How many seats in the Lok Sabha are reserved for Scheduled Tribes?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is 47

Important Points

Lok Sabha considered as the lower house.
It has seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes is 41.
The number of seats reserved for scheduled tribes was increased from 41 to 47 in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.
The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552.

Additional Information

131 seats out of the 543 Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
This is approximately 24% of all the seats.
84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, and 47 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
These numbers are changed by the Delimitation Commission of India based on changes in the population.
By-election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President. which was removed by 104th constitutional Amendment Act.