Template:Politics of India Template:Infobox legislative term The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election.[1] Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day.
Om Birla was elected as speaker of the house. No opposition party was able to get the minimum requirement (10% of seats) to claim the position of Leader of Opposition. The 17th Lok Sabha has the most women representatives, at 14 percent. 267 members are first-time MPs. 233 members (43 percent) have had criminal charges against them. 475 members have their declared assets to be more than Template:INRConvert; average assets were Template:INRConvert. Around 39 percent of members are professionally noted to be politicians or involved in social work.
Members
- Speaker: Om Birla, BJP[2]
- Deputy Speaker: Vacant[3]
- Leader of the House: Narendra Modi, BJP[4]
- Leader of Opposition: None, as no opposition party received 10% membership of the House. The single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha is the Indian National Congress with 52 seats (three seats below the required 55).
- Secretary General: Utpal Kumar Singh[5]
Party-wise distribution of seats
Statistics
| Party | Elected members |
Members with criminal charges |
Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | BJP | 303 | 116 | 39% |
| bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | INC | 52 | 29 | 57% |
| bgcolor="Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color" | | DMK | 24 | 10 | 43% |
| bgcolor=Template:Janata Dal (United)/meta/color| | JD(U) | 16 | 13 | 81% |
| bgcolor="Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color" | | AITC | 22 | 9 | 41% |
The 17th Lok Sabha has the highest ever number of women politicians with a total of 78 which is nearly 14%.[17] The earlier Lok Sabha had 62 women MPs. The average age of 17th Lok Sabha is noted to be 54 years and 12% of MPs are below the age of 40. Chandrani Murmu of BJD from Keonjhar constituency became the youngest member at the age of 25 years, 11 months and nine days and Shafiqur Rahman Barq of SP from Sambhal constituency became the oldest member at the age of 89.[18][19] Education-wise, 43% MPs have graduate-level education, 25% are post-graduates and 4% of members have doctorates in various subjects. Of the total strength, 300 members have been elected as member for the first time and 197 members have been elected second time consecutively i.e. they were a member in the 16th Lok Sabha as well.[17] BJP members Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur constituency and Santosh Gangwar from Bareilly constituency has been elected to Lok Sabha for the eighth time.[20] Religion-wise, 90.4% members are Hindus and 5.2% are Muslims, with the rest, nearly 4%, being Sikhs, Christians and other minorities.[20]
According to the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 233 members (i.e. 43%) have criminal charges against them. Of these, nearly 29% of the cases are rape, murder, attempted murder, or crime against women. Congress MP Dean Kuriakose, of the Idukki constituency in Kerala, has 204 criminal cases.[16]
Financially, the number of members who are crorepati (i.e. with declared assets more than Template:INRConvert) are 475. Members with more than Template:INRConvert assets are 266. The average assets of the whole Lok Sabha was Template:INRConvert and Nakul Nath of Congress from Chhindwara constituency has the highest declared assets of nearly Template:INRConvert.[21] Nath is followed by H. Vasanthakumar from Kanyakumari constituency, with Template:INRConvert and D. K. Suresh from Bangalore Rural constituency with Template:INRConvert; both being of Congress party.[22]
Professionally, around 39% noted to be politicians or involved in social work. This is followed by 38% of members declaring as agriculturists and 23% as businessmen.[23]
By-elections and vacancies
After the May 2019 results, various members have resigned or died in office. Following is the list of seats that were vacated and later filled after by-elections were held.[24]
See also
Footnotes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ Om Birla unanimously elected as the speaker of Lok Sabha. Economic Times(20 June 2019). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ↑ Narendra Modi govt yet to appoint Lok Sabha deputy speaker, Congress slams delay(31 July 2019). Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ↑ Leader of the House. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ↑ Senior IAS officer Utpal Kumar Singh named Lok Sabha Secretary General - ET Government. Economic Times(30 November 2020). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ After Rahul Gandhi refuses, Congress names Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as its leader in Lok Sabha: Reports. Times Now(18 June 2019). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ↑ Baalu new DMK parliamentary party leader(26 May 2019). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ↑ Vijayasai Reddy named YSRCP Parliamentary Party leader. Business Standard(5 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ TMC designates six MPs for speaking to media(4 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Shiv Sena appoints Vinayak Raut as party leader for Lok Sabha(15 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Rajiv Ranjan Singh is JDU Parliamentary party leader in Lok Sabha. Business Standard(11 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Pinaki Misra appointed BJD parliamentary party leader in Lok Sabha(2 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ BSP appoints Munquad Ali as UP party chief, Danish Ali removed as leader in LS(7 August 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Nama Nageswara Rao elected TRS leader in Lok Sabha. Business Standard(13 June 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Pashupati Paras replaces Chirag Paswan as leader of LJP Parliamentary party in Lok Sabha, Mishra, Himanshu. India Today(June 14, 2021). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 43% newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs have criminal record: ADR. The Hindu(26 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 At 14%, 17th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women MPs(24 May 2019). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ BJD's Chandrani Murmu, 25, becomes youngest Member of Parliament(26 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ 17वीं लोकसभा के सबसे यंग और सबसे बूढ़े सांसद को जानिए(28 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 From faith to gender and profession to caste: A profile of the 17th Lok Sabha(25 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ Composition of 17th Lok Sabha: Women's representation, education and professional backgrounds(27 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ With Assets Worth Rs 660 Crore, Kamal Nath's Son Tops List of 475 Crorepati MPs in New Lok Sabha: Report(26 May 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ What does the 17th Lok Sabha look like?(22 June 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ Vacant constituencies. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ Lok Sabha Member And Ram Vilas Paswan's Brother Ramchandra Paswan Dies. NDTV.com(21 July 2019). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ In a jolt to NCP, Udayanraje Bhosale resigns; joins BJP in Amit Shah's presence. Hindustan Times(14 September 2019). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links
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