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18th Lok Sabha
18th Lok Sabha
	Lok Sabha chamber, Parliament House
Overview
Legislative body	Indian Parliament
Term	June 2024 – June 2029
Election	2024 Indian general election
Government	Seventh National Democratic Alliance Government
Opposition	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Sovereign
President	Droupadi Murmu
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
House of the People
Members	543
Speaker of the House	Om Birla
Leader of the House	Narendra Modi
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Leader of Opposition	Rahul Gandhi
Party control	National Democratic Alliance

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The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 June 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the majority seats with 240, followed by the Indian National Congress (INC) with 99 seats. With the required absolute majority being 272 seats, having 293 seats, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition formed the government.^[1]^[2]^[3] Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (BJP) is the Leader of the House and Rahul Gandhi (INC) is the Leader of Opposition.

Members

Speaker: Om Birla
- Deputy Speaker: Vacant
Leader of the House: Narendra Modi
Leader of Opposition: Rahul Gandhi
Secretary General: Utpal Kumar Singh^[4]

On 26 June 2024, Om Birla, was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating the opposition candidate Kodikunnil Suresh, in a voice vote, making it fourth election of Lok Sabha speaker in the history of India.^[5] The last time elections were held for the post of speaker was in 1976 during the tenure of the 5th Lok Sabha, with Baliram Bhagat of INC(R) defeating Jagannathrao Joshi of BJS. Birla became the 5th Speaker of the Lok Sabha to retain his post for 2 consecutive terms, after G. M. C. Balayogi, Balram Jakhar, G. S. Dhillon and M. A. Ayyangar.^[6]

While the Opposition was keen to field Awadhesh Prasad, Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad as its choice for the Deputy Speaker, the ruling BJP has refused to relinquish the post to the Opposition. Insteadithe government has formed a nine member panel of chairpersons comprising four MPs from the ruling party (Jagadambika Pal of Domariyaganj, P. C. Mohan of Bangalore Central, Sandhya Ray of Bhind and Dilip Saikia of Darrang-Udalguri), one MP from the ruling alliance (Krishna Prasad Tenneti, TDP MP from Bapatla) and four Opposition MPs including Prasad, the other three being Selja Kumari (INC MP from Sirsa), A. Raja (DMK MP from Nilgiri) and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (TMC MP from Barasat).

Party-wise distribution of seats

Party wise distribution with leaders
Party		Seats	Leader in Lok Sabha	Leader's seat	Alliance
	BJP	240	Narendra Modi	Varanasi		NDA
	INC	98	Rahul Gandhi	Rae Bareli		INDIA
	SP	37	Akhilesh Yadav	Kannauj		INDIA
	AITC	29	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	North Kolkata		INDIA
	DMK	22	T. R. Baalu	Sriperumbudur		INDIA
	TDP	16	Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu	Narasaraopet		NDA
	JD(U)	12	Dileshwar Kamait	Supaul		NDA
	SS(UBT)	9	Arvind Sawant	South Mumbai		INDIA
	NCP(SP)	8	Supriya Sule	Baramati		INDIA
	SHS	7	Shrirang Barne	Maval		NDA
	LJP(RV)	5	Chirag Paswan	Hajipur		NDA
	CPI(M)	4	K. Radhakrishnan	Alathur		INDIA
	RJD	4	Abhay Kushwaha	Aurangabad		INDIA
	YSRCP	4	P. V. Midhun Reddy	Rajampet		Others
	AAP	3	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer	Sangrur		INDIA
	IUML	3	E. T. Mohammed Basheer	Malappuram		INDIA
	JMM	3	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	Rajmahal		INDIA
	CPI(ML)L	2	Sudama Prasad	Arrah		INDIA
	CPI	2	K. Subbarayan	Tiruppur		INDIA
	JD(S)	2	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Mandya		NDA
	JKNC	2	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi	Srinagar		INDIA
	JSP	2	Vallabhaneni Balashowry	Machilipatnam		NDA
	RLD	2	Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan	Baghpat		NDA
	VCK	2	Thol. Thirumavalavan	Chidambaram		INDIA
	AD(S)	1	Anupriya Patel	Mirzapur		NDA
	AGP	1	Phani Bhusan Choudhury	Barpeta		NDA
	AIMIM	1	Asaduddin Owaisi	Hyderabad		Others
	AJSU	1	Chandra Prakash Choudhary	Giridih		NDA
	ASP(KR)	1	Chandrashekhar Azad	Nagina		Others
	BAP	1	Rajkumar Roat	Banswara		INDIA
	HAM(S)	1	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Gaya		NDA
	KEC	1	K. Francis George	Kottayam		INDIA
	NCP	1	Sunil Tatkare	Raigad		NDA
	MDMK	1	Durai Vaiko	Tiruchirappalli		INDIA
	RLP	1	Hanuman Beniwal	Nagaur		INDIA
	RSP	1	N.K. Premachandran	Kollam		INDIA
	SAD	1	Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Bathinda		Others
	SKM	1	Indra Hang Subba	Sikkim		NDA
	UPPL	1	Joyanta Basumatary	Kokrajhar		NDA
	VPP	1	Ricky AJ Syngkon	Shillong		Others
	ZPM	1	Richard Vanlalhmangaiha	Mizoram		Others
	Independent	7^[7]	Amritpal Singh Engineer Rashid Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel	Khadoor Sahib Baramulla Faridkot Daman & Diu ^[a]		Others
	Vacant	1	NA	Wayanad^[b]		NA
Total		543	-	-	-	-

Member statistics

Data of members with criminal charges of major parties^[9]^[10]
	Elected members	Members with criminal charges	Percent
BJP	240	94	39%
INC	99	49	49%
SP	37	21	56%
AITC	29	13	45%
DMK	22	13	59%
TDP	16	8	50%
JD(U)	12	2	17%
SHS	7	5	71%
CPI(M)	4	0	0%
RJD	4	4	100%
AAP	3	1	33%
CPI	2	0	0%
CPI(ML)L	2	2	100%
Independent	7	5	71%

The 18th Lok Sabha has members of the parliament from 41 different parties. Out of the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha, 346 members (~64%) are from the 6 recognised national parties, 179 seats (~33%) are from the recognised state parties, 11 seats (~2%) are from the unrecognised parties and 7 seats (~1%) are from independent politicians. 262 (~48%) have previously served as MPs and 216 (~40%) who were re-elected from last time.^[11]

The average age of the elected MPs is 56 years, which has reduced from 59 from the 17th Lok Sabha. Four elected MPs are of the age of 25, which is the minimum age to contest: Shambhavi Choudhary (of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party from Samastipur seat), Sanjana Jatav (of Indian National Congress party from Bharatpur seat), Pushpendra Saroj (of Samajwadi Party from Kaushambi seat) and Priya Saroj (of Samajwadi Party from Machhlishahr seat). Parents of Choudhary and Sarojs have been MPs/MLAs and of Jatav have been deputy sarpanch. The oldest elected MP has been T. R. Baalu (of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Sriperumbudur seat) at the age of 82 having won for the 7th time.^[12] Women members of the Lok Sabha have reduced by four from 78 during last tenure to now 74 (~14%).^[11] The 14% strength of women in Lok Sabha is considerably short than the 33% which will be required after the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 is enforced after the delimitation of constituencies happens post this 2024 elections.^[13] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% have won.^[14]

The present Lok Sabha also has a husband-wife couple - Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi MP from Kannauj) and his wife Dimple (Samajwadi Party MP from Mainpuri). The last time a couple had been elected was in the 16th Lok Sabha - Pappu Yadav (RJD MP from Madhepura) and his wife Ranjeet Ranjan (Congress MP from Supaul).^[15]

Religion-wise, out of the total 543 MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha, 24 are Muslims (4.4%),^[16] 3 are Buddhists (0.6%),^[17] and the remaining 95% comprise Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and non-religious MPs.

The average financial assets of the members of the 18th Lok Sabha is ₹46.34 crore (US$5.6 million), and 93% of members are crorepati (having assets greater than 10 million rupee), an increase from 88% in 2019. ^[18]

Association for Democratic Reforms has noted that nearly 46% of the elected members (251) have registered criminal cases registered. Of these, 170 (~31%) have been registered with serious crimes that include rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and crimes against women. Comparing with 17th Lok Sabha, total of 233 MPs (~43%) had criminal charges with 159 (~29%) with serious crimes.^[9] As per the self declared forms submitted before the polling, all of the elected MPs are literate. During election, 121 candidates had recorded themselves to be illiterates but none of them have won.^[19] 78% of members have at least undergraduate education and 5% have doctorates. Professionally, majority of them have indicated themselves to be social workers or agriculturists and 7% are lawyers and 4% are medical practitioners.^[20] With regards to economic standing, 93% of MPs hold family assets of worth more than ₹1 crore (US$120,000) and average assets of all the MPs computes to ₹46.34 crore (US$5.6 million).^[10] TDP member Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, a doctor and businessman, has declared the highest assets of ₹5,700 crore (US$680 million).^[21]

Sessions

Lok Sabha usually has three sessions in a year Budget Session (February to May), Monsoon session (July to September) and Winter session (November to December). Following sessions were held of 18th Lok Sabha.

Session	Duration	Key Events	Ref.
1	24 June 2024 - 2 July 2024	Oaths of all MPs. Election of Speaker. President's address in joint session of both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha followed with Motion of Thanks to the same.	^[22]^[23]
2	22 July 2024 - 12 August 2024	2024 Union budget of India.	^[24]

Notes

^ The other 3 Independent MPs, Vishal Patil from Sangli, Pappu Yadav from Purnea and Mohmad Haneefa from Ladakh have decided to support the Congress.^[8]
^ The seat is vacant since its MP Rahul Gandhi, who was also elected from the Rae Bareli seat decided to retain the latter.

References

^ "Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: Elections Date, Month, Seats, States and Candidates". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ The Indian Express (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Full List of winners on all 543 seats". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ India TV News (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Full list of constituency-wise winners, parties and margin". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ PTI. "LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ Barman, Sourav Roy (26 June 2024). "Om Birla beats Oppn's K Suresh in rare election for LS Speaker, suspense remains over Dy Speaker post". The Print. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ PTI. "Lok Sabha braces for Speaker's election after 1976". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Winning Candidate (Independent)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats". www.deccanherald.com.
^ ^a ^b ADR (6 June 2024). "251 of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs face criminal cases, 27 convicted: ADR". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Nupur Dogra (6 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Gets Highest Ever Number Of MPs With Criminal Cases, 93% Crorepati Members". ABP Live. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Samaa Liyah Dhar (7 June 2024). "Profile of 18th Lok Sabha". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ Vidhee Tripathi (7 June 2024). "Meet Youngest and Oldest Candidates who won Lok Sabha Election 2024". Jagran. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Census, delimitation exercise after election: Amit Shah on women's quota bill". India Today. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ Ankita Tiwari, Ananya Verma (8 June 2024). "Lok Sabha 2024: Women MPs decreased even as female voters rose". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Partners in politics: Couples who made it to Lok Sabha together". India Today. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-eighteenth-lok-sabha-has-lowest-share-of-muslim-mps-in-six-decades/article68285104.ece
^ https://www.dhammabharat.com/buddhist-mps-in-18th-loksabha/
^ "At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ Dwivedi, Gaurav (7 June 2024). "In 18th Lok Sabha, There Is No Illiterate MP, 80% Are Graduates And Above: Report". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Who Are Our MPs? Here's What the Numbers Say". The Wire. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ Sushim Mukul (9 June 2024). "Richest MP now part of Team Modi, brings wealth of professional experience". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Parliament Session Concludes as Both Houses Adjourn sine die 539 Newly Elected Members took Oath/Affirmation Both Houses Register more than 100% Productivity". Press Information Bureau. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "First session of 18th Lok Sabha session saw 103% productivity, says Speaker Om Birla". Live Mint. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Budget Session to begin on July 22, Union Budget to be presented on July 23". Indian Express. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

External links

Official website of the Election Commission of India

[9] The other 3 Independent MPs, Vishal Patil from Sangli, Pappu Yadav from Purnea and Mohmad Haneefa from Ladakh have decided to support the Congress.^[8]

[10] The seat is vacant since its MP Rahul Gandhi, who was also elected from the Rae Bareli seat decided to retain the latter.

[1] "Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: Elections Date, Month, Seats, States and Candidates". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[Lok_Sabha_Elections_2024_Results:_Full_List_of_winners_on_all_543_seats-2] The Indian Express (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Full List of winners on all 543 seats". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[Lok_Sabha_Election_Results_2024:_Full_list_of_constituency-wise_winners,_parties_and_margin-3] India TV News (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Full list of constituency-wise winners, parties and margin". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[4] PTI. "LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[5] Barman, Sourav Roy (26 June 2024). "Om Birla beats Oppn's K Suresh in rare election for LS Speaker, suspense remains over Dy Speaker post". The Print. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[6] PTI. "Lok Sabha braces for Speaker's election after 1976". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[7] "Winning Candidate (Independent)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[8] "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats". www.deccanherald.com.

[Crime-11] ADR (6 June 2024). "251 of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs face criminal cases, 27 convicted: ADR". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[Crorepati-12] Nupur Dogra (6 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Gets Highest Ever Number Of MPs With Criminal Cases, 93% Crorepati Members". ABP Live. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[Profile-13] Samaa Liyah Dhar (7 June 2024). "Profile of 18th Lok Sabha". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[age-14] Vidhee Tripathi (7 June 2024). "Meet Youngest and Oldest Candidates who won Lok Sabha Election 2024". Jagran. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[15] "Census, delimitation exercise after election: Amit Shah on women's quota bill". India Today. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[16] Ankita Tiwari, Ananya Verma (8 June 2024). "Lok Sabha 2024: Women MPs decreased even as female voters rose". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[17] "Partners in politics: Couples who made it to Lok Sabha together". India Today. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[18] ttps://www.thehindu.com/data/data-eighteenth-lok-sabha-has-lowest-share-of-muslim-mps-in-six-decades/article68285104.ece

[19] ttps://www.dhammabharat.com/buddhist-mps-in-18th-loksabha/

[20] "At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[Edu-21] Dwivedi, Gaurav (7 June 2024). "In 18th Lok Sabha, There Is No Illiterate MP, 80% Are Graduates And Above: Report". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[22] "Who Are Our MPs? Here's What the Numbers Say". The Wire. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[23] Sushim Mukul (9 June 2024). "Richest MP now part of Team Modi, brings wealth of professional experience". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[24] "Parliament Session Concludes as Both Houses Adjourn sine die 539 Newly Elected Members took Oath/Affirmation Both Houses Register more than 100% Productivity". Press Information Bureau. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[25] "First session of 18th Lok Sabha session saw 103% productivity, says Speaker Om Birla". Live Mint. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[26] "Budget Session to begin on July 22, Union Budget to be presented on July 23". Indian Express. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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+* '''[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha|Secretary General]]:''' [[Utpal Kumar Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ls-secretary-general-utpal-singh-gets-one-year-extension-2791513 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611070449/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ls-secretary-general-utpal-singh-gets-one-year-extension-2791513 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-On 26 June 2024, Om Birla, was [[2024 Speaker of the Lok Sabha election|elected]] Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating the opposition candidate [[Kodikunnil Suresh]], in a voice vote, making it fourth election of Lok Sabha speaker in the history of India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barman |first1=Sourav Roy |title=Om Birla beats Oppn’s K Suresh in rare election for LS Speaker, suspense remains over Dy Speaker post |url=https://theprint.in/india/om-birla-beats-oppns-k-suresh-in-rare-election-for-ls-speaker-suspense-remains-over-dy-speaker-post/2148332/ |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=The Print |date=26 June 2024}}</ref> The last time elections were held for the post of speaker was in 1976 during the tenure of the [[5th Lok Sabha]], with [[Bali Ram Bhagat|Baliram Bhagat]] of [[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] defeating [[Jagannathrao Joshi]] of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]. Birla became the 5th Speaker of the Lok Sabha to retain his post for 2 consecutive terms, after [[G. M. C. Balayogi]], [[Balram Jakhar]], [[Gurdial Singh Dhillon|G. S. Dhillon]] & [[M. A. Ayyangar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=Lok Sabha braces for Speaker's election after 1976 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/lok-sabha-braces-for-speakers-election-after-1976-3080450 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
+On 26 June 2024, Om Birla, was [[2024 Speaker of the Lok Sabha election|elected]] Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating the opposition candidate [[Kodikunnil Suresh]], in a voice vote, making it fourth election of Lok Sabha speaker in the history of India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barman |first1=Sourav Roy |title=Om Birla beats Oppn’s K Suresh in rare election for LS Speaker, suspense remains over Dy Speaker post |url=https://theprint.in/india/om-birla-beats-oppns-k-suresh-in-rare-election-for-ls-speaker-suspense-remains-over-dy-speaker-post/2148332/ |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=The Print |date=26 June 2024}}</ref> The last time elections were held for the post of speaker was in 1976 during the tenure of the [[5th Lok Sabha]], with [[Bali Ram Bhagat|Baliram Bhagat]] of [[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] defeating [[Jagannathrao Joshi]] of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]. Birla became the 5th Speaker of the Lok Sabha to retain his post for 2 consecutive terms, after [[G. M. C. Balayogi]], [[Balram Jakhar]], [[Gurdial Singh Dhillon|G. S. Dhillon]] and [[M. A. Ayyangar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=Lok Sabha braces for Speaker's election after 1976 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/lok-sabha-braces-for-speakers-election-after-1976-3080450 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
+While the Opposition was keen to field [[Awadhesh Prasad]], [[Samajwadi Party]] MP from [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad]] as its choice for the Deputy Speaker, the ruling BJP has refused to relinquish the post to the Opposition. Insteadithe government has formed a nine member panel of chairpersons comprising four MPs from the ruling party ([[Jagdambika Pal|Jagadambika Pal]] of [[Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency|Domariyaganj]], [[P. C. Mohan]] of [[Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore Central]], [[Sandhya Ray]] of [[Bhind Lok Sabha constituency|Bhind]] and [[Dilip Saikia]] of [[Darrang–Udalguri Lok Sabha constituency|Darrang-Udalguri]]), one MP from the ruling alliance ([[Krishna Prasad Tenneti]], [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] MP from [[Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency|Bapatla]]) and four Opposition MPs including Prasad, the other three being [[Selja Kumari]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]] MP from [[Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency|Sirsa]]), [[A. Raja]] ([[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] MP from [[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiri]]) and [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]] ([[Trinamool Congress|TMC]] MP from [[Barasat Lok Sabha constituency|Barasat]]).
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-|[[Selja Kumari]]
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-|-
-|6.
-|[[A. Raja]]
-| {{Party name with colour|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
-|[[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiris]]
-|-
-|7.
-|[[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]]
-| {{Party name with colour|All India Trinamool Congress}}
-|[[Barasat Lok Sabha constituency|Barasat]]
-|-
-|8.
-|[[Krishna Prasad Tenneti]]
-|{{Party name with colour|Telugu Desam Party}}
-|[[Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency|Bapatla]]
-|-
-|9.
-|[[Awadhesh Prasad]]
-|{{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
-|[[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad]]
-|}
 === Party-wise distribution of seats ===
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 |-
 | {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
-| 99
+| 98
 | [[Rahul Gandhi]]
 | [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]]
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 | {{Party name with colour|Telugu Desam Party}}
 | 16
-| [[Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu]]
+| [[Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu]]
-| [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]
+| [[Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency|Narasaraopet]]
 | {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
 |-
 | {{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
 | 12
-| [[Lalan Singh]]
+| [[Dileshwar Kamait]]
-| [[Munger Lok Sabha constituency|Munger]]
+| [[Supaul Lok Sabha constituency|Supaul]]
 | {{Party name with colour|National Democratic Alliance}}
 |-
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 *[[Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa]]
 *[[Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel]]
 |
 *[[Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency|Khadoor Sahib]]
 *[[Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency|Baramulla]]
 *[[Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency|Faridkot]]
 *[[Daman and Diu Lok Sabha constituency|Daman & Diu]]
-{{efn|3 Independent MPs, [[Vishal Patil]] from [[Sangli Lok Sabha constituency|Sangli]], [[Pappu Yadav]] from [[Purnia Lok Sabha constituency|Purnea]] & [[Mohmad Haneefa]] from [[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]] have decided to support the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/elections%252Findia%252Flok-sabha-elections-2024-with-support-of-3-independent-mps-india-now-has-237-seats-3062152|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats|website=www.deccanherald.com}}</ref>}}
+{{efn|The other 3 Independent MPs, [[Vishal Patil]] from [[Sangli Lok Sabha constituency|Sangli]], [[Pappu Yadav]] from [[Purnia Lok Sabha constituency|Purnea]] and [[Mohmad Haneefa]] from [[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]] have decided to support the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/elections%252Findia%252Flok-sabha-elections-2024-with-support-of-3-independent-mps-india-now-has-237-seats-3062152|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats|website=www.deccanherald.com}}</ref>}}
 | || Others
 |-
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 | 1
 | NA
-| [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency|Wayanad]]{{Efn|The seat is vacant since its MP Rahul Gandhi, who was also elected from the [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]] seat decided to retain the latter.}}
+| [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency|Wayanad]]{{Efn|The seat is vacant since its MP Rahul Gandhi, who was also elected from the Rae Bareli seat decided to retain the latter.}}
 | || ''NA''
 |-
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 The average age of the elected MPs is 56 years, which has reduced from 59 from the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. Four elected MPs are of the age of 25, which is the minimum age to contest: [[Shambhavi Choudhary]] (of [[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]] party from [[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]] seat), [[Sanjana Jatav]] (of [[Indian National Congress]] party from [[Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bharatpur]] seat), [[Pushpendra Saroj]] (of [[Samajwadi Party]] from [[Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency|Kaushambi]] seat) and [[Priya Saroj]] (of Samajwadi Party from [[Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency|Machhlishahr]] seat). Parents of Choudhary and Sarojs have been MPs/MLAs and of Jatav have been deputy [[sarpanch]]. The oldest elected MP has been [[T. R. Baalu]] (of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party from [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]] seat) at the age of 82 having won for the 7th time.<ref name="age">{{cite web | url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/know-all-about-indias-youngest-and-oldest-mp-to-be-elected-for-lok-sabha-1717677683-1 | title=Meet Youngest and Oldest Candidates who won Lok Sabha Election 2024 | publisher=Jagran | date=7 June 2024 | accessdate=11 June 2024 | author=Vidhee Tripathi | archive-date=11 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611061830/https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/know-all-about-indias-youngest-and-oldest-mp-to-be-elected-for-lok-sabha-1717677683-1 | url-status=live }}</ref> Women members of the Lok Sabha have reduced by four from 78 during last tenure to now 74 (~14%).<ref name="Profile"/> The 14% strength of women in Lok Sabha is considerably short than the 33% which will be required after the [[Women's Reservation Bill, 2023]] is enforced after the delimitation of constituencies happens post this 2024 elections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census, delimitation exercise after election: Amit Shah on women's quota bill |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/amit-shah-census-delimitation-exercise-women-reservation-bill-lok-sabha-parliament-2438277-2023-09-20 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=India Today |date=20 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613072721/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/amit-shah-census-delimitation-exercise-women-reservation-bill-lok-sabha-parliament-2438277-2023-09-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% have won.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-women-mps-in-parliament-decreased-female-voters-increase-2550592-2024-06-08 | title=Lok Sabha 2024: Women MPs decreased even as female voters rose | publisher=India Today | date=8 June 2024 | accessdate=11 June 2024 | author=Ankita Tiwari, Ananya Verma | archive-date=11 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611061828/https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-women-mps-in-parliament-decreased-female-voters-increase-2550592-2024-06-08 | url-status=live }}</ref>
-The present Lok Sabha also has a husband-wife couple - [[Akhilesh Yadav]] (Samajwadi MP from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]]) & his wife [[Dimple Yadav|Dimple]] (Samajwadi Party MP from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]]). The last time a couple had been elected was in the [[16th Lok Sabha]] - [[Pappu Yadav]] ([[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] MP from [[Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency|Madhepura]]) & his wife [[Ranjeet Ranjan]] (Congress MP from [[Supaul Lok Sabha constituency|Supaul]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Partners in politics: Couples who made it to Lok Sabha together |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/lok-sabha-couple-politicians-akhilesh-yadav-dimple-yadav-parliament-session-2558444-2024-06-26 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
+The present Lok Sabha also has a husband-wife couple - [[Akhilesh Yadav]] (Samajwadi MP from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]]) and his wife [[Dimple Yadav|Dimple]] (Samajwadi Party MP from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]]). The last time a couple had been elected was in the [[16th Lok Sabha]] - [[Pappu Yadav]] ([[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] MP from [[Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency|Madhepura]]) and his wife [[Ranjeet Ranjan]] (Congress MP from [[Supaul Lok Sabha constituency|Supaul]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Partners in politics: Couples who made it to Lok Sabha together |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/lok-sabha-couple-politicians-akhilesh-yadav-dimple-yadav-parliament-session-2558444-2024-06-26 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
+Religion-wise, out of the total 543 MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha, 24 are Muslims (4.4%),<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-eighteenth-lok-sabha-has-lowest-share-of-muslim-mps-in-six-decades/article68285104.ece</ref> 3 are Buddhists (0.6%),<ref>https://www.dhammabharat.com/buddhist-mps-in-18th-loksabha/</ref> and the remaining 95% comprise Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and non-religious MPs.
 The average financial assets of the members of the 18th Lok Sabha is {{INRConvert|46.34|c}}, and 93% of members are ''[[crorepati]]'' (having assets greater than 10 million rupee), an increase from 88% in 2019. <ref>{{cite web |title=At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/at-least-93-of-lok-sabha-poll-winners-are-crorepatis-adr-analysis/article68258651.ece |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
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 [[Association for Democratic Reforms]] has noted that nearly 46% of the elected members (251) have registered criminal cases registered. Of these, 170 (~31%) have been registered with serious crimes that include rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and crimes against women. Comparing with 17th Lok Sabha, total of 233 MPs (~43%) had criminal charges with 159 (~29%) with serious crimes.<ref name="Crime"/> As per the self declared forms submitted before the polling, all of the elected MPs are literate. During election, 121 candidates had recorded themselves to be illiterates but none of them have won.<ref name="Edu">{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/18th-lok-sabha-no-illiterate-mps-80-per-cent-are-graduates-and-above-5837743 | title=In 18th Lok Sabha, There Is No Illiterate MP, 80% Are Graduates And Above: Report | publisher=NDTV | date=7 June 2024 | accessdate=11 June 2024 | author=Dwivedi, Gaurav | archive-date=13 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613072740/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/18th-lok-sabha-no-illiterate-mps-80-per-cent-are-graduates-and-above-5837743 | url-status=live }}</ref> 78% of members have at least undergraduate education and 5% have doctorates. Professionally, majority of them have indicated themselves to be social workers or agriculturists and 7% are lawyers and 4% are medical practitioners.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thewire.in/government/who-are-our-mps-heres-what-the-numbers-say | title=Who Are Our MPs? Here's What the Numbers Say | publisher=The Wire | date=6 June 2024 | accessdate=11 June 2024 | archive-date=7 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607194636/https://thewire.in/government/who-are-our-mps-heres-what-the-numbers-say | url-status=live }}</ref> With regards to economic standing, 93% of MPs hold family assets of worth more than {{INRConvert|1|C}} and average assets of all the MPs computes to {{INRConvert|46.34|C}}.<ref name="Crorepati"/> [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] member [[Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani]], a doctor and businessman, has declared the highest assets of {{INRConvert|5700|C}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/richest-lok-sabha-mp-teluge-desam-party-chandra-sekhar-pemmasani-oath-modi-30-guntur-andhra-pradesh-2551061-2024-06-09 | title=Richest MP now part of Team Modi, brings wealth of professional experience | publisher=India Today | date=9 June 2024 | accessdate=11 June 2024 | author=Sushim Mukul | archive-date=10 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610094844/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/richest-lok-sabha-mp-teluge-desam-party-chandra-sekhar-pemmasani-oath-modi-30-guntur-andhra-pradesh-2551061-2024-06-09 | url-status=live }}</ref>
-==Notes==
+== Sessions ==
+Lok Sabha usually has three sessions in a year Budget Session (February to May), Monsoon session (July to September) and Winter session (November to December). Following sessions were held of 18th Lok Sabha.
-{{Notelist}}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+! Session !! Duration !! Key Events !! Ref.
+|-
+| 1 || 24 June 2024 - 2 July 2024 || {{bulletlist|Oaths of all MPs.|Election of Speaker.|President's address in joint session of both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha followed with Motion of Thanks to the same.}} || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2030448 | title=Parliament Session Concludes as Both Houses Adjourn sine die  539 Newly Elected Members took Oath/Affirmation  Both Houses Register more than 100% Productivity | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=3 July 2024 | accessdate=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/lok-sabha-session-concludes-with-103-productivity-om-birla-rahul-gandhi-pm-modi-nda-india-neet-11719982198211.html | title=First session of 18th Lok Sabha session saw 103% productivity, says Speaker Om Birla | publisher=Live Mint | date=3 July 2024 | accessdate=17 July 2024}}</ref>
+|-
+| 2 || 22 July 2024 - 12 August 2024 || {{bulletlist|[[2024 Union budget of India]].}} || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/union-budget-session-lok-sabha-9436793/ | title=Budget Session to begin on July 22, Union Budget to be presented on July 23 | publisher=Indian Express | date=6 July 2024 | accessdate=17 July 2024}}</ref>
+|}
 == See also ==
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 * [[List of Indian parliamentary committees]]
 * [[Third Modi ministry]]
+== Notes ==
+{{notelist}}
 == References ==

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