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decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Glimpses_of_the_new_Parliament_Building%2C_in_New_Delhi_%282%29.jpg/375px-Glimpses_of_the_new_Parliament_Building%2C_in_New_Delhi_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Glimpses_of_the_new_Parliament_Building%2C_in_New_Delhi_%282%29.jpg/500px-Glimpses_of_the_new_Parliament_Building%2C_in_New_Delhi_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a><br /></div>since 4 June 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Honourable (Inside India)</li> <li>His/Her Excellency (Outside India)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Member of Parliament</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">MP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">Elect by Citizens of respective Constituencies in India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5 years; renewable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data">Article 81 of <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">26 January 1950<span class="noprint"> (74 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1950-01-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1st_Lok_Sabha" title="1st Lok Sabha">1st Lok Sabha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>100,000</span> (US$1,200)<br />(incl. allowances) per month<sup 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the lower house of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a>. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">elections</a> on the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">adult suffrage</a>. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">states</a> and up to 20 members to represent the <a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">union territories</a> (both chosen by <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">direct elections</a>). Between 1952 and January 25, 2020, two seats were reserved for members of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha,_House_of_people_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha,_House_of_people-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Members_of_Parliament_(Lok_Sabha_and_Rajya_Sabha)_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Members_of_Parliament_(Lok_Sabha_and_Rajya_Sabha)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first instance of member of parliament equivalent in India dates back to 9 December 1946, the day <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a> was formed with the purpose of drafting a <a href="/wiki/Indian_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Constitution">constitution for India</a>. As opposed to be elected on the basis of <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">adult suffrage</a>, the Constituent Assembly of India consisted of indirectly elected representatives and were not categorised between <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>. <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a> were given special representation as <a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">minorities</a>. The Constituent Assembly of India took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to draft the constitution for <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Republic of India">independent India</a> and was dissolved in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-History_of_Indian_Parliament_Elections_(Lok_Sabha)_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_of_Indian_Parliament_Elections_(Lok_Sabha)-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 January 1950, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Indian constitution</a> came into force and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_general_election,_1951%E2%80%9352" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian general election, 1951–52">first general elections</a> (under the new constitution) were held in 1951–1952.<sup id="cite_ref-Our_Parliament_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Our_Parliament-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1st_Lok_Sabha" title="1st Lok Sabha">1st Lok Sabha</a> was constituted on 17 April 1952 and had 489 <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">constituencies</a>, thereby first set of elected members of parliament of <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-1951_election_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_election-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Statistical_Report_On_General_Elections,_1951_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistical_Report_On_General_Elections,_1951-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility_criteria">Eligibility criteria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Eligibility criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A person must satisfy all following conditions to be qualified to become a member of parliament of the Lok Sabha; </p> <ul><li>Must be a citizen of India.</li> <li>Must not be less than 25 years of age.</li> <li>Must be a sound person</li> <li>Must not be proclaimed criminal.</li> <li>Must be a voter for any <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituency</a> in India.</li> <li>Candidate of a recognised <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">political party</a> needs one proposer from their constituency for their nomination.</li> <li>Must not be in debt and should have the ability to meet his financial commitments.</li> <li>Must not hold any office of profit under the government.</li> <li>Candidates are required to make a security deposit of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>25,000</span> (US$300).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disqualification_grounds">Disqualification grounds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disqualification grounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A person would be ineligible for being a Member of the Lok Sabha if the person; </p> <ul><li>Holds any office of profit under the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> (other than an office permitted by Parliament of India by law).</li> <li>Is of unsound mind.</li> <li>Is an <a href="/wiki/Insolvency" title="Insolvency">insolvent</a>.</li> <li>Has ceased to be a <a href="/wiki/Citizen_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizen of India">citizen of India</a>.</li> <li>Is so disqualified by any law made by the Indian parliament.</li> <li>Is so disqualified on the ground of <a href="/wiki/Defection" title="Defection">defection</a>.</li> <li>Has been <a href="/wiki/Convicted" class="mw-redirect" title="Convicted">convicted</a>, among other things, for promoting enmity between different groups.</li> <li>Has been convicted for offence of <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a>.</li> <li>Has been punished for preaching and practising social crimes such as <a href="/wiki/Untouchability" title="Untouchability">untouchability</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dowry" title="Dowry">dowry</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Sati_(practice)" title="Sati (practice)">sati</a>.</li> <li>Has been convicted for an offence and sentenced to imprisonment of more than two years.</li> <li>Has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the state (in case of a government servant).<sup id="cite_ref-Members_of_Parliament_(Lok_Sabha_and_Rajya_Sabha)_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Members_of_Parliament_(Lok_Sabha_and_Rajya_Sabha)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Indian_Parliament_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Indian_Parliament-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Term">Term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term of a member of parliament of Lok Sabha is five years from the date appointment for its first meeting. During a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a>, the term however can be extended by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time. After the state of emergency ends, the extension cannot exceed beyond a period of six months.<sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha_term_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha_term-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities_of_members_of_parliament">Responsibilities of members of parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Responsibilities of members of parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Broad responsibilities of the members of parliament of Lok Sabha are; </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative">Legislative</a> responsibility: To pass <a href="/wiki/Law_of_India" title="Law of India">Laws of India</a> in the Lok Sabha.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers#India" title="Separation of powers">Oversight</a> responsibility: To ensure that the executive (i.e. government) performs its duties satisfactorily.</li> <li>Representative responsibility: To represent the views and aspirations of the people of their constituency in the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_of_the_purse" title="Power of the purse">Power of the purse</a> responsibility: To approve and oversee the revenues and expenditures proposed by the government.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a>, who are also members of parliament have an additional responsibility of the executive as compared to those who are not in the Council of Ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Indian_Parliament_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Indian_Parliament-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salary,_allowances_and_entitlements"><span id="Salary.2C_allowances_and_entitlements"></span>Salary, allowances and entitlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Salary, allowances and entitlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>India paid <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a></span>176 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a></span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>266 crore or US$32 million in 2023) to its 543 Lok Sabha members in salaries and expenses over 2015, or just over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a></span>2.7 <a href="/wiki/Lakh" title="Lakh">lakh</a></span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>4.1 lakh or US$4,900 in 2023) per month per member of parliament in including pensions to dependents of ex MPs .<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Salary, allowances and pension of Member of the Lok Sabha is governed by the Members of Parliament Act, 1954. The act is in pursuance to the constitutional provisions where article 106 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> provides that the members of either House of Parliament shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be determined by <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> by law. </p><p>The rules governing salaries, allowances and facilities such as medical, housing, telephone facilities, daily allowance etc... is looked after by a joint committee of both the houses (<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>). The committee is constituted from time to time after consultation with the Government of India.<sup id="cite_ref-Salaries,_allowances_and_facilities_to_Members_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salaries,_allowances_and_facilities_to_Members-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strength">Strength</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Strength"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg/220px-Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg/330px-Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg/440px-Wahlkreise_in_Indien.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1449" data-file-height="1534" /></a><figcaption>The map of 543 <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituencies in which elections are conducted for the current 18th Lok Sabha</figcaption></figure> <p>Article 81 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> 1949 has specified maximum strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha to be 552. The number of members of parliament is distributed among the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">States</a> in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States.<sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha:_House_of_the_People_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha:_House_of_the_People-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of the maximum permitted strength, </p> <ul><li>Not more than 530 members to be chosen by direct <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India#History_of_Lok_Sabha_elections" title="Elections in India">election</a> from territorial constituencies in the Indian <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India#States" title="States and union territories of India">states</a>.</li> <li>Not more than 20 members to represent the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India#Union_territories" title="States and union territories of India">union territories</a>, chosen in such manner as <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> may by law provide.</li> <li>Total permitted maximum strength of <b>550</b> members.<sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha,_House_of_people_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha,_House_of_people-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"Strength of Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha as defined in Article 81 of the Constitution of India"</i>, </p><dl><dd><b>(1)</b> Subject to the provisions of article 331, the House of the People shall consist of <dl><dd>(a) not more than 530 (five hundred and thirty members) chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, and</dd> <dd>(b) not more than 20 (twenty members) to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><b>(2)</b> For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1), <dl><dd>(a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States; and</dd> <dd>(b) each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as practicable, the same throughout the State:</dd> <dd>(Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (a) of this clause shall not be applicable for the purpose of allotment of seats in the House of the People to any State so long as the population of that State does not exceed six millions.)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><b>(3)</b> In this article, the expression "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:</dd> <dd>(Provided that the reference in this clause to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2016 have been published). <dl><dd>(i) for the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) and the proviso to that clause, as a reference to the 1971 census; and</dd> <dd>(ii) for the purposes of sub-clause (b) of clause (2) as a reference to the 2001 census.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Ministry of Law and Justice, <i><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a></i> (Part V—The Union.—Article 81.)<sup id="cite_ref-Article_81_(page_39_&_40)_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Article_81_(page_39_&_40)-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></dd></dl></dd></dl></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_the_Lok_Sabha">Members of the Lok Sabha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Members of the Lok Sabha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_18th_Lok_Sabha" title="List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha">List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha</a></div> <p>Members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament (<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>) were elected in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">Indian general election, 2024</a> held in April–June 2024. The total strength of the <a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> is 544, against the then-approved strength of 552.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number_of_constituencies:_1951–2019"><span id="Number_of_constituencies:_1951.E2.80.932019"></span>Number of constituencies: 1951–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Number of constituencies: 1951–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of the number of constituencies in the Lok Sabha in each election year, beginning in 1951. The numbers <b>do not</b> include two seats from the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> community, to which individuals were nominated by the President of India. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th> <th>Date</th> <th>Constituencies </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Lok_Sabha" title="1st Lok Sabha">1st Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Apr 1951</td> <td>489 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Lok_Sabha" title="2nd Lok Sabha">2nd Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Apr 1957</td> <td>494 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Lok_Sabha" title="3rd Lok Sabha">3rd Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Apr 1962</td> <td>494 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Lok_Sabha" title="4th Lok Sabha">4th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Mar 1967</td> <td>520 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_Lok_Sabha" title="5th Lok Sabha">5th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Mar 1971</td> <td>518 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_Lok_Sabha" title="6th Lok Sabha">6th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Mar 1977</td> <td>542 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Lok_Sabha" title="7th Lok Sabha">7th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Jan 1980</td> <td>542 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Lok_Sabha" title="8th Lok Sabha">8th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Dec 1984</td> <td>541 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Lok_Sabha" title="9th Lok Sabha">9th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Dec 1989</td> <td>529 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">10th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Jun 1991</td> <td>534 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>May 1996</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Mar 1998</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Oct 1999</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>May 2004</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>May 2009</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>May 2014</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>May 2019</td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>June 2024 </td> <td>543 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglo-Indian_reservation">Anglo-Indian reservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Anglo-Indian reservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_reserved_seats_in_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha">Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha</a></div> <p>In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and <a href="/wiki/State_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Legislative Assembly (India)">State Legislatures</a> of India was discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when enacted as <a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_and_Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India#:~:text=The_One_Hundred_and_Fourth,_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative" title="One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India">104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the maximum permitted strength of the Lok Sabha was reduced from 552 to 550. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_18th_Lok_Sabha" title="List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha">List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_17th_Lok_Sabha" title="List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha">List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_16th_Lok_Sabha" title="List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha">List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Council" title="West Bengal Legislative Council">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">State Legislative Assembly</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Legislative_Assembly" title="Delhi Legislative Assembly">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Legislative_Assembly" title="Goa Legislative Assembly">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly" title="Gujarat Legislative Assembly">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Legislative_Assembly" title="Haryana Legislative Assembly">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jharkhand Legislative Assembly">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_Legislative_Assembly" title="Manipur Legislative Assembly">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly" title="Meghalaya Legislative Assembly">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_Legislative_Assembly" title="Mizoram Legislative Assembly">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Legislative_Assembly" title="Nagaland Legislative Assembly">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Legislative_Assembly" title="Ajmer Legislative Assembly">Ajmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Andhra_State_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election">Andhra State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bhopal Legislative Assembly">Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bombay Legislative Assembly">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coorg_Legislative_Assembly" title="Coorg Legislative Assembly">Coorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad Legislative Assembly">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Bharat_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly">Madhya Bharat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_Legislative_Assembly" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindhya_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Vindhya Pradesh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_India" title="Council of India">Council of India</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Algeria" title="Parliament of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Bahamas" title="Parliament of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Bahrain)" title="National Assembly (Bahrain)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Barbados" title="Parliament of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Belarus" title="National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Belize)" title="National Assembly (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Bhutan" title="Parliament of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plurinational_Legislative_Assembly" title="Plurinational Legislative Assembly">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Burundi" title="Parliament of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cambodia" title="Parliament of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cameroon" title="Parliament of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_of_Chile" title="National Congress of Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Colombia" title="Congress of Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Parliament of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Congress of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Parliament of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Eswatini" title="Parliament of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Gabon" title="Parliament of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Grenada" title="Parliament of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Haiti)" title="National Assembly (Haiti)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" title="People's Consultative Assembly">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Parliament" title="Italian Parliament">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Parliament of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="Parliament of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> 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