# TVK will amend law to prevent delimitation harming southern states

- ID: P01-A-05#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p01-a-05-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p01-a-05-1)
- Pillar: 1. Tamil Identity and Pride
- Section: A. Protection of Tamil Nadu's Financial and State Rights
- Manifesto page: 9
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 13 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The TVK government will take measures to introduce constitutional and statutory amendments to prevent southern Indian states from being affected by delimitation.

## Where it stands

Announced on 6 Aug 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government announced it will hold consultations and request constitutional amendments to protect the state's representation.

**So far:** A legislative resolution passed and a letter sent requesting constitutional amendments.

**Not yet seen:** The actual constitutional or statutory amendments have not been introduced.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 13 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22329: Chief Minister Thiru. C. Joseph Vijay wrote to Prime Minister Thiru. Narendra Modi requesting him to consider the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly regarding the proposed delimitation of parliamentary constituencies and to bring in necessary constitutional amendments. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.536_-_Hon_ble_CM_DO_Letter_to_Hon_ble_Prime_Minister_Reg_Delimitation_Resolution_-_Date.13.08.2026.pdf))
- 8 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22305: The government will pass a special resolution in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to permanently protect the state's parliamentary representation rights against the proposed delimitation. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.517_-_Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_Delimitation_Meeting_with__MPs__-_Date.08.08.2026.pdf))
- 6 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22290: The Chief Minister will chair a consultation meeting with Tamil Nadu MPs on August 8, 2026, regarding the Union government's proposed delimitation of constituencies. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.505_-_Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_HCM_Meeting_with_Tamil_Nadu_MPs_reg_Delimitation_-_Date_-_6.8.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.