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The Lok Sabha or 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.
Lok Sabha
House of the People
17th Lok Sabha
Emblem of India
Emblem of India
Type
Type
Lower house of the Parliament of India
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Om Birla, BJP
since 19 June 2019[1]
Deputy Speaker
TBA
Leader of the House
Narendra Modi, BJP
since 26 May 2014[2]
Leader of the Opposition
Vacant (as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of seats)
since 24 May 2019[3]
Structure
Seats
545 (543 Elected + 2 Nominated)
Lok Sabha
Political groups
Government (357)
NDA (357)
BJP (303)
SS (18)
JD(U) (16)
LJP (6)
AD(S) (2)
SAD (2)
AIADMK (1)
AJSU (1)
MNF (1)
NDPP (1)
NPP (1)
RLP (1)
SKM (1)
IND (1)
Nominated (2)
Opposition (188)
UPA (92)
INC (52)
DMK (23)
NCP (5)
IUML (3)
JKNC (3)
JD(S) (1)
JMM (1)
KC(M) (1)
RSP (1)
VCK (1)
IND (1)
Others (96)
AITC (22)
YSRCP (22)
BJD (12)
BSP (10)
TRS (9)
SP (5)
CPI(M) (3)
TDP (3)
AIMIM (2)
CPI (2)
AAP (1)
AIUDF (1)
NPF (1)
IND (2)
Vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system
First past the post
Last election
11 April – 19 May 2019
Next election
May 2024
Meeting place
view of Sansad Bhavan, seat of the Parliament of India
Lok Sabha, Sansad Bhavan,
Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India - 110 001
Website
loksabha.nic.in
The maximum strength of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552. Currently, the house has 545 seats which is made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum, 2 nominated members of the Anglo-Indian Community by the President of India. A total of 131 seats (24.03%) are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47). The quorum for the House is 10% of the total membership. The Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues to operate for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting. However, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law.[4][5]
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 2011.[6] 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.[7] The 17th Lok Sabha was elected in May 2019 and is the latest to date.[8]
The Lok Sabha has its own television channel, Lok Sabha TV, headquartered within the premises of Parliament.[9]