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The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise. [6] Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community. They were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India.
13 May: India, Lok Sabha [37] 19 May: Dominican Republic, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies, and Central American Parliament [47] 20 May: India, Lok Sabha [37] 25 May: India, Lok Sabha [37] 26 May: Lithuania, President (2nd round) [48] 29 May: Madagascar, National Assembly [49] South Africa, National Assembly [50]
But was never voted on in the Lok Sabha. [11] In 2023 September, a similar bill Women's Reservation Bill, proposed to reserve 1/3 of all seats in Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. It was passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha becoming a law. [12]
Article 83 of the Constitution of India requires elections to the Lok Sabha to be held once every five years. [28] The 543 MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. [29] The 104th amendment to the constitution abolished the two seats that were reserved for the Anglo-Indian community. [30]
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Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout Party in government Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controlled by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 45.44% 371 123 75.10% 1962: Third: 55.42% 361 113 73.08% Lal Bahadur ...
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A new law in 2024, Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam proposes 33% reserved seats for women in the parliament and legislative assemblies of India. This is different from separate electorate practiced in other countries. Many Indian states, like have had parliamentary reserved seats for the Anglo-Indian community, as did the Lok Sabha until 2020.