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{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Speaker
| body = the Lok Sabha
| native_name = {{lang|hi-Latn|Lok Sabhā Upādhyakṣa}}
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = [[State Emblem of India]]
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| incumbent = ''Vacant''
| incumbentsince = 23 June 2019
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| appointer = Members of the [[Lok Sabha]]
| termlength = During the life of the Lok Sabha (five&nbsp;years maximum)
| inaugural = [[M. A. Ayyangar]] {{small|(1952–1956)}}
| formation = 30 May 1952
| salary = 2.5 lakh
| website = {{Official website|https://loksabha.nic.in}}
}}                   
{{Politics of India}}
The '''Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Lok Sabhā Upādhyakṣa}}) is not subordinate to the speaker of [[Lok Sabha]], they are responsible for the Lok Sabha and they are the second highest ranking legislative officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]. They act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]. It is by convention that position of Deputy Speaker is offered to opposition party in India. .<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/jayalalithaa-s-partyman-thambidurai-is-unanimous-choice-for-deputy-speaker-574630</ref>

The Deputy Speaker is elected in the first meeting of the [[Lok Sabha]] after the [[Elections in India|General elections]] for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha. They hold office until either they cease to be a member of the Lok Sabha or they resign. They can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Lok Sabha by an effective majority of its members.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcoemzvt97AC&q=deputy+speaker+lok+sabha&pg=PA48|title=Parliamentary System in India|pages=48–9|last=Deogaonkar|first=S. G.|isbn=81-7022-651-1|year=1997|publisher=Concept Publishing|location=New Delhi}}</ref> In effective majority, the majority should be 50% or more than 50% of total strength of the house after removing the vacancies. Since the Deputy Speaker is accountable for the Lok Sabha, the elimination is done by the effective majority in Lok Sabha only. There is no need to resign from their original party though as a Deputy Speaker, they have to remain impartial.

The [[Parliament of India|parliamentary]] convention for the [[Republic of India]] is for the Deputy Speaker to come from the [[Official Opposition (India)|Opposition benches]]. As of March 2021, uniquely in the history of the Republic, the [[Lok Sabha]] approaches two years of a vacant Deputy Speaker seat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 September 2020|title=Convention of electing the Deputy Speaker from the Opposition should be upheld|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:n8mC8P9WcF8J:https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/the-second-chair-the-hindu-editorial-on-lok-sabha-deputy-speaker/article32594798.ece&lr=lang_en%7Clang_vi&hl=en&gl=uk&tbs=lr:lang_1en%7Clang_1vi&strip=1&vwsrc=0|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref>

==Powers and functions of the Deputy Speaker==
In case of the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker presides over the sessions of the Lok Sabha and conducts the business in the house. He decides whether a bill is a [[money bill]] or a non-money bill. They maintains discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for unruly behaviour by suspending him/her. They permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions like the [[motion of no confidence]], [[Adjournment debate|motion of adjournment]], [[motion of censure]] and calling attention notice.

==List of Deputy Speakers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!rowspan=2| Deputy Speaker<br><small>''Constituency''</small>
!rowspan=2| Portrait
!colspan=2| Term
!rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party
|-
! From
! To
|-
|align=center| 1
| [[M. A. Ayyangar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/596.htm|title=Members bioprofile on Lok Sabha website, AYYANGAR, SHRI M. ANANTHASAYANAM|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]], New Delhi and [[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630073735/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/596.htm|archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=first>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/i am first member of lok sabha lokprelist.aspx?lsno=1&tab=14 First Lok Sabha, 17/04/1952-04/04/1957]</ref><br><small>''[[Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupati]]''</small>
| 
| 30 May 1952 
| 7 March 1956
|rowspan=1| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=1 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|  rowspan=2 align=center|2
| rowspan=2|[[Hukam Singh (Punjab politician)|Hukam Singh]]<ref>[http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/hukuamsingh.asp Former Speakers - Sardar Hukam Singh]</ref><ref name=first></ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=2&tab=13 Second Lok Sabha, 05/04/1957-31/03/1962]</ref><br><small>''[[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]]''</small>
| rowspan=2|
| 20 March 1956
| 4 April 1957
|rowspan=1| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|rowspan=1 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 17 May 1957
| 31 March 1962
|rowspan=3| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 3
| [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1619.htm | title=Members bioprofile on Lok Sabha website, RAO, SHRI S.V. KRISHNAMOORTHY | publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]], New Delhi and [[Lok Sabha]] | access-date=10 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726050645/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1619.htm | archive-date=26 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=3&tab=12 Third Lok Sabha, 02/04/1962-03/03/1967]</ref><br><small>''[[Shimoga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shimoga]]''</small>
| 
| 23 April 1962
| 3 March 1967
|-
|align=center| 4
| [[Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=11 Fourth Lok Sabha, 04/03/1967-27/12/1970]</ref><br><small>''[[Khed (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khed]]''</small>
| [[File:Rk khadilkar 1.gif|100px]]
| 28 March 1967
| 11 November 1969
|-
|align=center| 5
| [[George Gilbert Swell]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=10 Fifth Lok Sabha, 15/03/1971-18/01/1977]</ref><br><small>''[[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong]]''</small>
| 
| 09 December 1969 <ref>[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=12]</ref>
| 18 January 1977
| [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Independent politician/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 6
| [[Godey Murahari]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=9 Sixth Lok Sabha, 23/03/1977-22/08/1979]</ref><br><small>''[[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]]''</small>
| 
| 1 April 1977
| 22 August 1979
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 7
| [[G. Lakshmanan]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=8 Seventh Lok Sabha, 18/01/1980-31/12/1984]</ref><br><small>''[[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras North]]''</small>
| 
| 1 December 1980
| 31 December 1984
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 8
| [[M. Thambidurai]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=7 Eighth Lok Sabha, 31/12/1984-27/11/1989]</ref><br><small>''[[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri]]''</small>
| [[File:மு. தம்பிதுரை.jpg|100px]]
| 22 January 1985
| 27 November 1989
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 9
| [[Shivraj Patil]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=6 Ninth Lok Sabha, 02/12/1989-13/03/1991]</ref><br><small>''[[Latur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Latur]]''</small>
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|100px]]
| 19 March 1990
| 13 March 1991
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 10
| [[S. Mallikarjunaiah]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=5 Tenth Lok Sabha, 20/06/1991-10/05/1996]</ref><br><small>''[[Tumkur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tumkur]]''</small>
| 
| 13 August 1991
| 10 May 1996
|rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 11
| [[Suraj Bhan]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=4 Eleventh Lok Sabha, 20/06/1991-10/05/1996]</ref><br><small>''[[Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambala]]''</small>
| [[File:Suraj Bhan briefing the media on the issue of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill, 2004, in New Delhi on March 10, 2005.jpg|100px]]
| 12 July 1996
| 4 December 1997
|-
|align=center| 12
| [[P. M. Sayeed]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=3 Twelfth Lok Sabha, 10/03/1998-26/04/1999]</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=2 Thirteenth Lok Sabha, 10/10/1999-06/02/2004]</ref><br><small>''[[Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakshadweep]]''</small>
| [[File:Shri P.M. Sayeed assumes the charge of Union Minister for Power in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|100px]]
| 17 December 1998
| 6 February 2004
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 13
| [[Charanjit Singh Atwal]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=1 Fourteenth Lok Sabha, 17/05/2004-18/05/2009]</ref><br><small>''[[Phillaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phillaur]]''</small>
| [[File:The Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Charanjit Singh Atwal delivering the inaugural address at the 24th Parliamentary Internship Programme for foreign parliamentary officials, in New Delhi on November 03, 2008 (cropped).png|100px]]
| 9 June 2004
| 18 May 2009
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| 14
| [[Kariya Munda]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4&tab=0 Fifteenth Lok Sabha, 18/05/2009-18/05/2014]</ref><br><small>''[[Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]''</small>
| 
| 3 June 2009
| 18 May 2014
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center| (8)
| [[M. Thambidurai]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=16&tab=0|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha 18/05/2014-25/05/2019}}</ref><br><small>''[[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]''</small>
| [[File:மு. தம்பிதுரை.jpg|100px]]
| 13 August 2014
| 25 May 2019
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|align=center|–
|colspan=2|<center>''Vacant''</center>
|23 June 2019
|''present''
|N/A
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{Vacant/meta/color}}" |
|}

==See also==
*[[Vice President of India]] (Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha)
*[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
*[[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://loksabha.nic.in/ Website of Loksabha]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110924020151/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=259 Current Speaker's Details from Loksabha Website]
* [http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ Parliament of India Website]

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