Constitution Section 330A — Reservation of seats for women in the House of the People.-

Part XVI — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES

Constitutional

Summary

This section requires that seats in the Lok Sabha (the House of the People) be set aside for women. Out of the seats already reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, roughly one-third must be reserved for women from those communities. Additionally, about one-third of all directly elected seats in the Lok Sabha must be reserved for women, including the seats reserved for women from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Official Text

(1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the House of the People.

(2) As nearly as may be, one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (2) of article 330 shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes.

(3) As nearly as may be, one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the House of the People shall be reserved for women.