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Seat distribution in the 16th Lok Sabha. This is a list of members of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019), arranged by state-wise and union territory-wise representation in Lok sabha. [1] [2] These members of the Lower house of the Indian Parliament were elected in the 2014 Indian general election held from 7 April to 12 May 2014. [3]
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 ...
The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of 250 members. It currently has a sanctioned strength of 245 members, of which 233 are elected from states, and union territories and 12 are nominated by the president. The number of members from a state depends on its population. The minimum age for a person to become a member of the Rajya Sabha is 30 years ...
The Parliament of India a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). Membership is limited to 250members. 238 are elected by the State legislative assemblies, and 12 are nominated by the president of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.
As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000) or more. [19] The average assets per member are ₹ 14.7 crore (US$1.7 million) (in 2009, this figure was ₹ 5.35 crore ...
Rajya Sabha elections were held on three dates in 2014, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.The elections were held in February, June, and November to elect respectively 55, 6, and 11 of its 245 members, from 16 of the States.
After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014–2019), he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 LokSabha election against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Mandalik. In September 2019, he along with his NCP colleagues joined BJP. [5] In 2022, he became a Rajya Sabha Member from Maharashtra state.