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The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after the general elections were held in India in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all the members from the 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 June 2024.[1][2][3] This will be the first Lok Sabha which will convene entirely at the new Parliament House inaugurated in 2023.
| 18th Lok Sabha | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Term | June 2024 – June 2029 | ||||
| Election | 2024 Indian general election | ||||
| Government | Fifth National Democratic Alliance Government | ||||
| Opposition | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| President | Droupadi Murmu | ||||
| Vice President | Jagdeep Dhankhar | ||||
| House of the People | |||||
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| Members | 543 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | TBD | ||||
| Leader of the House | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Deputy Leader of the house | Nitin Gadkari | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Rahul Gandhi | ||||
| Party control | TBD | ||||
Members edit
- Speaker: TBD
- Deputy Speaker: TBD
- Leader of the House: Narendra Modi
- Leader of Opposition: Rahul Gandhi[4]
- Secretary General: Utpal Kumar Singh[5]
Party-wise distribution of seats edit
Member statistics edit
| Party | Elected members |
Members with criminal charges |
Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 240 | 94 | 39% | |
| INC | 99 | 49 | 49% | |
| SP | 37 | 21 | 45% | |
| AITC | 29 | 13 | 45% | |
| DMK | 22 | 13 | 59% | |
| TDP | 16 | 8 | 50% | |
| SHS | 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.[7]
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.[8] Women members of the Lok Sabha have reduced by four from 78 during last tenure to now 74 (~14%).[7] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% have won.[9]
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.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: Elections Date, Month, Seats, States and Candidates". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "India's Rahul Gandhi nominated as opposition leader after election gains". Al Jazeera. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ PTI. "LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b ADR (6 June 2024). "251 of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs face criminal cases, 27 convicted: ADR". Business Standard. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b Samaa Liyah Dhar (7 June 2024). "Profile of 18th Lok Sabha". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Vidhee Tripathi (7 June 2024). "Meet Youngest and Oldest Candidates who won Lok Sabha Election 2024". Jagran. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Ankita Tiwari, Ananya Verma (8 June 2024). "Lok Sabha 2024: Women MPs decreased even as female voters rose". India Today. Retrieved 11 June 2024.