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The following table indicates the total number of seats and the number of seats reserved for SC and ST statewise. [6] Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community. They were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India.
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an 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 of ...
But was never voted on in the Lok Sabha. [11] In 2023 September, a similar bill Women's Reservation Bill, proposed to reserve 1/3 of all seats in Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. It was passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha becoming a law. [12]
The constitution provides that the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha be 550 members. The Lok Sabha has a term of five years. To be eligible for membership in the Lok Sabha, a person must be a citizen of India and must be 25 years of age or older, not hold any office of profit under union or state government, mentally sound, should not be ...
The INDIA coalition outperformed expectations, securing 234 seats, 99 of which were won by the Congress, garnering the party the official opposition status for the first time in 10 years. [19] [20] [21] Seven independents and ten candidates from non-aligned parties also won seats in the Lok Sabha. [22] [23] [24]
The Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2020.
The 2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in five phases between 19 April and 20 May 2024 to elect 48 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.
In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India was discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when enacted as 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. [16] [17] As a result, the maximum permitted strength of the Lok Sabha was reduced from 552 to 550.