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18th Lok Sabha
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Lok Sabha chamber, Parliament House
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Legislative bodyIndian Parliament
TermJune 2024 – June 2029
Election2024 Indian general election
GovernmentFifth National Democratic Alliance Government
OppositionIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
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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 OppositionRahul Gandhi
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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. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the most seats with 240 followed by Indian National Congress (INC) at 99. However, due to lack of meeting the absolute majority of 272, BJP formed the government as a coalition of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).[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.

Members

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

On 26th June 2024, Om Birla, was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating the opposition candidate Kodikunnil Suresh, 8 time INC MP from Mavelikara, 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) defeateing 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 & M. A. Ayyangar.[6]

Party-wise distribution of seats

Party wise distribution with leaders
Party Seats Leader in Lok Sabha Alliance
BJP 240 Narendra Modi NDA
INC 99 Rahul Gandhi INDIA
SP 37 Akhilesh Yadav INDIA
AITC 29 Sudip Bandyopadhyay INDIA
DMK 22 TR Baalu INDIA
TDP 16 KRM Naidu NDA
JD(U) 12 Lalan Singh NDA
SS(UBT) 9 Arvind Sawant INDIA
NCP-SP 8 Supriya Sule INDIA
SS 7 Shrikant Shinde NDA
LJP(RV) 5 Chirag Paswan NDA
CPI(M) 4 K.Radhakrishnan INDIA
RJD 4 Misa Bharti INDIA
YSRCP 4 PVM Reddy Others
AAP 3 TBD INDIA
IUML 3 ETM Basheer INDIA
JMM 3 VK Hansdak INDIA
CPI(ML)L 2 TBD INDIA
CPI 2 K. Subbarayan INDIA
JD(S) 2 HD Kumaraswamy NDA
JKNC 2 TBD INDIA
JSP 2 Vallabhaneni Balashowry NDA
RLD 2 Jayant Chaudhury NDA
VCK 2 T Thirumavalavan INDIA
AD(S) 1 Anupriya Patel NDA
AGP 1 PB Choudhury NDA
AIMIM 1 Asaduddin Owaisi Others
AJSU 1 CP Choudhary NDA
ASP(KR) 1 Chandrashekhar Azad Others
BAP 1 Rajkumar Roat INDIA
HAM(S) 1 JR Manjhi NDA
KEC 1 KF George INDIA
NCP 1 Sunil Tatkare NDA
MDMK 1 Durai Vaiko INDIA
RLP 1 Hanuman Beniwal INDIA
RSP 1 NK Premachandran INDIA
SAD 1 HK Badal Others
SKM 1 IH Subba NDA
UPPL 1 Joyanta Basumatary NDA
VPP 1 RAJ Syngkon Others
ZPM 1 Richard Vanlalhmangaiha Others
Independent 7[a][8] NA Others
Total 543 - - -

Member statistics

Data of members with criminal charges of major parties[9][10]
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%

The 18th Lok Sabha has members of the parliament 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%) who were re-elected from last time.[11]

The average age of the elected MPs is 56 years, which has reduced from 59 from 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). Parents of Choudhary and Sarojs have been MPs/MLAs and of Jatav have been deputy sarpanch. The oldest elected MP has been T. R. Baalu (of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Sriperumbudur seat) at the age of 82 having won for the 7th time.[12] Women members of the Lok Sabha have reduced by four from 78 during last tenure to now 74 (~14%).[11] The 14% strength of women in Lok Sabha is considerably short than the 33% which will be required after the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 is enforced after the delimitation of constituencies happens post this 2024 elections.[13] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% have won.[14]

The average financial assets of all the members is ₹46.34 crore (US$5.4 million) and 93% members are crorepati (10 Million). [citation needed]

Association for Democratic Reforms has noted that nearly 46% of the elected members (251) have registered criminal cases registered. Of these, 170 (~31%) have been registered with serious crimes that include rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and crimes against women. Comparing with 17th Lok Sabha, total of 233 MPs (~43%) had criminal charges with 159 (~29%) with serious crimes.[9] As per the self declared forms submitted before the polling, all of the elected MPs are literate. During election, 121 candidates had recorded themselves to be illiterates but none of them have won.[15] 78% of members have at least undergraduate education and 5% have doctorates. Professionally, majority of them have indicated themselves to be social workers or agriculturists and 7% are lawyers and 4% are medical practitioners.[16] With regards to economic standing, 93% of MPs hold family assets of worth more than ₹1 crore (US$120,000) and average assets of all the MPs computes to ₹46.34 crore (US$5.4 million).[10] TDP member Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, a doctor and businessman, has declared the highest assets of ₹5,700 crore (US$670 million).[17]

Notes

  1. ^ 3 Independent MPs, Vishal Patil from Sangli, Pappu Yadav from Purnea & Mohmad Haneefa from Ladakh have decided to support the Congress.[7]

See also

References

  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. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : With support of 3 Independent MPs, I.N.D.I.A now has 237 seats". www.deccanherald.com.
  8. ^ "Winning Candidate (Independent)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ 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.
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