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The 17th Lok Sabha is the first and only Lok Sabha that did not have a deputy speaker. In February 2023, Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud led a body seeking responses to public interest litigation , contending that the protracted vacancy is “against the letter and spirit of the Constitution".
The 17th Lok Sabha had the most women representatives, at 14 percent. 267 members were first-time MPs. 233 members (43 percent) have had criminal charges against them. 475 members had their declared assets to be more than ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000); average assets were ₹ 20.9 crore (US$2.4 million). Around 39 percent of members were ...
Seat distribution in 17th Lok Sabha by party. This is a list of members of the 17th Lok Sabha arranged by the states and union territories they were elected from. These MPs were elected in the 2019 Indian general election held in April–May 2019, and took their seats on 17 June of that year.
As the BJP candidate for the Kota constituency, Birla was elected to the 16th, 17th and 18th Lok Sabha. [1] In the 16th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. [1] His selection for the post of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for the first time ...
A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.
17th : Pralhad Joshi: 18 Bhartruhari Mahtab (born 1957) Cuttack: ... Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker From To Period 1 G. V. Mavalankar (1888–1956) Ahmedabad: 15 May 1952
The Lok Sabha has also a separate non-elected Secretariat staff. [20] Shri G. V. Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha (15 May 1952 – 27 February 1956) and Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker (30 May 1952 – 7 March 1956). In the 17th Lok Sabha, Om Birla is the current Speaker. [21] Secretariat
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha ...