Article 332A reserves seats for women in Parliament.

This Article deals only with State Legislative Assemblies; women's reservation in the Lok Sabha is addressed by a related provision (Article 330A), inserted by the same 2023 amendment.

The one-third reservation for women and the one-third sub-reservation for SC/ST women are separate, additive quotas.

Clause (3) explicitly states that the overall one-third for women already includes the SC/ST women's seats from clause (2); it is not an extra layer on top.

This reservation took effect immediately for the next State elections after 2023.

Implementation of this women's reservation was tied to a subsequent delimitation exercise based on census data, meaning it was not automatically applicable to elections held immediately after the amendment.

The Constitution of India

अनुच्छेद 332A

राज्यांच्या विधानसभांमध्ये महिलांसाठी जागांचे आरक्षण

राज्यांच्या विधानसभांमध्ये महिलांसाठी जागांचे आरक्षण.— (1) प्रत्येक राज्याच्या विधानसभेत महिलांसाठी जागा राखून ठेवण्यात येतील. (2) अनुच्छेद 330 च्या खंड (3) अन्वये राखून ठेवलेल्या जागांच्या एकूण संख्येपैकी, शक्य होईल तितपत जास्तीत जास्त, एक-तृतीयांश जागा, अनुसूचित जातींतील किंवा अनुसूचित जमातींतील महिलांसाठी राखून ठेवण्यात येतील. (3) प्रत्येक राज्याच्या विधानसभेच्या थेट निवडणुकीद्वारे भरावयाच्या जागांच्या एकूण संख्येपैकी (अनुसूचित जातींतील किंवा अनुसूचित जमातींतील महिलांसाठी राखीव असलेल्या जागांच्या संख्येसह), शक्य होईल तितपत जास्तीत जास्त, एक-तृतीयांश जागा, महिलांसाठी राखून ठेवण्यात येतील.] 137

हे का आहे

Despite forming roughly half the population, women have long been underrepresented in India's legislatures. Reservation for women in Parliament and local bodies (like Panchayats and Municipalities) had existed for years, but State Assemblies lacked such a guarantee. Article 332A was inserted by the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly called the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' — to extend similar reservation to State Legislative Assemblies, aiming to increase women's political representation and voice in State-level lawmaking, while also ensuring SC/ST women are not left out within that reserved quota.

सामान्य गृहितके

धरण: Article 332A reserves seats for women in Parliament.
घटना: This Article deals only with State Legislative Assemblies; women's reservation in the Lok Sabha is addressed by a related provision (Article 330A), inserted by the same 2023 amendment.
धरण: The one-third reservation for women and the one-third sub-reservation for SC/ST women are separate, additive quotas.
घटना: Clause (3) explicitly states that the overall one-third for women already includes the SC/ST women's seats from clause (2); it is not an extra layer on top.
धरण: This reservation took effect immediately for the next State elections after 2023.
घटना: Implementation of this women's reservation was tied to a subsequent delimitation exercise based on census data, meaning it was not automatically applicable to elections held immediately after the amendment.