16th Lok Sabha
Lower House members elected in 2014
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Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India.[1] The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
| 16th Lok Sabha | |||||
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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Term | 4 June 2014 - 24 May 2019 | ||||
| Election | 2014 Indian general election | ||||
| Government | First Modi ministry | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| President | Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind | ||||
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari M. Venkaiah Naidu | ||||
| House of the People | |||||
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| Members | 543 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Sumitra Mahajan | ||||
| Leader of the House | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Vacant[a] | ||||
| Party control | National Democratic Alliance | ||||
The Bharatiya Janata Party (of the NDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 seats more than in the previous 15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of India. The first session was convened from 4 to 11 June 2014.[2]
There was no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% (55) of the total seats (545) to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats, while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha.[3]
Five sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the 2014 Indian general election.[4]
The pro-tem Speaker Kamal Nath was administered oath on 4 June 2014[5] & presided over the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Sumitra Mahajan was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014[6] and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha.[7] M Thambidurai was elected as Deputy Speaker on 13 August 2014.[8]
Members
- Speaker: Sumitra Mahajan, BJP
- Deputy Speaker: M. Thambidurai, AIADMK
- Secretary-General: Snehlata Shrivastava
- Leader of the House: Narendra Modi, BJP
- Leader of the Opposition: Vacant, as no opposition party received more than 10% of the total seats.
Party-wise Distribution of Seats
Following 36 political parties were represented in 16th Lok Sabha:[9]
Criminal background
- With serious criminal cases 33.68 (29.8%)
- With non-serious criminal cases 13.47 (11.9%)
- Without any criminal cases 66 (58.3%)
About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.[20]
* Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:[19]
- Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more.
- If an offense is non-bailable.
- If it is an electoral offense (e.g. IPC 171E or bribery).
- Offence related to loss to the exchequer.
- Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape-related.
- Offences that are mentioned in the Representation of the People Act (Section 8).
- Offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Crimes against women.
Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there was an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%) of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.[19][21]
Financial background
- Assets > â¹10 crore (US$1.1 million) (24.4%)
- Assets between â¹5 crore (US$530,000) and â¹10 crore (US$1.1 million) (12.9%)
- Assets between â¹1 crore (US$110,000) and â¹5 crore (US$530,000) (44.5%)
- Assets < â¹1 crore (US$110,000) (18.3%)
As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of â¹1 crore (US$110,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of â¹1 crore (US$110,000) or more.[19]
The average assets per member are â¹14.7 crore (US$1.6 million) (in 2009, this figure was â¹5.35 crore (US$570,000)).
Age
Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018[22]
| Age Group | No. of members |
|---|---|
| Age> 80 | 8 |
| Age between 71 and 80 | 53 |
| Age between 61 and 70 | 161 |
| Age between 51 and 60 | 164 |
| Age between 41 and 50 | 103 |
| Age <= 40 | 46 |
Membership by party
No. of Lok Sabha MP's partywise :
(As on 23 May 2019)
| Alliance | Party | No. of MPs | Leader of the Party | ||
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| National Democratic Alliance Seats: 353 |
BJP | 282 | Narendra Modi | ||
| AIADMK | 37 | P. Venugopal | |||
| SS | 18 | Vinayak Raut | |||
| SAD | 4 | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | |||
| JD(U) | 2 | Kaushalendra Kumar | |||
| LJP | 6 | Ram Vilas Paswan | |||
| AD(S) | 2 | Anupriya Patel | |||
| NDPP | 1 | T.Yepthomi | |||
| SDF | 1 | Prem Das Rai | |||
| Independent | 3 | ||||
| United Progressive Alliance Seats: 78 |
INC | 44 | Mallikarjun Kharge | ||
| TDP | 17 | K Ram Mohan Naidu | |||
| NCP | 5 | Supriya Sule | |||
| JKNC | 3 | Farooq Abdullah | |||
| IUML | 3 | E. T. Mohammed Basheer | |||
| JD(S) | 2 | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||
| JMM | 2 | Shibu Soren | |||
| RSP | 1 | Premchandran | |||
| Opposition - Others Seats: 116 | |||||
| AITC | 34 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | |||
| YSRCP | 8 | Midhun Reddy | |||
| BJD | 21 | Pinaki Misra | |||
| BRS | 11 | Nageswara Rao | |||
| SP | 5 | Mulayam Yadav | |||
| CPI(M) | 9 | ||||
| CPI | 1 | ||||
| AIMIM | 2 | A. Owaisi | |||
| AAP | 4 | Bhagwant Mann | |||
Bills
Subsequent by-elections and vacancies
Notes
- Mallikarjun Kharge served as the Leader of the Indian National Congress Party in the Lok Sabha. There was no official opposition, as no opposition party received at least 55 seats. The INC had a plurality (44) seats in the chamber, however.
