Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.

Important members[link]

• Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar
• Deputy Speaker: Kariya Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party, Khunti, Jharkhand
• Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian National Congress, Jangipur, West Bengal
• Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
• Secretary General:
  • P.D.T. Acharya^[1]
  • T. K. Viswanathan

List of members by political party[link]

S.No.	Party Name	Party flag	Number of MPs[2]
1	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		114[3]
2	Indian National Congress (INC)		207[4]
3	Samajwadi Party (SP)		22
4	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	75px	21
5	Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))		20
6	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)		19
7	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	75px	18
8	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		16
9	Biju Janata Dal (BJD)	75px	14
10	Shiv Sena (SS)		11
11	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)		9
12	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)		9
13	Independent (Ind.)		9[5]
14	Telugu Desam Party (TDP)		6
15	Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)		5
16	Communist Party of India (CPI)		4
17	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)		4
18	Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)		4
19	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)		3
20	Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))		3
21	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)		2
22	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)		2
23	Muslim League Kerala State Committee (MLKSC)		2
24	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)		2
25	Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)		2
26	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)		1
27	Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)		1
28	All India Assam United Democratic Front(AUDF)(AIUDF)		1
29	Bodoland People's Front		1
30	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi		1
31	Kerala Congress (Mani)		1
32	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)	75px	1
33	Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)		1
34	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katch		1
35	Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)		1
36	Swabhimani Paksha		1
37	Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF)		1
38	YSR Congress Party	75px	1
39	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha		2
40	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)		1

Cabinet[link]

United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party[link]

Source: Various news organisations^[6][7][8][9]
The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The 5 non-Congress cabinet ministers, include Dayanidhi Maran, and M.K. Azhagiri from the DMK. Mamta Banerjee from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar from Nationalist Congress Party and Farooq Abdullah from National Conference represent the other non-Congress cabinet ministers.

United Progressive Alliance cabinet by states[link]

Source: The Hindu^[10][11]

• MoS (I) - Ministers of State with Independent charge

Related members[link]

Members from same family elected in 15th Lok Sabha:

• Mother - Son
  • Sonia Gandhi - Rahul Gandhi
  • Maneka Gandhi - Varun Gandhi
• Father - Son
  • Ajit Singh - Jayant Chaudhary
  • H. D. Deve Gowda - H. D. Kumaraswamy
  • Mulayam Singh Yadav - Akhilesh Yadav
  • Sisir Adhikari - Suvendu Adhikari
• Father - Daughter
  • Sharad Pawar - Supriya Sule
• Father-in-law - Son-in-law
  • Farooq Abdullah - Sachin Pilot

Bye-elections[link]

• On November 2009, Raj Babbar of Indian National Congress got elected from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Seat was vacant as Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party resigned from this seat keeping the Kannauj Seat as he had contested from both and had to drop one seat.^[12]
• On May 13, 2011, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy of YSR Congress got elected from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. He resigned his seat, when he resigned from Indian National Congress. He contested that seat again won by 5,45,000 votes.
• Elections were held on 13th October 2011 for the Hissar Lok Sabha seat due to the death of Mr. Bhajan Lal. The HJC-BJP alliance, represented by Mr. Kuldeep Bishnoi s/o Late Mr. Bhajan Lal, won the election.

See also[link]

• List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha of India
• Brief Profile of all members of the 15th Lok Sabha

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lok Sabha website
• List of winning candidates published by election commission of india on 17 May 2009.
• Tracking activity of MPs in Parliament

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House of the People लोक सभा Lōk Sabhā
15th Lok Sabha
Type
Type	Lower house of Parliament of India
Leadership
Speaker	Meira Kumar, (INC) since 3 June 2009[1]
Deputy Speaker	Kariya Munda, (BJP) since 8 June 2009[2]
Leader of the House	Pranab Mukherjee, (INC) since 26 May 2009[3]
Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)	Sushma Swaraj, (BJP) since 21 December 2009[4]
Members	545 (543 elected + 2 appointed)[5]
Political groups	UPA NDA TF FF Others
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	April–May, 2009
Motto
धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय॥ - To rotate the wheel of dharma.
Meeting place
Chamber of Lok Sabha, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi
Website
loksabha.gov.in

The Lok Sabha (Hindi: लोक सभा) or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. The Constitution limits the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 552 members, including no more than 20 members representing people from the Union Territories, and two appointed non-partisan members to represent the Anglo-Indian community (if the President feels that that community is not adequately represented).

Each Lok Sabha is formed for a five-year term, after which it is automatically dissolved, unless extended by a proclamation of emergency. In such cases, the term may be extended by one-year increments. The 15th Lok Sabha was formed in May 2009.

An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries has been carried out by the Delimitation Commission 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.^[6] Today, the Lok Sabha has its own TV channel, Lok Sabha TV, head-quartered within the premises of Parliament.

Membership qualifications[link]

Membership of the Lok Sabha requires that the person be a citizen of India, aged 25 or over, mentally sound, should not be bankrupt and if the person is facing criminal proceedings in courts, the person has to mention it when they file their affidavit to the election commission. However, the person must not have been criminally convicted. For reserved seats, one should be member of the appropriate castes and/or tribes. He must not be holding an office of profit under the Govt. of India. He must not also be disqualified under any other Laws passed by the Parliament.

Election model code of conduct for nomination and scrutiny of candidates[link]

The Model Code of Conduct set by Election Commission of India gives guidance to political parties and candidates, and sets norms that bind them to respect and observe these guidelines in letter and spirit.^[7] The Election Commission of India is also implementing Supreme Court’s order dated 13 March 2003 relating to right to information of electors regarding criminal antecedents, assets and liabilities and educational qualifications of candidates. This makes it mandatory for candidates to disclosure of information about their assets and liabilities together with those of spouse or dependent children, through filing the nomination forms.^[8] The Election Commission of India is responsible for publishing this information.^[9]

Sessions and working hours[link]

First hour of every sitting is called the Question Hour, during which questions posed by members may be assigned to specific government ministries, to be answered at a fixed date in the future.

The Lok Sabha shares legislative power with the Rajya Sabha, except in the area of money bills, in which case the Lok Sabha has the ultimate authority. In the case of money bills, it is only sent to the Rajya Sabha for recommendations. In the case of other bills, the bill is sent for a period of 14 working days, and if it is not returned within that span of time, it is considered as passed. If conflicting legislation is enacted by the two Houses, a joint sitting is held to resolve the differences. In such a session, the members of the Lok Sabha would generally prevail, since the Lok Sabha includes more than twice as many members as the Rajya Sabha.

Three sessions of Lok Sabha take place in a year:

• Budget session: February to May.
• Monsoon session: July to September.
• Winter session: November to December.

Powers[link]

The Lok Sabha has certain powers that make it more powerful than the Rajya Sabha.

• Motions of no confidence against the government can only be introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha. If passed by a majority vote, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers resigns collectively. The Rajya Sabha has no power over such a motion, and hence no real power over the executive. However, the Prime Minister may threaten the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and recommend this to the President, forcing an untimely general election. The President normally accepts this recommendation unless otherwise convinced that the Lok Sabha might recommend a new Prime Minister by a majority vote. Thus, both the executive and the legislature in India have checks and balances over each other.
• Money bills can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha, and upon being passed, are sent to the Rajya Sabha, where it can be deliberated on for up to 14 days. If not rejected by the Rajya Sabha, or 14 days lapse from the introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha without any action by the House, or recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha are not accepted by the Lok Sabha, the bill is considered passed. The budget is presented in the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister in the name of the President of India.
• In matters pertaining to non-financial (ordinary) bills, after the bill has been passed by the House where it was originally tabled (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha), it is sent to the other house, where it may be kept for a maximum period of 6 months. If the other House rejects the bill or a period of 6 months elapses without any action by that House, or the House that originally tabled the bill does not accept the recommendations made by the members of the other house, it results in a deadlock. This is resolved by a joint session of both Houses, presided over by the speaker of the Lok Sabha and decided by a simple majority. The will of the Lok Sabha normally prevails in these matters, as its strength is more than double that of the Rajya Sabha.
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing any Bill for Constitutional Amendment (by a majority of the total membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members present and voting).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a motion for the impeachment of the President (by two-thirds of the membership of the House).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a motion for the impeachment of the judges of the Supreme Court and the state High Courts (by a majority of the membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members present and voting).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a resolution declaring war or national emergency (by two-thirds majority) or constitutional emergency (by simple majority) in a state.
• If the Lok Sabha is dissolved before or after the declaration of a National Emergency, the Rajya Sabha becomes the sole Parliament. It cannot be dissolved. This is a limitation on the Lok Sabha. But there is a possibility that president can exceed the term to not more than 1 year under the proclamation of emergency and the same would be lowered down to six month if the said proclamation ceases to operate.

Rights of nominated members[link]

Nominated members have almost all the same rights as elected members, including the right to join political parties and to participate in parliamentary debates. They also have the right to cast their vote during confidence votes and other money bills. The only exception is that nominated members are not allowed to vote during presidential elections.

Composition by states and territories[link]

Lok Sabha and general election[link]

Lok Sabha is constituted after the general election as follows:

Number of members party wise in Lok Sabha[link]

• Total Members (Excluding H. S.) - 542
• Vacant Constituencies - 2

1 Banka (Bihar )
2 Nellore (Andhra Pradesh )

• Nominated Member - 2

Present members of Lok Sabha by political party and alliance up to 10 January 2012:^{[11][12][13][14]}