Three-Bill Package
Interdependence
The government introduced three bills as an integrated package for the special session: (1) Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill — the constitutional foundation, required a two-thirds majority; (2) Delimitation Bill, 2026 — the operational statute requiring only a simple majority; and (3) Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — extending the framework to UT legislatures (also requiring simple majority). The 131st Amendment was the legal prerequisite for the other two: it proposed removing the census restriction that currently bars delimitation before the "first census after 2026" and raised the Lok Sabha ceiling to 850 seats. Without it, the Delimitation Bill and UT Bill were legally hollow.
- The 131st Amendment Bill required a two-thirds special majority under Article 368
- The Delimitation Bill and UT Laws Amendment Bill required only a simple majority under Article 100
- The 84th Amendment (2002) froze inter-state seat redistribution until after the "first census after 2026" — meaning the 2027 Census
- The 131st Amendment would have replaced "first census after 2026" with "2011 Census," enabling earlier delimitation
- Bills introduced April 16, 2026; defeated and shelved April 17, 2026
● Tracked since April 16, 2026 · last seen April 17, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes