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 maximum 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 collation of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).[1][2][3] Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is the Leader of the House and Rahul Gandhi of INC was nominated as the Leader of Opposition.
| 18th Lok Sabha | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
The average age of the elected members is 56, with four MPs being youngest of age 25 (the minimum age required) and T. R. Baalu of age 82 being the oldest. The strength of women members is nearly 14%. 46% of the elected members have registered criminal cases against them. The average financial assets of all the members is ₹46.34 crore (US$5.6 million) and 93% members are crorepati (10 Million).
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
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edit| Party | Elected members |
Members with criminal charges |
Percent | |
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| 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% | |
| SHS | 7 | 5 | 71% | |
| RJD | 4 | 4 | 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.[10]
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.[11] Women members of the Lok Sabha have reduced by four from 78 during last tenure to now 74 (~14%).[10] 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.[12] Out of all the women candidates contesting the elections, only 9.3% have won.[13]
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.[8] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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$5.6 million).[9] TDP member Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, a doctor and businessman, has declared the highest assets of ₹5,700 crore (US$680 million).[16]
See also
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Notes
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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. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ PTI. "LS Secretary General Utpal Singh gets one year extension". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Winning Candidate (Indian National Congress)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Winning Candidate (Independent)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.