The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Unlike the Rajya Sabha, the Lok Sabha is not a continuous body. According to the Constitution of India, it has a maximum term of five years, following which the assembly is dissolved. The Lok Sabha currently consists of 543 members corresponding to as many territorial constituencies, each directly elected on the basis of universal adult franchise in a first-past-the-post system. Since 1952, fifteen Lok Sabhas have been convened, after conducting as many general elections.
Lok Sabhas edit
| Lok Sabha | Date of first meeting | Date of dissolution | Duration | Speaker | Election | Party-wise composition |
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| First | 13 May 1952 | 4 April 1957 | 4 years, 327 days | G. V. Mavalankar, M. A. Ayyangar | 1952 | Total: 489
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| Second | 10 May 1957 | 31 March 1962 | 4 years, 325 days | M. A. Ayyangar | 1957 | Total: 494
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| Third | 16 April 1962 | 3 March 1967 | 4 years, 321 days | Hukam Singh | 1962 | Total:
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| Fourth | 16 March 1967 | 27 December 1970 | 3 years, 286 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Gurdial Singh Dhillon | 1967 | Total:
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| Fifth | 19 March 1971 | 18 January 1977 | 5 years, 10 months, 6 days | Gurdial Singh Dhillon, Bali Ram Bhagat | 1971 | Total:
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| Sixth | 25 March 1977 | 22 August 1979 | 2 years, 4 months and 28 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, K. S. Hegde | 1971 | Total:
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| Seventh | 21 January 1980 | 31 December 1984 | 4 years, 345 days | Bal Ram Jakhar | 1980 | Total:
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| Eighth | 15 January 1985 | 27 November 1989 | 4 years, 345 days | Bal Ram Jakhar | 1984 | Total:
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| Ninth | 18 December 1989 | 13 March 1991 | 1 year, 2 months and 25 days | Rabi Ray | 1989 | Total:
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| Tenth | 9 July 1991 | 10 May 1996 | 4 years, 10 months | Shivraj V. Patil | 1991 | Total:
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| Eleventh | 22 May 1996 | 4 December 1997 | 1 year, 6 months and 13 days | P. A. Sangma | 1996 | Total:
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| Twelveth | 23 March 1998 | 26 April 1999 | 1 year, 1 month and 4 days | G. M. C. Balayogi | 1998 | Total:
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| Thirteenth | 20 October 1999 | 6 February 2004 | 4 years, 112 days | G. M. C. Balayogi, Manohar Joshi | 1999 | Total:
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| Fourteenth | 2 June 2004 | 18 May 2009 | 4 years, 351 days | Somnath Chatterjee | 2004 | Total:
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| Fifteenth | 1 June 2009 | Meira Kumar | 2009 |