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Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. Serving for a term of five years, the speaker chosen from sitting members of the Lok Sabha (House of people), and is by convention a member of the ruling party or alliance. The current speaker is Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is presiding over the 16th Lok Sabha. She
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Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. Serving for a term of five years, the speaker chosen from sitting members of the Lok Sabha (House of people), and is by convention a member of the ruling party or alliance. The current speaker is Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is presiding over the 16th Lok Sabha. She
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Public Undertakings (COPU) are the three financial standing committees of the Parliament of India. The committee consists of thirty members, all elected from Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The members are elected every year from amongst its members of the Lok Sabha, according to the principle of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. The chairperson is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker. The term of office of the members is one year. A minister is not eligible to become a member of the committee. In case a member after his election to the
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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. Speaker and Deputy Speaker As per "Article 93" of Indian Constitution, the Lok Sabha has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker. In the Lok Sabha, both presiding officers—the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker- are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the House. No specific qualifications are prescribed for being elected Speaker; the
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of India. The Prime Minister of India is elected by members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. The Constitution of India allows for up to 552 members in the Lok Sabha, with up to 530 members representing the States. Up to 20 members represent the Union Territories. In practice, 543 members of the Lok Sabha are elected every five years. Two members are elected by the President of India to represent the Anglo-Indian community. In 1952, there were 1874 candidates vying for places in the Lok Sabha. In 1996, this number rose to 1,39,529 candidates. In 2009
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Lok Sabha, which are as follows: However, a member can be disqualified of being a member of Parliament: A seat in the Lok Sabha will become vacant in the following circumstances (during normal functioning of the House): Furthermore, as per "article 101" (Part V.—The Union) of the Indian Constitution, a person cannot be: Members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people of India, on the basis of Universal Suffrage. For the purpose of holding direct elections to Lok Sabha; each state is divided into territorial constituencies. In this respect, the constitution of India makes the following two
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Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (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 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 Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. The maximum strength of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552. Currently
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that has the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha. The members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a term of five years by universal adult suffrage through a first-past-the-post voting system. Members of the Rajya Sabha, which represents the states, are elected by the members of State legislative assemblies by proportional representation, except for 12 members who are nominated by the president. India is currently the largest democracy in the world, with around 834 million eligible voters, as of 2014. State governments in India are the governments ruling States of India and the chief minister heads the
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Kamal Nath Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946) is an Indian politician and the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state. As a leader of the Indian National Congress he has served as the Minister of Urban Development. He is one of the longest serving and most senior members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament. He was appointed the Pro Tem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. He has been elected nine times from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Nath was elected president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
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Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the vice-presiding officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. S/He acts as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. It is by convention that position of Deputy Speaker is offered to opposition party in India. . The Deputy Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the
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Act". 1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. As per Article 93 of Constitution of India, the Lok Sabha must have elected and non-elected officers. The elected members are Speaker and the Deputy Speaker whereas the non-elected members are the Secretariat staff. Following were the 1st Lok Sabha officers and other important members. Leader of the Opposition position got recognition in 1977 post "Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in
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1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. As per Article 93 of Constitution of India, the Lok Sabha must have elected and non-elected officers. The elected members are Speaker and the Deputy Speaker whereas the non-elected members are the Secretariat staff. Following were the 1st Lok Sabha officers and other important members. Leader of the Opposition position got recognition in 1977 post "Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament
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House of the People as the President may appoint for the purpose. The Lok Sabha has also a separate non-elected Secretariat staff. Shri G. V. Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha (15 May 1952 – 27 February 1956) and Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker (30 May 1952 – 7 March 1956). In the 16th Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan is the Speaker and M. Thambidurai is the Deputy Speaker. Lok Sabha is constituted after the general election as follows: Members of 16th Lok Sabha by their political party (As of 16 December 2018): Lok Sabha
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Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency) Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. It first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Somchandbhai Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC). Solanki represented the Indian National Congress (Organisation) party for the next elections in 1971 and was re-elected. In the 1977 election, Purushottam Mavalankar (son of the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar) of the Janata Party was elected. Mavalankar was defeated in the next election in
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he joined and remained in the Congress political party. On 20 March 1956, Hukam Singh was unanimously elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. In 1957, he was elected to the 2nd Lok Sabha from Bhatinda constituency as an Congress candidate. He was elected as Deputy Speaker of the 2nd Lok Sabha on 17 May 1957. In 1962, he was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha from Patiala constituency as a Congress candidate. He became speaker of the 3rd Lok Sabha (India's Lower House of Parliament) on 17 April 1962. As speaker of the Lok Sabha, Sardar Hukam
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the only person to be elected President of India unopposed, fought the Lok Sabha election from Nandyal constituency as a Janata Party candidate. He was the only non-Congress candidate to get elected from Andhra Pradesh in that Loksabha elections. He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977. Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy from TDP is the current MLA of Nandyal. S. P. Y. Reddy is serving as the member of parliament (MP) from Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency). As mentioned and listed above, Nandyal is surrounded by nine bull temples known as the "Nava Nandi". "Sri Yaganti Uma
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speaker is fixed by the president. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker also presides over the joint sitting of both houses of the Parliament of India. The counterpart of the speaker in the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States) is its chairperson; the Vice President of India is the "ex-officio" chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. On the order of precedence, the Speaker of Lok Sabha ranks sixth, along with the Chief Justice of India. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may
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Kumar (its speaker) and Sri Kariya Munda (Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha) were unanimously elected to their posts. Hailing Mr. Munda's election, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hoped that the spirit of accommodation seen in the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, would continue through the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha. Pranab Mukherjee, then the Leader of the House [presently, the President of India], was glad that a 32-year-old unbroken tradition of having the Deputy Speaker from the Opposition, which had begun in 1977, the very 1st year when Sri Munda entered the Lok Sabha, had been
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Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri districts of Tamilnadu and Hiriyur in Karnataka. Thambidurai contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Tamil Nadu and was subsequently elected as a member of the Indian Parliament. He has been serving as the leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha since 2009. M. Thambidurai Munisamy Thambidurai (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician who serves as the current Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as the Cabinet
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9th Lok Sabha from the Kendrapara constituency in Orissa as a Janata Dal candidate. On 19 December 1989, he was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 9th Lok Sabha. In 1991, he was re-elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. Since 1997, he is associated with a non-political organization, the Lok Shakti Abhiyan. Rabi Ray empowered with an inherent simplicity and transparent sincerity, ameliorated and improved the prestige and dignity of the office of the Speaker by his unbiased and judicious approach while he was the speaker of Lok Sabha. He spearheaded a people's movement through
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Anasuyabai Kale Anasuyabai Kale was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Nagpur as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1952. She was re-elected as a member of the 2nd Lok Sabha in 1957. Prior to her election to the Lok Sabha, Kale had been a member of the Assembly of the Central Provinces and Berar, to which she was nominated in 1928. She also served in 1937 as Deputy Speaker of the Central Provinces Legislative Assembly. In 1948, she was president of the All India
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Meira Kumar Meira Kumar is an Indian politician and five-time Member of Parliament who was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for President of India in the 2017 election. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014. Prior to being a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, she had been elected earlier to the 8th, 11th, 12th and 14th Lok Sabha. She served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of Manmohan Singh's Congress led Government (2004–2009). Kumar was the joint presidential candidate by the leading
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held high offices in India including that of the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. , the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the parliament) were women.Women cannot vote or be elected to high political positions in Saudi Arabia. However, King Abdullah has declared that women will be able to vote and run in the 2015 local elections, and be appointed to the Consultative Assembly. Women in Taiwan have especially achieved prominent roles in politics. In 2000, feminist movement advocator Annette
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& 2014 (15th and 16th Lok Sabha) elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Machilipatnam constituency, Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh. Konakalla Narayana Rao was appointed as a panel speaker within the Lok Sabha. Panel speakers are also called Panel of Chairpersons and occupy a place in the hierarchy which is next to the Deputy Speaker of the house. In 15th Lok Sabha (2009) he appointed as member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas. Konakalla Narayana Rao surprised everyone when he was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009. Despite a dominant Congress party win
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1998 to 2009. He is the Official spokesperson of All India Congress Committee (AICC) BJP has accused Chacko of altering the JPC report on 2G case and the Congress government steamrolling the report for covering corruption. BJP also expressed similar disappointment over Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's denial of permission to BJP leaders to protest against the report. In the Lok Sabha General Elections of 2014, Chacko sought to be elected from Chalakudy Lok Sabha Constituency under the Indian National Congress ticket. He was however defeated in this election by cine artist Innocent. P. C. Chacko P. C. Chacko is
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the Presiding officers of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council also have Presiding Officers. The Legislative Assembly has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker and the Legislative Council has a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman. They are elected from among the members of the House. Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) A Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of the State government in the Indian system of government. Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) are elected by the
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investment in India (FDI). Nath also replaced Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh as an "ex officio" member of the Planning Commission in December 2012. From 4 June to 5 June 2014 Kamal Nath was the only member to have taken the official oath as a member of the newly-elected 16th Lok Sabha, and was made the Pro Tem Speaker. The first day of the Lok Sabha, on which the Pro Tem Speaker normally administers the oath to all other elected members, was interrupted by the death of Union Cabinet Minister of Rural Development Gopinath Munde. The House was adjourned
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P. D. T. Acharya P. D. Thankappan Achary (born 17 June 1945) is the former Secretary General of the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India. As Secretary General, he was also the ex-officio administrative head of the Secretariat of the Lok Sabha. The post of Secretary-General is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government. The incumbent to the post is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha in consultation with the Prime Minister of India and
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President of the BJS. He died on 13 March 2014 in Tumkur at the age of 82 from a heart attack. S. Mallikarjunaiah S. Mallikarjunaiah (26 June 1931 – 13 March 2014) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Tumkur constituency of Karnataka and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was Deputy Speaker of Lok-sabha in the Tenth Lok Sabha (1991–1996). He was elected to the Lok Sabha thrice from Tumkur in 1991, 1998 and 2004. He started his political career as a MLA representing Tumkur on the
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Peter G. Marbaniang Peter Garnett Marbaniang was an Indian parliamentarian, legislator and teacher from the state of Meghalaya. He was a representative in the Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1996.. He was a speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. He was also the President of the All India Catholic Union from 1994 to 1996. Peter Garnett Marbaniang represented the Shillong Lok Sabha Constituency of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1996 in the Lok Sabha He was elected from the Shillong constituency in 1988 to the Ninth Lok Sabha with 148,657 votes, or 50.77% of the total, running on the Indian National
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S. Mallikarjunaiah S. Mallikarjunaiah (26 June 1931 – 13 March 2014) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Tumkur constituency of Karnataka and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was Deputy Speaker of Lok-sabha in the Tenth Lok Sabha (1991–1996). He was elected to the Lok Sabha thrice from Tumkur in 1991, 1998 and 2004. He started his political career as a MLA representing Tumkur on the Karnataka Legislative Council from 19711991. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the council from 19801986. He was the State
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in Sanskrit from Forman Christian College, Lahore, in 1945. He had knowledge of English, Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi languages. Jakhar was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1972 and was re-elected in 1977 becoming the Leader of the Opposition. He was elected to the seventh Lok Sabha from Ferozepur in 1980 and re-elected to the eighth Lok Sabha from Sikar in 1984. He served twice as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989, a rare achievement in indian parliament history. As Speaker of Lok Sabha he was an instrument for automation and computerization of Parliamentary works. He
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Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat. Mavalankar hailed from a Marathi family but lived and worked in Ahmedabad, former capital of Gujarat. His family originally belonged to Mavalange in Ratnagiri district of Bombay Presidency in
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below- 5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 – 18 January 1977 ) elected February–March 1971. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 5th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1971. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 4th Lok Sabha. However INC loses 217 seats in the next 6th Lok Sabha, which was constituted after the Indian general election, 1977. Members by political party in 5th Lok Sabha are
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5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 – 18 January 1977 ) elected February–March 1971. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 5th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1971. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 4th Lok Sabha. However INC loses 217 seats in the next 6th Lok Sabha, which was constituted after the Indian general election, 1977. Members by political party in 5th Lok Sabha are given
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Lok Sabha. The next 11th Lok Sabha was constituted on 15 May 1996, after Indian general election, 1996. Members by political party in 10th Lok Sabha are given below- 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, (20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996) elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha , the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 10th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1991. P V Narasimha
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Assembly constituency. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. In 1998, Balayogi was elected into parliament; he became the 12th Speaker of Lok Sabha (24 March 1998) and again for the 13th Lok Sabha (22 October 1999). As the Speaker, he chaired the Business Advisory Committee, Rules Committee, General Purposes Committee and Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India, and he presided over the Indian Parliamentary Group, National Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union and India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Along with these duties, Balayogi
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8th Lok Sabha The 8th Lok Sabha ran from 31 December 1984 to 27 November 1989. Politicians were elected in December 1984, taking office by the end of the month. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the bicameral Parliament of India. 9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 8th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, in 1984. Rajiv Gandhi of Indian National Congress continued as Prime Minister till 2 December 1989. In this 8th Lok Sabha, INC party had 30 more seats than previous 7th Lok Sabha. The next 9th Lok
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T. K. Viswanathan T. K. Viswanathan (born 14 October 1948) is the Secretary General of the 15th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India, i.e. the House of the People in the Indian Parliament. As Secretary General, he is also the Administrative head of the Secretariat of the Lok Sabha. The post of Secretary General is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government. The incumbent to the post is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha in consultation with the Prime Minister
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be approved by the president. The first meeting after the election when the speaker and the deputy speaker are selected by members of the Parliament is held under the pro tem Speaker. In absence of the speaker, the deputy speaker acts as speaker and in the absence of both a committee of six members selected by the speaker will act as speaker according to their seniority. Eligibility criteria to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is: Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha (House of the People),
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sworn in as a Cabinet minister of Women and Child, Social Welfare and Languages in Delhi Government and became the youngest ever Cabinet Minister of Delhi(28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014). She lost to BJP's Udit Raj in the 2014 lok sabha election from North West Delhi She got the highest number of votes among all the candidates all over India, who lost their election during Lok Sabha Election 2014. Ms. Rakhi Birla elected as Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly on 10 June 2016. She is the youngest ever Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly. Rakhi Birla Rakhi
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Joint Session of Indian Parliament The Parliament of India is bicameral. Concurrence of both houses are required to pass any bill. However, the makers of the Constitution of India visualised situations of deadlock between the upper house i.e. Rajya Sabha and the lower house i.e. Lok Sabha. Therefore, the Constitution of India provides for Joint sittings of both the Houses to break this deadlock. The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence,
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Sabha was formed on 2 December 1989, after the Indian general election, 1989. Members by political party in 8th Lok Sabha are given below- 8th Lok Sabha The 8th Lok Sabha ran from 31 December 1984 to 27 November 1989. Politicians were elected in December 1984, taking office by the end of the month. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the bicameral Parliament of India. 9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 8th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, in 1984. Rajiv Gandhi of Indian National Congress continued as Prime Minister
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7th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1980. Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below- Indian general election, 1977 6th Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1971. Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than
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the first time as an independent candidate supported by the CPI(M). Subsequently he was re-elected nine times, except once when he lost to Mamata Banerjee in the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1984. From 1989 until 2004 he was the leader of his party in the Lok Sabha. He was elected for the tenth time in 2004 as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency, which is considered to be a CPI(M) stronghold. Following the 2004 election, he was appointed as the pro tem speaker and subsequently on 4 June 2004 he was unanimously elected
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referred as Club and to register it under the Societies Registration Act 1860. After the Independence, the Club has emerged as a platform for exhibitions, vital meetings, events, press conferences, elite parties & social hangouts between the present and former Members of Parliament. Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon'ble Speaker Lok Sabha, President. She is the 16th Speaker of Lok Sabha. Shri P. J. Kurien, Hon'ble ex-Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha & Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, are the Vice President. Shri M. Thambidurai, Hon'ble Deputy Speaker Lok Sabha is the General Secretary.
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is the second woman to hold the office, after her immediate predecessor Meira Kumar. In the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament, both Presiding Officers—the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the House. As such, no specific qualifications are prescribed for being elected the Speaker. The Constitution only requires that Speaker should be a member of the House. But an understanding of the Constitution and the laws of the country and the rules of procedure and conventions of Parliament is considered a
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10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, (20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996) elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha , the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 10th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1991. P V Narasimha Rao of Indian National Congress became the Prime Minister of India during 21 June 1991 till 16 May 1996, after INC won 244 seats, 47 more than previous 9th
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largely ceremonial. The Lok Sabha is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2014 there have been sixteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The Madras state was created in 1950 when India became a republic. In 1968, the name of Madras state was changed to Tamil Nadu. END †: Indicates a coalition government, since no single party could gain a majority of seats. 15 Lok Sabha elections have been contested in India since independence starting 1951. The elections held in Tamil Nadu are listed below.
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pro tem Speaker in 1996, 1998 and 1999. The office of pro tem Speaker is a ceremonial one mainly to conduct the swearing in of the newly elected members. He was a member of the second and third Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967 representing Calcutta South-West; fourth and fifth Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1977 representing Alipore; seventh and eighth Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989 representing Basirhat; and ninth to thirteenth Lok Sabha from 1989 till his death representing Midnapore parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal. Gupta served on a number of parliamentary committees with distinction. He was chairman
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financial bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha per . Speaker of Lok Sabha decides whether a bill is Money Bill or not. Chairman of Rajya Sabha decides whether a bill is finance bill or not when the bill is introduced in the Rajya Sabha. After a Bill has been introduced, it is published in "The Gazette of India". Even before introduction, a Bill might, with the permission of the Speaker, be published in the "Gazette". In such cases, leave to introduce the Bill in the House is not asked for and the Bill is straight away introduced. After
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M. A. Ayyangar Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (4 February 1891 – 19 March 1978) was the first Deputy Speaker and then Speaker of Lok Sabha in the Indian Parliament. He was Governor of Bihar also. He was born in Thiruchanoor, Chittoor district of Madras Presidency. He was teacher in Mathematics and later became a lawyer between 1915 -1950. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi he participated actively in Indian Freedom Struggle and was jailed twice. He was elected as member of Central Legislative Assembly in 1934. He was elected to the first Lok Sabha from Tirupathi and to the second Lok Sabha from
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the Speaker of the Provisional Parliament on 26 November 1949 and continued to occupy the office till the 1st Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952. On 15 May 1952, after the first general elections in independent India, Mavalankar, who was representing Ahmedabad, was elected the Speaker of the 1st Lok Sabha. The House carried the proposal with 394 votes, against the opponent's 55. In January 1956, Mavalankar suffered a heart attack, and resigned his office. He died on 27 February 1956 in Ahmedabad after a cardiac arrest, aged 67. He was one of the guiding force with Sardar Patel in
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the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1952–1967), where he was its Deputy Speaker (1952–54) and its Speaker (1954–62). In 1967 he was first elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament representing Tarn Taran parliamentary constituency. He was elected from Firozpur in 1985. Dhillon served two terms as Speaker of Lok Sabha (1969–71 and 1971–75) and was Minister of Agriculture in the Indian Government (1986–1988). Regarding his time in Parliament, his biography on the Lok Sabha website expresses the following: With Kartar Singh, he co-authored a series of eight children's books in the early 1970s entitled 'Stories from
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3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian national congress won 361 seats. 14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1962. Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister as in 1st Lok Sabha and 2nd Lok Sabha, till his death on 27 May 1964. Gulzarilal Nanda became action Prime Minister for 13
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Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He was administered the oath of office along with 59 other ministers on 28 May 2009 by President of India Pratibha Patil. 1969 onwards Vice-Convenor, Congress (I) Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Cell, District. Kolar, Karnataka. 1978-83 Vice-President, Taluk Development Board, Sidlaghatta, District. Kolar, Karnataka. 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha 1994 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1996-97 Member, Committee on Industry 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Industry 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha
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India consisted of indirectly elected representatives and were not categorized between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. Muslims and Sikhs were given special representation as minorities. The Constituent Assembly of India took 2 years, 11 months and 17 days to draft the constitution for independent India and was dissolved in 1949. On 26 January 1950, the Indian constitution came into force and the first general elections (under the new constitution) were held in 1951-1952. The 1st Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 and had 489 constituencies, thereby first set of elected members of parliament of Lok Sabha in India.
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6th Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1971. Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha. Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 till 14 January 1980, till the formation of next
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re-structuring of DRSCs in July, 2004 each DRSC consists of 31 members—21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. There are 24 Department-related Standing Committees (DRSCs). Each of these committees have 31 members - 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. These members are to be nominated by the Speaker of Lok Sabha or the Chairman of Rajya Sabha respectively. The term of office of these committees does not exceed one year. These committees are serviced either by Lok Sabha secretariat or the Rajya Sabha secretariat depending on who has appointed the chairman of that committee. <nowiki>**</nowiki>
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7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) elected December 1979 – January 1980. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 7th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1980. Indira Gandhi became the Prime minister on 14 January 1980 after INC and alliances won 373 seats, 286 seats more than previous 6th Lok Sabha. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime minister on 31 October 1984 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The next 8th
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& Empowerment 2009: Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term) June 2009: Member, Panel of Chairmen 31 August 2009: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Rural Development 23 September 2009: Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women 2014: Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term) In February, Sumitra Mahajan was included in the LIMCA book of records for being first Indian woman to represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row. On 6 June 2014, Mahajan was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. She had earlier worked as a member
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Lok Sabha. S/He holds office till either s/he ceases to be a member of the Lok Sabha or s/he himself resigns. S/He can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Lok Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In effective majority, the majority should be 50% or more than 50% of total strength of the house after removing the vacancies. Since the Deputy Speaker is accountable for the Lok Sabha, the elimination is done by the effective majority in Lok Sabha only. S/He is supposed to resign from his/her original party because as a Deputy Speaker,
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for the next 14th Lok Sabha. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 13th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1999. 13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha (10 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after Indian general election, 1999 held during September–October 1999. This majority group in the Lok Sabha during this period was the National Democratic Alliance, a rightist group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party,
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the Lok Sabha). Mavalankar attended the parliamentary session and protested against the emergency. Purushottam Mavalankar Purushottam Ganesh Mavalankar (3 August 1928, Ahmedabad–14 March 2002, Ahmedabad) was an Indian political scientist, educationist, and an independent Member of Parliament for two consecutive terms. Mavalankar was son of the first speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar. In 1972, he was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in a by-election from Ahmedabad constituency in Gujarat state. In 1977, he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Mavalankar died on 14 March 2002. He was also the author of
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elected to Madhubani seat which comprised eastern part of Madhubani district including the district headquarters: After reorganisation in 1976, the following members were elected to Madhubani seat, which comprised western part of Madhubani district formerly known as Jainagar Lok Sabha constituency (the eastern constituency of the district renamed as Jhanjharpur in 1976): Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency) Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Presently, Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments after reorganisation in 1976: Before 1976, Madhubani assembly segment formed part of eastern
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Sabha, resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda from the Janata Dal being the 11th Prime Minister of India. Later I. K. Gujral, took the command of the country but when Lalu Prasad Yadav left Janta Dal and formed his own party, 11th Lok Sabha was dissolved to get fresh mandate from the voters for next 12th Lok Sabha in the Indian general election, 1998. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 11th Lok Sabha after the
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Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the Indian general elections, 2014. With the by-elections and vacancies since 2014, BJP has been reduced to 269 seats from 282 seats (including Speaker); while INC has increased its tally from 44 seats to 47 seats. Following 36 political parties are represented in 16th Lok Sabha: About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases. Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there is an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%)
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Ram Chandra Dome Ram Chandra Dome () (born 8 February 1959, Chilla village) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. A doctor by profession, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Birbhum constituency in West Bengal state in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. In 2009, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bolpur constituency. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 2009 and was associated with the ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He was the Chief Whip of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Lok
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Sabha. Ram Chandra Dome Ram Chandra Dome () (born 8 February 1959, Chilla village) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. A doctor by profession, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Birbhum constituency in West Bengal state in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. In 2009, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bolpur constituency. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 2009 and was associated with the ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He was the Chief Whip of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the
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Kamala Kumari Karredula Kamala Kumari Kareddula is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress. She was selected by Late Shri Rajeev Gandhi for the Parliamentary elections and initially elected to the 9th Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1989 from Bhadrachalam Lok Sabha constituency that consisted of Seven Legislative Assembly segments & Fifty three Mandals thus recognized as the second largest Parliamentary constituency in India. She was re-elected the second time to the
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from the DMK. Mukul Roy from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar from Nationalist Congress Party and Farooq Abdullah from National Conference represent the other non-Congress cabinet ministers. Source: The Hindu Members from same family elected in 15th Lok Sabha: 15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than previous 14th Lok Sabha. The next 16th Lok Sabha was convened after Indian general election, 2014. The Second Manmohan Singh ministry
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Later Chandra Shekhar became Prime Minister during 10 November 1990 till 21 June 1991 with the outside support from Indian National Congress under Rajiv Gandhi. The next 10th Lok Sabha was formed on 20 June 1991 after the Indian general election, 1991. Members by political party in 9th Lok Sabha are given below- 9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) elections in 22-26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 12 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected
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Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Anto Antony Punnathaniyil of the Indian National Congress was elected by 408,232 votes over K. Ananthagopan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the Bharatiya Janata Party 56,294; K.K. Nair of the Bahujan Samaj Party 22,424; and Mani C. Kappan of the Nationalist Congress Party 4,445 votes. Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency) Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is a newly formed constituency in the Central Travancore region of Kerala for the election of a member of the Lok
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Chittoor constituencies in 1952 and 1956 respectively. He was elected in 1948 as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha with Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar as the Speaker. After the death of Mavalankar in 1956, he was elected as Speaker of Lok Sabha. Dowry prohibition act 1961 was passed by joint session of parliament with MA Ayyankar as speaker. He worked as Governor of Bihar between 1962 and 1967. A life size bronze statue of this celebrated statesman was erected at his hometown Tirupathi in 2007. M A Ayyangar was born on 4 February 1891 in the village of Thiruchanur, near the world-famous
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major asset for the holder of the office of the Speaker. One of the first acts of a newly constituted House is to elect the Speaker. Once a decision on the candidate is taken, their name is normally proposed by the member to Pro tem speaker. If more than one notice is received, these are entered in the order of receipt. The President of India may fix date of election, and the Secretary General shall send to every member notice of this date. The Speaker pro term presides over the sitting in which the Speaker is elected, if it is
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M. Thambidurai Munisamy Thambidurai (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician who serves as the current Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989. Thambidurai started his political career as a youth worker and student activist
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Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency) Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj Nadar, the first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency) The death of A. Nesamony in 1968 led to the by-election in Nagercoil constituency. Realising the popularity of Kamaraj in this constituency and the pontential danger posed by Kamaraj's election after the Indian National Congress party's debacle in 1967 election, C. Rajagopalachari wrote in "Swarajya", the magazine of the Swatantra Party about the need to defeat
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candidate from Belgachia. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.In the 1971 Lok Sabha he was again the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency. This time he was defeated by 26-year-old Priya Ranjan Dash Munshi who won his first Lok Sabha election fighting on Congress(R) ticket Ganesh Ghosh Ganesh Ghosh () (22 June 1900 – 16 October 1994) was a Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician. Ganesh Ghosh hailed from Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. In 1922,
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who had abetted his nephew. Beant Singh's act generated political support for Sikh radicals, resulting in their winning two Lok Sabha seats from state of Punjab. The Lok Sabha is a directly elected 552 member lower house of the Parliament of India. Singh's widow Bimal Kaur Khalsa initially joined a Sikh militant group, prior to her own election as member of Lok Sabha from Ropar. His father, Sucha Singh, was elected member of Lok Sabha from Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency). In 2003, a Bhog ceremony was held at the highest Sikh temporal seat in Akal Takht, located in the Golden
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of the 'Panel of Chairmen' in the Lok Sabha. She took the step of suspending 25 Congress MPs for five days (August 2015) from House for indiscipline in the House. Sumitra Mahajan Sumitra Mahajan (born 12 April 1943) is an Indian politician who is the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2014, she got elected to the Lok Sabha for the eighth time, one of three members of the 16th Lok Sabha to do so, and is currently the longest-serving woman member. She has represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh since 1989.
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to 2008 he was Secretary-General of ASOSAI. and the Chairman of the INTOSAI's IT Audit Committee. He is serving on the Eminent Persons Advisory Group (EPAG) of the Competition Commission of India as of May 2012. Kaul is also a member of the Oversight Committee for monetisation of immovable assets of Air India and to advise on the process of valuation of such assets. In June 2015, on being invited by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Kaul has joined the Core Group of SRI: the Knowledge Research Initiative of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Kaul is currently the
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15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than previous 14th Lok Sabha. The next 16th Lok Sabha was convened after Indian general election, 2014. The Second Manmohan Singh ministry introduced a total of 222 Bills (apart from Finance and Appropriations Bills) in the 15th Lok Sabha. A total of 165 Bills were by passed by the House, including bills introduced in previous Lok Sabhas. 14 sitting members
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Limited; Additional Commissioner; Commercial Tax Department; District Collector and District Magistrate, Churu. He took voluntarily retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in order to join politics. In the year 2009, he got elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Bhartiya Janata Party from Bikaner Constituency. On 2 June 2009, took oath as the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. In general election 2014, He got re-elected from the Bikaner Constituency for 16th Lok Sabha. During his 2nd term as an MP, He was Chief Whip of Bhartiya Janta Party in Lok Sabha. Speaker of Lok Sabha also nominated him
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Council 1957-62 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly 1962 Elected to 3rd Lok Sabha 1962-67 Vice-President, Bidar District Congress Committee, Karnataka 1962-84 Member, Karnataka Congress Committee 1967 Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1980-85 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1991-94 Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), All India Scheduled Castes (SC) Cell 1991-96 Member, B.J.P. Working Committee, Bidar, Karnataka 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; and its Sub-Committee-B on Department of Sugar and Edible Oils
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for the setting up of the seventeen Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSCs) covering under their jurisdiction all the ministries or departments of the Government of India. Formally set up in April 1993, the committee used to consist of 45members— 30 nominated by the Speaker from amongst the members of Lok Sabha and 15members nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha from amongst the members of Rajya Sabha. However, during the re-structuring of DRSCs in July 2004 by the 14th Lok Sabha, the membership was reduced to 31members—21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. The inaugural chairperson of the committee
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distinction of being the only unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha (during the 11th Lok Sabha). After his death, his son Conrad Sangma representing this constituency. There are 3 (three) Assembly Constituencies of the Meghalaya State Legislative Assembly within the East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The Assembly Constituencies are as follows: East Garo Hills division is divided into five blocks: According to the 2011 census East Garo Hills district has a population of 317,618, roughly equal to the nation of The Bahamas. This gives it a ranking of 569th in India (out of a total of 640). The
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Pratapgarh - Pipalkhunt -Ghatol, Khamera, Ghantali, Suhagpura, Lambadabra, Mudasal, Morwaniya, Arnod, Narwali, Parsola, Daanpur, Lok Sabha Chittorgarh-Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in India. Sh. Chandra Prakash Joshi is the newly elected member of Lok Sabha from Chittorgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 2014 elections. Before him, Dr. Girija Vyas represented Pratapgarh in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Vidha Sabha In 2013 assembly elections in Rajasthan, Sh. Navneetlal Ninama of BJP won the Ghatol (St) assembly constituency. In 2008 assembly elections in Rajasthan, Sh. Nanalal Ninama, an independent candidate won
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of Indian Nursing Council since 28 March 1990. Kamala Kumari Karredula Kamala Kumari Kareddula is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress. She was selected by Late Shri Rajeev Gandhi for the Parliamentary elections and initially elected to the 9th Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1989 from Bhadrachalam Lok Sabha constituency that consisted of Seven Legislative Assembly segments & Fifty three Mandals thus recognized as the second largest Parliamentary constituency in India.
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is a follower of Sathya Sai Baba. From 1973 to 1980, he was legislator of Latur Rular constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for two terms of 1973 to 1978 and 1978 to 1980 during which time he held various positions such as Chairman of Public Undertakings Committee, Deputy Minister (Law & Judiciary, Irrigation, Protocol), Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and Speaker of the Assembly. In 1980, he was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Latur constituency. By 1999, he had won seven successive Lok Sabha elections in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999. In 2004 Lok
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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. In 1991, he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from Gonda constituency in Uttar Pradesh state (India) as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from the same constituency and in 2004, he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Balrampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh state on the BJP ticket. On 20 July 2008, he joined the Samajwadi Party. In 2009, he was re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Kaiserganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh
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Sabha (2nd term)" 1989–91 "Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)" 1990 "Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table" 1984–89 "Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)" 2000 "Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" "Member, Bihar & Jharkhand Legislative Assembly (4th term)" "Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare" "Cabinet Minister for Tribal Welfare, Government of Bihar" 2002–04 "Member, Jharkhan Legislative Assembly" "Deputy Speaker, Jharkhand Legislative Assembly" "Member, Committee on Rural Development" "Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table" 2004 "Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)" "Member, Committee on Public Undertakings"
Bagun Sumbrai
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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 2001. 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 incentivise the family planning programme which was being implemented. The 16th Lok Sabha was elected in May 2014 and is the latest to date. The Lok Sabha has its own television channel, Lok Sabha TV, headquartered
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cast by an elected member of the Anglo-Indian community—as members of the community have previously been "nominated" to the Lok Sabha and other assemblies and are not eligible to vote. Derek O'Brien (politician) Derek O’Brien (born 1961) is an Indian politician, author, television personality, public speaker and quiz show host. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of India’s Parliament) from Bengal, representing the All India Trinamool Congress. He is the chief national spokesperson as well as leader of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha. O’Brien comes from an Anglo-Indian family and can trace
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9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) elections in 22-26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 12 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 9th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1989. Vishwanath Pratap Singh became the Prime Minister during 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990 with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Parties. INC loses 207 seats as compared to previous 8th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1984
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14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress lead United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 8 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 14th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 2004.
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and 689,248 valid votes were counted. Yogi Adityanath of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected by a margin of 142,309 votes. There are five assembly constituencies in Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency) Gorakhpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gorakhpur, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency the newly elected MP is Praveen Kumar Nishad who has won the by-election with the margin of 21961 vote as SP & Nishad Party joint candidate. He is the son of Sanjay Nishad, founder of Nishad Party. This seat was vacated by Yogi Adityanath after
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representation by means of single transferable vote. The chairperson is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker. The term of office of the members is one year. At present, the 16th Lok Sabha has no designated leader of opposition, however the Indian National Congress (INC) being largest opposition party has gotten the responsibility of heading the PAC. The current PAC is headed by Mallikarjun Kharge, who is leader of INC in the Lok Sabha. He was re-appointed to a second term in May 2018. The committee was first conceived in the year 1921 in the wake of Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. During the
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Ramkrishna Kusmaria Ramkrishna Kusmaria (born 30 July 1942) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. In the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha, he represented Damoh constituency and in the 14th Lok Sabha he represented Khajuraho constituency of Madhya Pradesh state. In 2008, he was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Pathariya constituency and resigned from the Lok Sabha on 19 December 2008.He was first elected as MLA from Hatta constituency in Damoh
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seat, aged 27, and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently, he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet, holding portfolios that included Industries, Housing Board, Excise and Handlooms. Later, he became a member of the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament of India – when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister for shipping, telecommunications and information technology. Thirunavukkarasar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a brief period and
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Nandi Yellaiah Nandi Yellaiah (born 1 July 1942) a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Nagarkurnool constituency of telangana state in the lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He was born in Tajir nagar, Bholakpur, Musheerabad, Dist Hyderabad in Hyderabad State to Nandi Nagaiah. He finished his matriculation. He is a 6 term Member of lok sabha. he was elected to 6th,7th,9th,10th,11th lok sabha from siddipet(s.c) parliamentary constituency.He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Nagar Kurnool defeating Manda Jagannatham. he also represented rajya sabha until 2014
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Nandi Yellaiah Nandi Yellaiah (born 1 July 1942) a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Nagarkurnool constituency of telangana state in the lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He was born in Tajir nagar, Bholakpur, Musheerabad, Dist Hyderabad in Hyderabad State to Nandi Nagaiah. He finished his matriculation. He is a 6 term Member of lok sabha. he was elected to 6th,7th,9th,10th,11th lok sabha from siddipet(s.c) parliamentary constituency.He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Nagar Kurnool defeating Manda Jagannatham. he also represented rajya sabha until 2014
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