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{{Short description|16th Lok Sabha, India}}
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{{Politics of India}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf|title=General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections|format=PDF|date= 5 March 2014|access-date=5 March 2014}}</ref> The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 16th Lok Sabha
| image = New Delhi government block 03-2016 img3.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = [[Parliament House (India)|Sansad Bhavan]], [[Sansad Marg]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| body = [[Indian Parliament]]
| election = [[2014 Indian general election]]
| before = [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| after = ''[[17th Lok Sabha]]''
}}
The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=First Session of 16th Lok Sabha scheduled from June 4 to 11 |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/first-session-of-16th-lok-sabha-scheduled-from-june-4-to-11/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

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 [[United Progressive Alliance|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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/Kharge-to-lead-Congress-in-Lok-Sabha/article20790965.ece|title=Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha|work=@businessline|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

Five sitting members from [[Rajya Sabha]], the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref name="rs">{{cite web|title=Bye - elections to the Council of State s from various States |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN27_27052014.pdf|publisher=ECI, New Delhi|access-date= 24 October 2017}}</ref>

The ''pro-tem'' Speaker [[Kamal Nath]] was administered oath on 4 June 2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/lok-sabha-pro-tem-speaker-kamal-nath-parliament-195667-2014-06-04|title=Pro tem Speaker: All you need to know about this parliamentary post|first1=Akash Deep |last1=Ashok|date=4 June 2014|work=India Today|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> & presided over the election of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]. [[Sumitra Mahajan]] was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sumitra-Mahajan-elected-Lok-Sabha-Speaker/articleshow/36136781.cms|title=Sumitra Mahajan elected Lok Sabha Speaker | India News - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the [[17th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://speakerloksabha.nic.in/roleofthespeaker.asp|title=The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha|website=speakerloksabha.nic.in|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> [[M. Thambidurai|M Thambidurai]] was elected as [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Deputy Speaker]] on 13 August 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/thambidurai-unanimously-elected-lok-sabha-deputy-speaker/20140813.htm|title=Thambidurai unanimously elected Lok Sabha deputy speaker|work=Rediff|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

==Members==
{{Main|List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha}}
[[File:House of the People, India, 2014.svg|thumb|300px|right|Seat distribution in the 16th Lok Sabha]]
* '''[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]:''' [[Sumitra Mahajan]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
* '''[[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Deputy Speaker]]:''' [[M. Thambidurai]], [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
* '''[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha|Secretary-General]]:''' [[Snehlata Shrivastava]]
* '''[[Leader of the House (Lok Sabha)|Leader of the House]]:''' [[Narendra Modi]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
* '''[[Leader of the Opposition (India)|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:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan=2|Party !! Abbr. !! Seats !! Leader in Lok Sabha
|-
| bgcolor={{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || align=left|BJP || 282 || [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Indian National Congress]] || align=left|INC || 44
|| [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/rahul-ducks-kharge-to-lead-congress-in-lok-sabha/story-eMCxupdd8sDrX1YyTjCr0O.html|title=Rahul ducks, Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha|date=2 June 2014|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] || align=left|AIADMK || 37 || [[Ponnusamy Venugopal]] / [[M. Thambidurai]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/venugopal-to-become-aiadmk-leader-in-ls/article6327805.ece|title=Venugopal to become AIADMK leader in LS|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 August 2014|access-date=19 August 2014|author=L. Renganathan}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[All India Trinamool Congress]] || align=left|AITC || 33 || [[Sudip Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/sudip-bandopadhyay-to-be-tmc-party-leader-in-lok-sabha_932939.html | title=Sudip Bandopadhyay to be TMC party leader in Lok Sabha | publisher=[[Zee News]] | place=Kolkata| date=18 May 2014| access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Biju Janata Dal]] || align=left|BJD || 18 || [[Bhartruhari Mahtab]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Shiv Sena]] || align=left|SS || 18 || [[Anant Geete]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sena-mps-saffron-flag-atop-red-fort-remark-invites-opposition-ire/ | title=Sena MP’s ‘saffron flag atop Red Fort’ remark invites Opposition ire | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] | date=11 June 2014 | access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Telugu Desam Party]] || align=left|TDP || 15
|| [[Thota Narasimham]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-04/news/50329745_1_deputy-leader-party-member-rajya-sabha|title=Satyanarayana Chowdary named TDP Parliamentary Party leader|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=4 June 2014|access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] || align=left|TRS || 10 ||[[A. P. Jithender Reddy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/jitender-reddy-to-lead-trs-mps-in-ls/article6079351.ece|title=Jitender Reddy to lead TRS MPs in LS |place=Hyderabad|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 June 2014|access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || align=left|CPI(M) || 9 || [[P. Karunakaran]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Samajwadi Party]] || align=left|SP || 7 || [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Lok Janshakti Party]] || align=left|LJP || 6 || [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-19/news/49949111_1_ljp-party-leader-ram-vilas-paswan|title=Ram Vilas Paswan elected LJSP parliamentary party leader|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=19 May 2014|access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] || align=left|NCP || 6 || [[Supriya Sule]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Aam Aadmi Party]] || align=left|AAP || 4 || [[Bhagwant Mann]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/i-am-not-going-to-spare-bhushans-ashish-khetan/|title=Aam Aadmi party rebels get the boot but it’s Ashish Khetan kicking and screaming|date=22 April 2015}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor={{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] || align=left|RJD || 4 || [[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]] || align=left|SAD || 4 || [[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura]]
|-
| bgcolor={{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[YSR Congress Party]] || align=left|YSRCP || 8 || [[Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy]]
|-
| bgcolor={{All India United Democratic Front/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[All India United Democratic Front]] || align=left|AIUDF || 3 || [[Badruddin Ajmal]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Independent politician/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Independent politician|Independents]] || align=left|IND || 3 || -
|-
| bgcolor={{Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party]] || align=left|RLSP || 3 || [[Upendra Kushwaha]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Apna Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Apna Dal]] || align=left|AD || 2 || [[Anupriya Patel]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Indian National Lok Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Indian National Lok Dal]] || align=left|INLD || 2 || [[Charanjeet Singh Rori]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Indian Union Muslim League]] || align=left|IUML || 2 || [[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]] || align=left|JD(S) || 2 || [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Janata Dal (United)]] || align=left|JD(U) || 2 || [[Kaushalendra Kumar]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] || align=left|JMM || 2 || [[Shibu Soren]]
|-
| bgcolor={{All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] || align=left|AIMIM || 1 || [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
|-
| bgcolor={{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[All India N.R. Congress]] || align=left|AINRC || 1 || [[R. Radhakrishnan (politician)|R. Radhakrishnan]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Communist Party of India]] || align=left|CPI || 1 || [[C. N. Jayadevan]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Jammu & Kashmir National Conference/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] || align=left|JKNC || 1 || [[Farooq Abdullah]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]] || align=left|JKPDP || 1 || [[Muzaffar Hussain Baig]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]] || align=left|NDPP || 1 || [[Tokheho|Tokheho Yepthomi]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] || align=left|PMK || 1 || [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Rashtriya Lok Dal/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] || align=left|RLD || 1 || [[Begum Tabassum Hasan]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] || align=left|RSP || 1 || [[N. K. Premachandran]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Sikkim Democratic Front]] || align=left|SDF || 1 || [[Prem Das Rai]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Swabhimani Paksha/meta/color}}| || align=left|[[Swabhimani Paksha]] || align=left|SWP || 1 || [[Raju Shetti]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}| || align=left|''[[Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha|Nominated Anglo-Indians]]'' ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) || align=left|NOM || 2 || [[Richard Hay (politician)|Richard Hay]] and [[George Baker (Indian actor)|George Baker]]
|-
| bgcolor={{Vacant/meta/color}}| || colspan="2" | ''Vacant'' || colspan="2" | 26 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/vacant.aspx|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref> ([[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]], [[Ongole (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ongole]], [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]], [[Nellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nellore]], [[Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupati]], [[Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajampet]], [[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]], [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]], [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]], [[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar]], [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]], [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore South]], [[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Wayanad]], [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kishanganj]], [[Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ladakh]], [[Malkajgiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Malkajgiri]], [[Peddapalle (Lok Sabha constituency)|Peddapalle]], [[Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chhindwara]], [[Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)|Durg]], [[Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khajuraho]], [[Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dewas]], [[Ajmer (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ajmer]], [[Dausa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dausa]], [[Aska (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aska]], [[Viluppuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Viluppuram]] and [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]])
|-
|}

===Criminal background===
{{Pie chart
|caption = '''Case-wise distribution of the 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha.'''<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=http://loksabha.adrindia.org/lok-sabha/analysis-of-criminal-and-financial-background-details-of-winners|title=Association for Democratic Reforms|access-date=31 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090857/http://loksabha.adrindia.org/lok-sabha/analysis-of-criminal-and-financial-background-details-of-winners|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|other =
|label1 = With serious criminal cases
|value1 = 33.68
|label2 = With non-serious criminal cases
|value2 = 13.47
|label3 = Without any criminal cases
|value3 = 65.87
}}

About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-third-of-mps-have-criminal-cases-shiv-sena-tops-list-report-529854|title=A third of MPs have criminal cases, Shiv Sena tops list: report|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

<sup>*</sup> '''Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:'''<ref name=autogenerated1 />
# 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 analyzed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Every-third-newly-elected-MP-has-criminal-background/articleshow/35306963.cms|title=Every third newly-elected MP has criminal background - The Times of India}}</ref>

===Financial background===
{{Pie chart
|caption = '''Asset-wise distribution of the 543 members in the 16th Lok Sabha.'''<ref name=autogenerated1 />
|other =
|label1 = Assets > {{INRConvert|10|c}}
|value1 = 24.35
|label2 = Assets between {{INRConvert|5|c}} and {{INRConvert|10|c}}
|value2 = 12.92
|label3 = Assets between {{INRConvert|1|c}} and {{INRConvert|5|c}}
|value3 = 44.46
|label4 = Assets < {{INRConvert|1|c}}
|value4 = 18.27
}}

As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of {{INRconvert|1|c}} or more. In the [[15th Lok Sabha]], out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of {{INRConvert|1|c}} or more.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

The average assets per member are {{INRConvert|14.7|c}} (in 2009, this figure was {{INRConvert|5.35|c}}).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Political party !! No. of members !! Average assets per member<ref name=autogenerated1 />
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || 281 || {{INRConvert|11.5|c}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || 44 || {{INRConvert|13.2|c}}
|-
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] || 37 || {{INRConvert|6.4|c}}
|-
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] || 34 || {{INRConvert|2.5|c}}
|-
| Others || 146 || {{INRConvert|25.0|c}}
|-
| '''Total''' || '''542''' (Excluding [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]) || '''{{INRConvert|14.7|c}}'''
|}

===Age===
Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberSearchByAge.aspx|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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
|}

==References==
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* [https://www.loksabhaelections.in/member-of-parliament/ List of Member of Parliament of 16th Lok Sabha]

==External links==
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