1993, and several states have since enhanced the reservation to 50% by state legislation.
- Panchayat-level constituency delimitation is carried out routinely at the state level ahead of each Panchayat election, unlike Lok Sabha/Assembly delimitation, which has been effectively frozen since 1976.
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