| Lok Sabha | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Leadership | |
| Speaker | Meira Kumar since 3 June 2009 |
| Deputy Speaker | Karia Munda since 8 June 2009 |
| Majority Leader | Pranab Mukherjee, (INC) since 1 June 2009 |
| Opposition Leader | Sushma Swaraj, (BJP) since 18 December 2009 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 552 (550 elected + 2 appointed) |
| Political groups | Left Front NDA UPA |
| Election | |
| Last election | April-May, 2009 |
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| Lok Sabha, Sansad Bhavan | |
| Website | |
| loksabha.nic.in | |
The Lok Sabha (Hindi: लोक सभा) (also titled the House of the People, by the Constitution) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2009 there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. The Constitution limits the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 552 members, including no more than 20 members representing people from the Union Territories, and two members to represent the Anglo-Indian community (if the President feels that that community is not adequately represented). The current strength of the Lok Sabha has 545 members including the Speaker and two appointed members, if any.
Each Lok Sabha is formed for a five-year term, after which it is automatically dissolved, unless extended by a Proclamation of Emergency which may extend the term in one-year increments. The 15th Lok Sabha was formed in May 2009.
An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries has been carried out by the Delimitation Commission based on the Indian census of 2001. This exercise, which was supposed to be carried out after every census, was suspended in 1976 following a constitutional amendment to avoid adverse effects of the family planning program which was being implemented.[1] Today, the Lok Sabha has its own TV channel, Lok Sabha TV, headquartered within the Parliament premises.
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Membership of the Lok Sabha requires that the person must be a citizen of India, aged 25 or over, mentally sound, should not be bankrupt and has no criminal procedures against him/her. For reserved seats one should be member of the scheduled castes and/or tribes.
On normal business days, the Lok Sabha assembles from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The first hour of every sitting is called the Question Hour, during which questions posed by members may be assigned to specific government ministries, to be answered at a fixed date in the future.
The Lok Sabha shares legislative power with the Rajya Sabha, except in the area of Money Bills, in which case the Lok Sabha has the ultimate authority. In the case of money bill it is only sent to the rajya sabha for recommendations and in the case of other related issues it is sent with a period of 14 working days. If it is not returned in that span of time it is considered as passed. If conflicting legislation is enacted by the two Houses, a joint sitting is held to resolve the differences. In such a session, the members of the Lok Sabha would generally prevail, since the Lok Sabha includes more than twice as many members as the Rajya Sabha.
Three sessions of Lok Sabha take place in a year:
The special powers of the Lok Sabha is the reason why the Lok Sabha is de facto and de jure more powerful than the Rajya Sabha.
| Subdivision | Type | No. of constituencies[2] |
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| Delhi | State | 7 |
| Andhra Pradesh | State | 42 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | State | 2 |
| Assam | State | 14 |
| Bihar | State | 40 |
| Chandigarh | Union Territory | 1 |
| Chhattisgarh | State | 11 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Union Territory | 1 |
| Daman and Diu | Union Territory | 1 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Union Territory | 1 |
| Goa | State | 2 |
| Gujarat | State | 26 |
| Haryana | State | 10 |
| Himachal Pradesh | State | 4 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | State | 6 |
| Jharkhand | State | 14 |
| Karnataka | State | 28 |
| Kerala | State | 20 |
| Lakshadweep | Union Territory | 1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | State | 29 |
| Maharashtra | State | 48 |
| Manipur | State | 2 |
| Meghalaya | State | 2 |
| Mizoram | State | 1 |
| Nagaland | State | 1 |
| Orissa | State | 21 |
| Pondicherry | Union Territory | 1 |
| Punjab | State | 13 |
| Rajasthan | State | 25 |
| Sikkim | State | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | State | 39 |
| Tripura | State | 2 |
| Uttarakhand | State | 5 |
| Uttar Pradesh | State | 80 |
| West Bengal | State | 42 |
Lok Sabha is constituted after the general election as follows:
Present members of Lok Sabha by political party and alliance:[3][4][5]
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   | Description of Lok Sabha on website of Parliament of India - LOk Sabha Introduction |
| | The Office of the Lok Sabha Speaker - The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha |
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