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The women's reservation bill sailed through the Lok Sabha on Wednesday - 454 MPs voted in favour and two against - after hours of ferocious attack-counterattack between the government and the Opposition. The bill will now be presented in the Rajya Sabha, 13 years after the Congress-led UPA government tabled its version of the proposed legislation, and it is widely expected to clear this second and hurdle too, with the BJP confident of support from select opposition parties. Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha, "After elections (next year), soon census and delimitation exercise will take place. After this, there will be 1/3 women in this house."