What is the maximum elected strength of the Lok Sabha permitted by the Constitution?

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The Constitution permits up to 530 members from the States and up to 20 from the Union Territories, which is 550 in all.
The figure 552 was correct until 2020, when it included two Anglo-Indian members the President could nominate.
That nomination provision was allowed to lapse by the 104th Amendment, so the ceiling is now 550.

Worth noting

Older material still prints 552. The change is recent enough that both numbers circulate.

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