Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

Basic data
Seat:	New Delhi
Legislative period :	5 years
MPs:	545
Current legislative period
Last choice:	April 11, 2019 to May 19, 2019
Chair:	Om Birla (BJP), speaker since June 19, 2019
Distribution of seats:	1. Governing parties: 329 BJP 303 Shiv Sena 18 Shiromani Akali Dal 2 Lok Janshakti Party 6 2nd UPA in the narrower sense: 61 Indian National Congress 52 Nationalist Congress Party 5 Other UPA parties: 4 Indian Union Muslim League 3, Kerala Congress (M) 1 3. All others : 143 Telugu Desam Party 3 Biju Janata Dal 12 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 Janata Dal (Secular) 1 Janata Dal (United) 16 Aam Aadmi Party 1 AITC 22 Samajwadi Party 5 Bahujan Samaj Party 10 DMK 24 AIADMK 1 Telangana Rashtra Samithi 9 YSR Congress Party 22 JKNC 3 Other parties: 13: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 1, AIMIM 2, Apna Dal (Sonelal) 2, Naga People's Front 1, Mizo National Front 1, VCK 1, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party 1, AJSU Party 1, National People's Party 1, NDPP 1, AIUDF 1 4. Communists, Left Socialists: 6 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 CPI (Marxist) 3 Communist Party 2 5. Independents: 4 Others and Independent 4 6. Nominees: 2 Anglo-Indians 2       000 000                000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000     
Website
loksabha.nic.in

The Lok Sabha ( Hindi लोक सभा lok sabhā [ ˈloːk ˈsʌbʱɑ ] "People's Assembly") is the first chamber of the Indian Parliament . In the legislature it is on an equal footing with the second chamber - the Rajya Sabha . The exception is budgetary policy, in which the Lok Sabha takes precedence. If there are different voting results, both chambers will meet together - but since the Lok Sabha has more than twice as many members, it is in fact the determining force in votes.

The Lok Sabha Parliament building in New Delhi

The Indian constitution stipulates that the number of members of the Lok Sabha may not exceed 552, of which a maximum of 530 may be in the federal states and a maximum of 20 in the Union territories. The President has the right to directly appoint up to two MPs as representatives of the Anglo-Indian minority . Currently (since 1989) the Lok Sabha has 545 members and is therefore the world's smallest representative body in relation to the size of the population. 543 MPs are directly elected every five years in a simple majority vote in one-person constituencies (530 in the Indian states, a further 13 in the Union territories ). The Delimitation Commission of India sets the constituency boundaries at irregular intervals according to the population changes. The minimum age for the right to stand for election is 25 years.

See also

• Political system of India
• List of constituencies in India

Web links

Commons : Lok Sabha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lok Sabha - Official Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Members bioprofiles: Birla, Shri Om. Lok Sabha website (directory of MPs), accessed on January 2, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ The term "lower house" does not seem very appropriate for the Lok Sabha, as there is no corresponding "upper house". The Rajya Sabha is more similar in its functions to the German Federal Council than to the British House of Lords .
3. ↑ Chapter 43: Electoral Statistics. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Statistical Year Book. Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation ( URL ), 2013, archived from the original on November 14, 2013 ; accessed on June 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.