| 16th Lok Sabha | |||||
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 Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Term | 4 June 2014 - 24 May 2019 | ||||
| Election | 2014 Indian general election | ||||
| Government | First Modi ministry | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| President | Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind | ||||
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari M. Venkaiah Naidu | ||||
| House of the People | |||||
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| Members | 543 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Sumitra Mahajan | ||||
| Leader of the House | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Vacant[a] | ||||
| Party control | National Democratic Alliance | ||||
Members of the16thLok Sabha were elected during the2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by theElection Commission of India.[1] The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
TheBharatiya Janata Party (of theNDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 seats more than in the previous15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidateNarendra 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.[2]
There was no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as theIndian 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. TheIndian National Congress (of theUPA) could only manage 44 seats, while theAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party fromTamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats.Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in theLok Sabha.[3]
Five sitting members fromRajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the2014 Indian general election.[4]
Thepro-tem SpeakerKamal Nath was administered oath on 4 June 2014[5] & presided over the election of theSpeaker of the Lok Sabha.Sumitra Mahajan was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014[6] and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the17th Lok Sabha.[7]M Thambidurai was elected asDeputy Speaker on 13 August 2014.[8]
Following 36 political parties were represented in 16th Lok Sabha:[9]
About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.[20]
*Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:[19]
Compared to the15th Lok Sabha, there was an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%) of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.[19][21]
As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of₹1 crore (US$120,000) or more. In the15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of₹1 crore (US$120,000) or more.[19]
The average assets per member are₹14.7 crore (US$1.7 million) (in 2009, this figure was₹5.35 crore (US$630,000)).
| Political party | No. of members | Average assets per member[19] |
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| BJP | 281 | ₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million) |
| INC | 44 | ₹13.2 crore (US$1.6 million) |
| AIADMK | 37 | ₹6.4 crore (US$760,000) |
| AITC | 34 | ₹2.5 crore (US$300,000) |
| Others | 146 | ₹25.0 crore (US$3.0 million) |
| Total | 542 (ExcludingSpeaker) | ₹14.7 crore (US$1.7 million) |
Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018[22]
| Age Group | No. of members |
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| 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 |
No. of Lok Sabha MP's partywise :
(As on 23 May 2019)
During the tenure of the 16th Lok Sabha, 21% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination[23][24]
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