The Central Government has presented three bills related to women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (April 16, 2026), which are under discussion. The opposition has opposed these bills and said that women’s reservation should not be linked to delimitation. The three bills introduced by the government include proposals like increasing the number of members in the Lok Sabha, delimitation based on the 2011 population and reassignment of seats in Union Territories.
At present there are a total of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, out of which 75 are women MPs. Now the government has proposed in the bill that the number of seats in the Lok Sabha should be increased to 850, under which 815 seats can be earmarked in the states and 35 in the Union Territories. Out of 850 seats, it is proposed to reserve 272 seats for women. At present there are 75 Lok Sabha women members, out of which 49 are from political families. Let us know who they are-
The highest number of women MPs belonging to political families are from Maharashtra, followed by Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. There are six MPs from Maharashtra, 5 each from Bihar and UP and 4 each from West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
- Andhra Pradesh, Nandyal Dr. Byreddy Shabari, TDP
Grandfather: Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy – three-time MLA and Rajya Sabha member
Father: Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy – twice MLA (1994, 1999) and Minister of State - Andhra Pradesh, Rajahmundry Daggubati Purandeshwari, BJP
Father: N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) – famous actor, founder of TDP, three times Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1983–1995) - Bihar, Patliputra Misa Bharti, RJD
Father: Lalu Prasad Yadav – Former Chief Minister of Bihar
Mother: Rabri Devi – Chief Minister three times
Brothers: Tejashwi Yadav (Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar), Tej Pratap Yadav (Former Health Minister of Bihar) - Bihar, Samastipur (SC) Shambhavi Chaudhary, LJP (Ram Vilas)
Grandfather: Mahavir Choudhary – Congress leader, former Minister of State
Father: Ashok Chaudhary – Senior JDU leader, former Education Minister - Bihar, Shivhar Lovely Anand, JD(U)
Husband: Anand Mohan Singh – MP in 1996 and 1998 - Bihar, Siwan Vijayalakshmi Devi, JD(U)
Husband: Ramesh Singh Kushwaha – Former MLA - Bihar, Vaishali Veena Devi, LJP
Husband: Dinesh Prasad Singh – Member of the Legislative Council - Chhattisgarh, Korba Jyotsna Charandas Mahant, INC
Husband: Charan Das Mahant – MP and former Union Minister - Dadra and Nagar Haveli Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, BJP
Husband: Mohan Delkar – seven-time MP
Son: Abhinav Delkar - Delhi, New Delhi Flute Swaraj, BJP
Mother: Sushma Swaraj – Former External Affairs Minister, Chief Minister of Delhi - Gujarat, Sabarkantha Shobhanaben Baraiya, BJP
Husband: Mahendra Singh Baraiya – MLA - Gujarat, Jamnagar Poonamben Madam, BJP
Father: Hematbhai Madam – Four-time MLA
Uncle: Vikrambhai Madam – Former MP - Haryana, Sirsa (SC) Kumari Shailja, INC
Father: Dalveer Singh – Former MP and Union Minister - Jharkhand, Koderma Annapurna Devi, BJP
Husband: Ramesh Prasad Yadav – Former MLA - Jharkhand, Singhbhum (ST) Joba Majhi, JMM
Husband: Devendra Majhi – Former MLA - Karnataka, Chikkodi Priyanka Jarkiholi, INC
Father: Satish Jarkiholi – Former Minister
Brothers: Ramesh and Balchandra Jarkiholi – MLA - Karnataka, Davanagere Dr. Prabha Mallikarjuna, INC
Husband: S.S. Mallikarjuna – Minister
Father-in-law: Shivashankarappa – MLA - Kerala, Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, INC
Father: Rajiv Gandhi (Former Prime Minister)
Mother: Sonia Gandhi
Grandmother: Indira Gandhi
Great Grandfather: Jawaharlal Nehru - Madhya Pradesh, Balaghat Bharti Pardhi, BJP
Husband: Khirsagar Pardhi
Father-in-law: Bholaram Pardhi – Former MP - Madhya Pradesh, Ratlam (ST) Anita Chauhan, BJP
Husband: Nagar Singh Chauhan – MLA - Madhya Pradesh, Sagar Dr. Lata Wankhede, BJP
Husband: Nandkishore Wankhede – BJP leader Madhya Pradesh, Shahdol (ST)
Himadri Singh, BJP
Father: Dalbir Singh – Three time MP - Madhya Pradesh, Shahdol (ST) Himadri Singh, BJP
Father- Dalbir Singh (three times MP from Congress) - Maharashtra, Baramati Supriya Sule, NCP
Father: Sharad Pawar – Former Chief Minister and Union Minister - Maharashtra, Chandrapur Pratibha Dhanorkar, INC
Husband: Suresh Dhanorkar – MP - Maharashtra, Jalgaon Smita Wagh, BJP
Husband: Uday Wagh – BJP leader - Maharashtra, Mumbai North-Central Varsha Gaikwad, INC
Father: Eknath Gaikwad – Former MP - Maharashtra, Raver Raksha Khadse, BJP
Father-in-law: Eknath Khadse – Senior leader - Maharashtra, Solapur (SC) PRANITI SHINDE, INC
Father: Sushil Kumar Shinde – Former Chief Minister - Odisha, Aska Anita Subhadharshini, BJP
Father: Ramakrishna Patnaik – Former Minister
Mother: Kumudini Patnaik – Former MP - Odisha, Kalahandi Malvika Devi, BJP
Husband: Arka Keshari Dev – MP
Father-in-law: Bikram Keshari Dev – Former MP - Odisha, Bolangir Sangeeta Singh Dev, BJP
Husband: K.V. Singh Dev – Deputy Chief Minister - Punjab, Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal, SAD
Husband: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Father-in-law: Prakash Singh Badal – Former Chief Minister - Rajasthan, Jaipur Manju Sharma, BJP
Father: Bhanwarlal Sharma – Former MLA - Rajasthan, Rajsamand Mahima Kumari Mewar, BJP
Husband: Vishwaraj Singh Mewar
Father-in-law: Mahendra Singh Mewar – Former MP - Tamil Nadu, Chennai South Sumathi T, DMK
Father: V. Thangapandian – Former MLA - Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin Kanimozhi, DMK
Father: M. Karunanidhi – Former Chief Minister - Telangana, Mahabubnagar D.K. Aruna, BJP
Father: Narasi Reddy – Former MLA
Brother: Ram Mohan Reddy – Former MLA - Telangana, Warangal (SC) KADIYAM KAVYA, INC
Father: Kadiyam Srihari – Former Deputy Chief Minister - Tripura East (ST) Kriti Devi Debbarman, BJP
Brother: Pradyot Debbarman
Mother: Bibhu Kumari Devi – MP - Uttar Pradesh, Kairana Iqra Chaudhary, SP
Father: Munawar Hasan – Former MP - Uttar Pradesh, Machhilishahr (SC) Priya Saroj, SP
Father: Toofani Saroj – Former MP - Uttar Pradesh, Mainpuri Dimple Yadav, SP
Husband: Akhilesh Yadav – Former Chief Minister
Father-in-law: Mulayam Singh Yadav - Uttar Pradesh, Mathura Hema Malini, BJP
Husband: Dharmendra Deol – Former MP
Stepson: Sunny Deol – Former MP - Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur Anupriya Patel
Father: Sonelal Patel - Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal Mala State Lakshmi Shah, BJP
Father-in-law: Manbendra Shah – Former MP - West Bengal, Barasat Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, AITC
Uncle: Gurudas Dasgupta – Former MP
Husband: Sudarshan Ghosh – Former Minister - West Bengal, Jaynagar (SC) Pratima Mandal, AITC
Father: Gobinda Naskar- Former MP - West Bengal, Kolkata South Mala Roy, AITC
Husband: Nirbed Roy – Former MLA - West Bengal, Uluberia Sajda Ahmed, AITC
Husband: Sultan Ahmed- Former MP and Minister
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