How does this amendment affect the status of members who were previously elected or nominated as such?
This amendment provides specific rules for the status of members who were previously elected or nominated as such, depending on their political party affiliations at the time of the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985. It deems them to have been elected or nominated in a certain way, based on their membership in a political party, and it also provides for the disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of merger with another political party.