18th Lok Sabha
18th Lok Sabha | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
Term | June 2024 – June 2029 | ||||
Election | 2024 Indian general election | ||||
Government | Fifth 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 the 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 98 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
[edit]- 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]
Panel of Chairpersons
[edit]Sl.no | Chairperson name | Party | Seat | Term start | Term end | Appointed by | |
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1. | Jagdambika Pal | BJP | Domariyaganj | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | Om Birla | |
2. | P. C. Mohan | BJP | Bangalore Central | ||||
3. | Sandhya Ray | BJP | Bhind | ||||
4. | Dilip Saikia | BJP | Darrang–Udalguri | ||||
5. | Selja Kumari | INC | Sirsa | ||||
6. | A. Raja | DMK | Nilgiris | ||||
7. | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | AITC | Barasat | ||||
8. | Krishna Prasad Tenneti | TDP | Bapatla | ||||
9. | Awadhesh Prasad | SP | Faizabad |
Party-wise distribution of seats
[edit]Member statistics
[edit]Party | Elected members |
Members with criminal charges |
Percent | |
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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% |
- Party-wise
The 18th Lok Sabha has members 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%) were re-elected from the 17th Lok Sabha.[11]
- Age, gender and religion
The average age of the elected MPs is 56 years, down from 59 years in 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). The oldest elected MP was T. R. Baalu (of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Sriperumbudur seat) at the age of 82 having won the national elections for the seventh time.[12] The number of women was reduced by four to 74 (~14%),[11] considerably short of the 33% which will be required after the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 is enforced. This Bill will be enacted after the delimitation of constituencies happens after the 2024 elections and next census.[13] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% won.[14] The present Lok Sabha has a husband-wife couple of Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple (both of SP Party, from Kannauj seat and Mainpuri seat respectively). The last time a couple had been elected was in the 16th Lok Sabha.[15] In terms of religion, 24 MPs are Muslims (4.4%),[16] three are Buddhists (0.6%),[17] and the remaining 95% comprise Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and non-religious MPs.[18]
- Crime
The Association for Democratic Reforms has noted that nearly 46% of the elected members (251) have criminal cases registered against them. Of these, 170 (~31%) have been registered with serious crimes that include rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and various crimes against women. Comparing this with the 17th Lok Sabha, a total of 233 MPs (~43%) had criminal charges with 159 (~29%) had serious crimes registered against them.[9]
- Education
As per the self-declared forms submitted before the polls, all of the elected MPs are literate. During the election, 121 candidates had recorded themselves to be illiterates but none of them won.[19] 78% of members have at least undergraduate education and 5% have doctorates. Professionally, the majority of them indicated they were social workers or agriculturists, while 7% were lawyers and 4% were medical practitioners.[20]
- Assets
With regards to economic standing, 93% of MPs hold family assets of more than ₹1 crore (US$120,000) worth, which is an increase from 88% in 2019.[18] The average assets of all the MPs of the house 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
[edit]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. |
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1 | 24 June 2024 - 2 July 2024 |
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2 | 22 July 2024 - 9 August 2024 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 7 MPs were elected as independent. After results, 3 independent MPs, (Vishal Patil from Sangli, Pappu Yadav from Purnea and Mohmad Haneefa from Ladakh) decided to support the Congress.[8]
- ^ The seat is vacant since its elected MP Rahul Gandhi, was also elected from the Rae Bareli seat and decided to vacate his seat of Wayanad.
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Francis, Nitika (18 June 2024). "Eighteenth Lok Sabha has lowest share of Muslim MPs in six decades". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Hiwale, Sandesh (2 July 2024). "Buddhist MPs in 18th Lok Sabha (2024-2029)". Dhamma Bharat. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Approves Rs 140 Lakh Crore Budget Estimates". Deccan Chronicle. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 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.