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18th Lok Sabha

The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 June 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a plurality of seats with 240, followed by the Indian National Congress (INC) with 99 seats. With the required absolute majority being 272 seats, having 293 seats, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition formed the government.[1][2][3] Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (BJP) is the Leader of the House and Rahul Gandhi (INC) is the Leader of Opposition.

18th Lok Sabha
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View of Lok Sabha chamber in the New Parliament building, New Delhi
Overview
Legislative bodyIndian Parliament
TermJune 2024 – June 2029
Election2024 Indian general election
GovernmentFifth National Democratic Alliance Government
OppositionIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Sovereign
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Vice PresidentJagdeep Dhankhar
House of the People
Members543
Speaker of the HouseOm Birla
Leader of the HouseNarendra Modi
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Leader of the OppositionRahul Gandhi
Party controlNational Democratic Alliance

Members

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Main article: List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha

On 26 June 2024, Om Birla, was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating the opposition candidate Kodikunnil Suresh, in a voice vote, making it fourth election of Lok Sabha speaker in the history of India.[5] The last time elections were held for the post of speaker was in 1976 during the tenure of the 5th Lok Sabha, with Baliram Bhagat of INC(R) defeating Jagannathrao Joshi of BJS. Birla became the 5th Speaker of the Lok Sabha to retain his post for 2 consecutive terms, after G. M. C. Balayogi, Balram Jakhar, G. S. Dhillon and M. A. Ayyangar.[6]

Panel of Chairpersons

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Members of the Panel of Chairpersons for 2024 - 2029 term in Lok Sabha
Sl.no Chairperson name Party Seat Term start Term end Appointed by
1. Jagdambika Pal BJP Domariyaganj 1 July 2024 (2024-07-01) Incumbent Om Birla
2. P. C. Mohan BJP Bangalore Central
3. Sandhya Ray BJP Bhind
4. Dilip Saikia BJP Darrang–Udalguri
5. Selja Kumari INC Sirsa
6. A. Raja DMK Nilgiris
7. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar AITC Barasat
8. Krishna Prasad Tenneti TDP Bapatla
9. Awadhesh Prasad SP Faizabad

Party-wise distribution of seats

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Party wise distribution with leaders
Party Seats Leader in Lok Sabha Leader's seat Alliance
BJP 240 Narendra Modi Varanasi NDA
INC 99 Rahul Gandhi Rae Bareli INDIA
SP 37 Akhilesh Yadav Kannauj INDIA
AITC 28 Sudip Bandyopadhyay Kolkata Uttar INDIA
DMK 22 T. R. Baalu Sriperumbudur INDIA
TDP 16 Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu Narasaraopet NDA
JD(U) 12 Dileshwar Kamait Supaul NDA
SS(UBT) 9 Arvind Sawant South Mumbai INDIA
NCP-SP 8 Supriya Sule Baramati INDIA
SS 7 Shrirang Barne Maval NDA
LJP(RV) 5 Chirag Paswan Hajipur NDA
CPI(M) 4 K. Radhakrishnan Alathur INDIA
RJD 4 Abhay Kushwaha Aurangabad INDIA
YSRCP 4 P. V. Midhun Reddy Rajampet Others
AAP 3 Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer Sangrur INDIA
IUML 3 E. T. Mohammed Basheer Malappuram INDIA
JMM 3 Vijay Kumar Hansdak Rajmahal INDIA
CPI(ML)L 2 Sudama Prasad Arrah INDIA
CPI 2 K. Subbarayan Tiruppur INDIA
JD(S) 2 H. D. Kumaraswamy Mandya NDA
JKNC 2 Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Srinagar INDIA
JSP 2 Vallabhaneni Balashowry Machilipatnam NDA
RLD 2 Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan Baghpat NDA
VCK 2 Thol. Thirumavalavan Chidambaram INDIA
AD(S) 1 Anupriya Patel Mirzapur NDA
AGP 1 Phani Bhusan Choudhury Barpeta NDA
AIMIM 1 Asaduddin Owaisi Hyderabad Others
AJSU 1 Chandra Prakash Choudhary Giridih NDA
ASP(KR) 1 Chandrashekhar Azad Nagina Others
BAP 1 Rajkumar Roat Banswara INDIA
HAM(S) 1 Jitan Ram Manjhi Gaya NDA
KEC 1 K. Francis George Kottayam INDIA
NCP 1 Sunil Tatkare Raigad NDA
MDMK 1 Durai Vaiko Tiruchirappalli INDIA
RLP 1 Hanuman Beniwal Nagaur INDIA
RSP 1 N.K. Premachandran Kollam INDIA
SAD 1 Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda Others
SKM 1 Indra Hang Subba Sikkim NDA
UPPL 1 Joyanta Basumatary Kokrajhar NDA
VPP 1 Ricky AJ Syngkon Shillong Others
ZPM 1 Richard Vanlalhmangaiha Mizoram Others
Independent 4[7]

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Others
Independent 3[9] INDIA
Vacant 1 NA NA
Total 543 - - - -

Member statistics

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Data of members with criminal charges of major parties[11][12]
Party Elected
members		 Members with
criminal charges		 Percent
BJP 240 94 39%
INC 99 49 49%
SP 37 21 56%
AITC 29 13 45%
DMK 22 13 59%
TDP 16 8 50%
JD(U) 12 2 17%
SS 7 5 71%
CPI(M) 4 0 0%
RJD 4 4 100%
AAP 3 1 33%
CPI 2 0 0%
CPI(ML)L 2 2 100%
Independent 7 5 71%
Party-wise

The 18th Lok Sabha has members from 41 different parties. Out of the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha, 346 members (~64%) are from the 6 recognised national parties, 179 seats (~33%) are from the recognised state parties, 11 seats (~2%) are from the unrecognised parties and 7 seats (~1%) are from independent politicians. 262 (~48%) have previously served as MPs and 216 (~40%) were re-elected from the 17th Lok Sabha.[13]

Age, gender and religion

The average age of the elected MPs is 56 years, down from 59 years in the 17th Lok Sabha. Four elected MPs are of the age of 25, which is the minimum age to contest: Shambhavi Choudhary (of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party from Samastipur seat), Sanjana Jatav (of Indian National Congress party from Bharatpur seat), Pushpendra Saroj (of Samajwadi Party from Kaushambi seat) and Priya Saroj (of Samajwadi Party from Machhlishahr seat). The oldest elected MP was T. R. Baalu (of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Sriperumbudur seat) at the age of 82, having won the national elections for the seventh time.[14] The number of women was reduced by four to 74 (~14%),[13] considerably short of the 33% which will be required after the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 is enforced. This Bill will be enacted after the delimitation of constituencies happens after the 2024 elections and next census.[15] About 16% of the total women MPs are below the age of 40.[16] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% won.[17] The present Lok Sabha has a husband-wife couple of Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple (both of SP Party, from Kannauj seat and Mainpuri seat respectively). The last time a couple had been elected was in the 16th Lok Sabha.[18] In terms of religion, 24 MPs are Muslims (4.4%),[19] three are Buddhists (0.6%),[20] and the remaining 95% comprise Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and non-religious MPs.[21]

Crime

The Association for Democratic Reforms has noted that nearly 46% of the elected members (251) have criminal cases registered against them. Of these, 170 (~31%) have been registered with serious crimes that include rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and various crimes against women. Comparing this with the 17th Lok Sabha, a total of 233 MPs (~43%) had criminal charges, with 159 (~29%) had serious crimes registered against them.[11] 27 winning candidates have disclosed that they have been convicted in criminal cases. Four of these cases are related to murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 27 declared cases are related to attempt to murder.[22]

Education

As per the self-declared forms submitted before the polls, all of the elected MPs are literate. During the election, 121 candidates had recorded themselves to be illiterates, but none of them won.[23] 78% of members have at least undergraduate education, and 5% have doctorates. Professionally, the majority of them indicated they were social workers or agriculturists, while 7% were lawyers and 4% were medical practitioners.[24]

Assets

With regards to economic standing, 93% of MPs hold family assets of more than ₹1 crore (US$120,000) worth, which is an increase from 88% in 2019.[21] The average assets of all the MPs of the house computes to ₹46.34 crore (US$5.6 million).[12] TDP member Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, a doctor and businessman, has declared the highest assets of ₹5,700 crore (US$680 million).[25]

Sessions

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Lok Sabha usually has three sessions in a year Budget Session (February to May), Monsoon session (July to September) and Winter session (November to December). Following sessions were held of 18th Lok Sabha.

Session Duration Key Events Ref.
1 24 June 2024 - 2 July 2024
  • Oaths of all MPs.
  • Election of Speaker.
  • President's address in joint session of both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha followed with Motion of Thanks to the same.
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2 22 July 2024 - 9 August 2024
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 7 MPs were elected as independent. After results, 3 independent MPs, (Vishal Patil from Sangli, Pappu Yadav from Purnea and Mohmad Haneefa from Ladakh) decided to support the Congress.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: Elections Date, Month, Seats, States and Candidates". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ The Indian Express (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Full List of winners on all 543 seats". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ India TV News (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Full list of constituency-wise winners, parties and margin". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ PTI. "LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ Barman, Sourav Roy (26 June 2024). "Om Birla beats Oppn's K Suresh in rare election for LS Speaker, suspense remains over Dy Speaker post". The Print. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ PTI. "Lok Sabha braces for Speaker's election after 1976". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Winning Candidate (Independent)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats". www.deccanherald.com. 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ Joy, Shemin. "Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  10. ^ "TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61". The Times of India. 25 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b ADR (6 June 2024). "251 of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs face criminal cases, 27 convicted: ADR". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ a b Nupur Dogra (6 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Gets Highest Ever Number Of MPs With Criminal Cases, 93% Crorepati Members". ABP Live. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  13. ^ a b Samaa Liyah Dhar (7 June 2024). "Profile of 18th Lok Sabha". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ^ Vidhee Tripathi (7 June 2024). "Meet Youngest and Oldest Candidates who won Lok Sabha Election 2024". Jagran. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Census, delimitation exercise after election: Amit Shah on women's quota bill". India Today. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Vital Stats". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  17. ^ Ankita Tiwari, Ananya Verma (8 June 2024). "Lok Sabha 2024: Women MPs decreased even as female voters rose". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Partners in politics: Couples who made it to Lok Sabha together". India Today. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  19. ^ Francis, Nitika (18 June 2024). "Eighteenth Lok Sabha has lowest share of Muslim MPs in six decades". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  20. ^ Hiwale, Sandesh (2 July 2024). "Buddhist MPs in 18th Lok Sabha (2024-2029)". Dhamma Bharat. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  21. ^ a b "At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis". The Hindu. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  22. ^ Ranjan, Mukesh (6 June 2024). "Record 46% of newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs facing criminal cases: Study". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  23. ^ Dwivedi, Gaurav (7 June 2024). "In 18th Lok Sabha, There Is No Illiterate MP, 80% Are Graduates And Above: Report". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Who Are Our MPs? Here's What the Numbers Say". The Wire. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  25. ^ Sushim Mukul (9 June 2024). "Richest MP now part of Team Modi, brings wealth of professional experience". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Parliament Session Concludes as Both Houses Adjourn sine die 539 Newly Elected Members took Oath/Affirmation Both Houses Register more than 100% Productivity". Press Information Bureau. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  27. ^ "First session of 18th Lok Sabha session saw 103% productivity, says Speaker Om Birla". Live Mint. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  28. ^ "Lok Sabha Approves Rs 140 Lakh Crore Budget Estimates". Deccan Chronicle. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Budget Session to begin on July 22, Union Budget to be presented on July 23". Indian Express. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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