Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2019, there have been seventeen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. The Constitution limits the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 552 members. This includes no more than 20 members representing people from the Union Territories. The Lok Sabha speaker is elected from its members.
If this happens, the term may be extended for one year. It can be extended more than one time. The 17th and current Lok Sabha was formed in May 2019.
The Lok Sabha meets at the Lok Sabha Chambers, in Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, in New Delhi.
The Lok Sabha members are elected for a term of five years. The president may dissolve the Lok Sabha. During an emergency the term may be extended for one year.
| Political groups | Government coalition (337)
(National Democratic Alliance) (335)
Opposition Parties (206) United Progressive Alliance (48)gn
Janata Parivar Parties (9) Unaligned Parties (143)
Others (6)
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History
[change | change source]| Session No. | Date |
|---|---|
| First | 13 May 1952 |
| Second | April 1957 |
| Third | April 1962 |
| Fourth | March 1967 |
| Fifth | March 1971 |
| Sixth | March 1977 |
| Seventh | January 1980 |
| Eighth | December 1984 |
| Ninth | December 1989 |
| Tenth | June 1991 |
| Eleventh | May 1996 |
| Twelfth | March 1998 |
| Thirteenth | October 1999 |
| Fourteenth | May 2004 |
| Fifteenth | May 2009 |
| Sixteenth | May 2014 |
| Seventeenth (Current) | May 2019 |
During the British colonial period, the office of the Secretary of State for India (along with the Council of India) was the authority through whom the British Parliament exercised its rule in the Indian sub-continent. The Viceroy of India was created, along with an Executive Council, in India, which consisted of high officials of the British government. The Indian Councils Act 1861 provided for a Legislative Council consisting of the members of the Executive Council and non-official members; and the Indian Councils Act 1892 established legislatures in each of the provinces of British India. These Acts may have increased the Indian representation in government, but the councils' power remained limited, and the electorate also remained very small. The participation of Indians in the administration increased after the passage of the Indian Councils Act 1909 and the Government of India Act 1919.
The Indian Independence Act was passed on July 18, 1947, and as a result British India was to be divided into India and Pakistan upon independence on August 15, 1947. They were to be dominions (India, Pakistan) under the Crown until they had enacted their own constitutions.
The Constituent Assembly was divided into two for the separate nations, with each new Assembly having sovereign powers transferred to it for the respective dominion.
India became a republic on January 26, 1950.[1]
Structure
[change | change source]| State | Number of Seats |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 25 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 |
| Assam | 14 |
| Bengal, West | 42 |
| Bihar | 40 |
| Chhattisgarh | 11 |
| Goa | 2 |
| Gujarat | 26 |
| Haryana | 10 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 6 |
| Jharkhand | 14 |
| Karnataka | 28 |
| Kerala | 20 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 29 |
| Maharashtra | 48 |
| Manipur | 2 |
| Meghalaya | 2 |
| Mizoram | 1 |
| Nagaland | 1 |
| Odisha | 21 |
| Punjab | 13 |
| Rajasthan | 25 |
| Sikkim | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 39 |
| Telangana | 17 |
| Tripura | 2 |
| Uttarakhand | 5 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 80 |
| Territoiries | |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 |
| Chandigarh | 1 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 |
| Daman and Diu | 1 |
| Delhi | 7 |
| Lakshadweep | 1 |
| Puducherry | 1 |
| TOTAL | 543 |