Lok Sabha information

Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
17th Lok Sabha
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of India
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Speaker	Om Birla, BJP ; since 19 June 2019
Deputy Speaker	Vacant ; since 25 May 2019
Secretary General	Utpal Kumar Singh ; since 30 November 2020
Leader of the House; (Prime Minister)	Narendra Modi, BJP ; since 26 May 2014
Deputy Leader of the House	Rajnath Singh, BJP ; since 30 May 2019
Leader of Opposition	Vacant ; since 20 May 2014
Structure
Seats	543
Political groups	Government (344) NDA (344) BJP (294); JD(U) (16); SHS (13); TDP (4); LJP(RV) (4); AD(S) (2); AJSU (1); JD(S) (1); JSP (1); MNF (1); NCP (1); NDPP (1); NPF (1); NPP (1); RLJP (1); SKM (1); IND (1); Confidence and supply (12) BJD (12) Opposition (167); INDIA (118) INC (51); DMK (20); AITC (19); SS(UBT) (5); NCP(SP) (4); CPI(M) (3); IUML (3); JKNC (3); CPI (2); SP (2); JMM (1); KC(M) (1); KMDK (1); RJD (1); RSP (1); VCK (1); Others (36) YSRCP (17) BSP (8) BRS (3) AIMIM (2) SAD (2) AIUDF (1) SAD(A) (1) IND (2) Vacant (33) Vacant (33)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	25 Oct 1951 – 21 Feb 1952
Last election	11 April – 19 May 2019
Next election	19 April - 1 June 2024
Meeting place
	Lok Sabha Chamber, Parliament House,; Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India – 110 001; 28°37′3″N 77°12′30″E / 28.61750°N 77.20833°E
Website
	sansad.in/ls
Constitution
	Constitution of India
Rules
	The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (English)

The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Parliament House, New Delhi.

The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552^[1] (Initially, in 1950, it was 500.) Currently, the house has 543 seats which are filed by the election of up to 543 elected members. Between 1952 and 2020, two additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.^[2]^[3] The new parliament has a seating capacity of 888 for Lok Sabha.^[4]

A total of 131 seats (24.03%) are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47). The quorum for the House is 10% of the total membership. The Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues to operate for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting. However, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law or decree.^[5]^[6]

An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries is carried out by the Boundary Delimitation Commission of India every decade based on the Indian census, last of which was conducted in 2011.^[7] This exercise earlier also included redistribution of seats among states based on demographic changes but that provision of the mandate of the commission was suspended in 1976 following a constitutional amendment to incentivize the family planning program which was being implemented.^[8] The 17th Lok Sabha was elected in May 2019 and is the latest to date.^[9]

The Lok Sabha proceedings are televised live on channel Sansad TV, headquartered within the premises of Parliament.^[10]

^ "Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Shankar, B.L.; Rodrigues, Valerian (13 January 2011). The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Oxford University Press. pp. 292–328. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067726.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-806772-6. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Parliament of India: Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.
^ Part V—The Union. Article 83. p. 40 Archived 24 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "A decade from now, three states will contribute a third of Lok Sabha MPs". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.
^ Election Commission India Archived 5 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "PM Modi's New Cabinet Could See Prestige Posts For Smriti Irani, Bengal". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "SansadTV Live". SansadTV. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

[1] "Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Shankar, B.L.; Rodrigues, Valerian (13 January 2011). The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Oxford University Press. pp. 292–328. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067726.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-806772-6. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[Parliament_of_India:_Lok_Sabha-5] "Parliament of India: Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.

[6] Part V—The Union. Article 83. p. 40 Archived 24 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "A decade from now, three states will contribute a third of Lok Sabha MPs". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.

[8] Election Commission India Archived 5 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "PM Modi's New Cabinet Could See Prestige Posts For Smriti Irani, Bengal". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[10] "SansadTV Live". SansadTV. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

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