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Lok Sabha
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The Lok Sabha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The Lok Sabha also stands for the term of the lower house between consecutive parliamentary general elections in India. There have been 14 Lok Sabha terms elected by the people of India as of 2007. Members of the Lok Sabha are direct representatives of the people of India, having been directly elected by the electorate consisting of all eligible adult citizens of India. Its maximum size as outlined in the Constitution of India is 552 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people from the states of India, up to 20 members representing people from the Union Territories, and two members to represent the Anglo-Indian community if it does not have adequate representation in the house according to the President.
Each Lok Sabha is formed for a five year term, after which it is automatically dissolved, unless extended by a Proclamation of Emergency which may extend the term in one year increments. The Fourteenth Lok Sabha was formed in May 2004 and will be in place till the next General Elections.
An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries is being carried out by the Election Commission of India based on the Indian census of 2001. This exercise which was supposed to be carried out after every census was suspended in 1976 following a constitutional amendment to avoid adverse effects of the family planning program which was being implemented.[1]
Lok Sabha is a Hindi word synthesized from the two Sanskrit words loka (world or people) and sabhā (assembly). It means "People's Assembly".
To become a member of the Lok Sabha, a person must definitely be a citizen of India, not less than 25 years of age. He/she should be mentally sound and should not be bankrupt. He/she should also state an affidavit that there are no criminal procedures against him/her. For reserved seats one should be member of scheduled caste or/and tribes.
- Speaker: Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bolpur, West Bengal
- Deputy Speaker: Charanjit Singh Atwal, Shiromani Akali Dal, Phillaur, Punjab
- Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian National Congress, West Bengal
- Leader of the Opposition: Lal Krishna Advani, Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Secretary General: P.D.T. Acharya
The members of the Lok Sabha elect a Speaker of Lok Sabha who is responsible for the conduct of business of the body, and a Deputy Speaker to preside over the proceedings in the absence of the Speaker.
The membership of Lok Sabha is distributed among the states and union territories so as to ensure proper representation of the population of the states and union territories. The current allocation of membership is as follows: (545 members: 543 elected + 2 nominated)
| No. | State | No. of members |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 42 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 |
| 3 | Assam | 14 |
| 4 | Bihar | 40 |
| 5 | Chhatisgarh | 11 |
| 6 | Goa | 2 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 26 |
| 8 | Haryana | 10 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 4 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 6 |
| 11 | Jharkand | 14 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 28 |
| 13 | Kerala | 20 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 29 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 48 |
| 16 | Manipur | 2 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 2 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 1 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 1 |
| 20 | Orissa | 21 |
| 21 | Punjab | 13 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 25 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 1 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 39 |
| 25 | Tripura | 2 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 80 |
| 27 | Uttarkhand | 5 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 42 |
Union Territories
| No. | Union Territory | No. of members |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 |
| 2 | Chandigarh | 1 |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 |
| 4 | Daman and Diu | 1 |
| 5 | Delhi | 7 |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | 1 |
| 7 | Pondicherry | 1 |
Nominated Members
- Anglo-Indians - 2
Total members - 545
| S.No. | Party Name | Number MP's |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 150 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 130 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 43 |
| 4 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 38 |
| 5 | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) | 24 |
| 6 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 18 |
| 7 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) | 16 |
| 8 | Shiv Sena (SS) | 12 |
| 9 | Biju Janata Dal (BJD) | 11 |
| 10 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 11 |
| 11 | Communist Party of India (CPI) | 10 |
| 12 | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) | 8 |
| 13 | Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) | 7 |
| 14 | Independent (Ind.) | 6 |
| 15 | Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) | 6 |
| 16 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) | 5 |
| 17 | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) | 5 |
| 18 | Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJSP) | 4 |
| 19 | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) | 4 |
| 20 | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) | 4 |
| 21 | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | 3 |
| 22 | Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) | 3 |
| 23 | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | 3 |
| 24 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 3 |
| 25 | Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) | 2 |
| 26 | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC) | 2 |
| 27 | Kerala Congress (KEC) | 2 |
| 28 | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimmen (AIMIM) | 1 |
| 29 | All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | 1 |
| 30 | Bharatiya Navshakti Party (BNP) | 1 |
| 31 | Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&KPDP) | 1 |
| 32 | Mizo National Front (MNF) | 1 |
| 33 | Muslim League Kerala State Committee (MLKSC) | 1 |
| 34 | Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) | 1 |
| 35 | National Loktantrik Party (NLP) | 1 |
| 36 | Republican Party of India (A) (RPI(A)) | 1 |
| 37 | Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) | 1 |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Arunachal West | Kiren Rijiju | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2. Arunchal East | Tapir Gao | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Surguja (ST) | Nand Kumar Sai | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2. Raigarh (ST) | Vishnudeo Sai | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3. Janjgir | Karuna Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4. Bilaspur (SC) | Punnulal Mohle | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5. Sarangarh (SC) | Guharam Ajgalle | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6. Raipur | Ramesh Bais | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 7. Mahasamund | Ajit Jogi | Indian National Congress |
| 8. Kanker (ST) | Sohan Potai | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 9. Bastar (ST) | Baliram Kashyap | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 10. Durg | Tarachand Sahu | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 11. Rajnandgaon | Pradeep Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Panaji | Shripad Yasso Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2. Mormugao | Churchill Braz Alemao | Indian National Congress |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ambala (SC) | Selja Kumari | Indian National Congress |
| 2. Kurukshetra | Naveen Jindal | Indian National Congress |
| 3. Karnal | Arvind Kumar Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 4. Sonepat | Kishan Singh Sangwan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5. Rohtak | Deepender Singh Hooda | Indian National Congress |
| 6. Faridabad | Avtar Singh Bhadana | Indian National Congress |
| 7. Mahendragarh | Inderjit Singh Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 8. Bhiwani | Kuldeep Bishnoi | Indian National Congress |
| 9. Hissar | Jai Parkash | Indian National Congress |
| 10. Sirsa (SC) | Atma Singh Gill | Indian National Congress |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Simla (SC) | Dhani Ram Shandil | Indian National Congress |
| 2. Mandi | Pratibha Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 3. Kangra | Chander Kumar | Indian National Congress |
| 4. Hamirpur | Suresh Chandel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Baramulla | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 2. Srinagar | Omar Abdullah | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 3. Anantnag | Mehbooba Mufti | Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |
| 4. Ladakh | Thupstan Chhewang | Independent |
| 5. Udhampur | Ch. Lal Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 6. Jammu | Madan Lal Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rajmahal (ST) | Hemlal Murmu | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 2. Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)Dumka (ST) | Shibu Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 3. Godda | Furkan Ansari | Indian National Congress |
| 4. Chatra | Dhirendra Agarwal | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 5. Kodaram | Babulal Marandi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6. Giridh | Tek Lal Mahto | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 7. Dhanbad | Chandra Shekhar Dubey | Indian National Congress |
| 8. Ranchi | Subodh Kant Sahay | Indian National Congress |
| 9. Jamshedpur | Suman Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 10. Singbhum (ST) | Bagun Sumbrai | Indian National Congress |
| 11. Khunti (ST) | Sushila Kerketta | Indian National Congress |
| 12. Lohardagav (ST) | Rameshwar Oraon | Indian National Congress |
| 13. Palamau (SC) | Manoj Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 14. Hazaribagh | Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta | Communist Party of India |
| Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rajapur | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu | Shiv Sena |
| 2. Ratnagiri | Anant Geete | Shiv Sena |
| 3. Kolaba | A. R. Antulay | <