Lok Sabha लोक सभा House of the People |
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16th Lok Sabha | |
Type | |
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Lower house of the Parliament of India
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Leadership | |
Vacant, as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of the seats.
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Structure | |
Seats | 545 (543 elected + 2 Nominated from the Anglo-Indian Community by the President) |
Political groups
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Government coalition (338)
Janata Parivar Parties (9) Unaligned Parties (144)
Others (5)
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Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election
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7 April – 12 May 2014 |
Next election
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Indian general election, 2019 |
Motto | |
धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय | |
Meeting place | |
Lok Sabha Chambers, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India | |
Website | |
loksabha |
Coordinates: 28°37′3″N 77°12′30″E / 28.61750°N 77.20833°E
Government coalition (338)
National Democratic Alliance (338)
Opposition Parties (207)
United Progressive Alliance (49)
Janata Parivar Parties (9)
Unaligned Parties (144)
Others (5)
The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the Lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the Upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi.