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The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 providing 33% reservation for women in legislatures will be implemented after the first census conducted post-enactment and subsequent ______ exercise.
- election
- delimitation
- amendment
- referendum
Answer: delimitation
106th Amendment (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023) implementation: (a) Requires first census post-enactment (census due 2021 delayed to 2024-25), (b) Followed by delimitation exercise to redraw constituency boundaries based on updated population data, (c) Then reservation implemented: 33% seats reserved for women, with rotation after each delimitation, (d) 1/3 of SC/ST reserved seats also reserved for women. Timeline uncertain due to census/delimitation delays; illustrates interplay between constitutional amendment, demographic data, and electoral geography.