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Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
Election | 2009 Indian general election |
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. [1]
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Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14th Lok Sabha. The next 16th Lok Sabha was convened after 2014 Indian general election.
The Second Manmohan Singh ministry introduced a total of 222 Bills (apart from Finance and Appropriations Bills) in the 15th Lok Sabha. A total of 165 Bills were passed by the House, including bills introduced in previous Lok Sabhas. [2]
14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 15th Lok Sabha after the 2009 Indian general election. [3]
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During the tenure of the 15th Lok Sabha, 71% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination [4] [5]
Sushil Kumar Shinde, INC, Solapur, Maharashtra (2012 - May, 2014)
Gopinath Munde, BJP, Beed, Maharashtra (December 2009 - May, 2014)
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha by political party and alliance: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below [14] -
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh | 2009–2014 |
Source: Various news organisations [16] [17] [18] [19]
The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The 5 non-Congress cabinet ministers, include M.K. Azhagiri from the DMK. Mukul Roy from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar from Nationalist Congress Party, and Farooq Abdullah from National Conference represent the other non-Congress cabinet ministers.
Party | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State | Total |
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Indian National Congress | 27 | 32 | 59 |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Nationalist Congress Party | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Muslim League | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 33 | 45 | 78 |
State | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State (I) | Ministers of State | Total |
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Uttar Pradesh | 2 | |||
Maharashtra | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Tamil Nadu | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
West Bengal | 1 | — | 6 | 7 |
Kerala | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Madhya Pradesh | — | — | — | 4 |
Karnataka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Bihar | — | — | — | 3 |
Himachal Pradesh | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Meghalaya | — | — | — | 2 |
Jharkhand | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Uttarakhand | 1 | – | – | 1 |
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