17th Lok Sabha

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Overview
Legislative body Indian Parliament
Term17 June 2019 – 5 June 2024
Election 2019 Indian general election
Government Fourth National Democratic Alliance Government
Sovereign
President Ram Nath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu
Jagdeep Dhankhar
House of the People
17th Lok Sabha Updated August 2022.svg
Members543
Speaker of the House Om Birla
Leader of the House Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Leader of the Opposition Vacant [lower-alpha 1]
Party control National Democratic Alliance

The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. [1] Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day.

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Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the House. As no party had 10% of the seats to secure the position of Leader of Opposition, there was no Leader of the Opposition. However, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, which was the second largest party during the 17th Lok Sabha. [2] [3]

The 17th Lok Sabha had the most women representatives, at 14 percent. 267 members were first-time MPs. 233 members (43 percent) have had criminal charges against them. 475 members had their declared assets to be more than ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000); average assets were ₹20.9 crore (US$2.5 million). Around 39 percent of members were professionally noted to be politicians or involved in social work.[ citation needed ]

Members

Party-wise distribution of seats

Party wise distribution
PartySeatsLeader in Lok Sabha
BJP 303 Narendra Modi
INC 52 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
DMK 23 T. R. Baalu
AITC 22 Sudip Bandyopadhyay
YSRCP 22 P. V. Midhun Reddy
JD(U) 16 Rajiv Ranjan
SHS 18 Rahul Shewale
BJD 12 Pinaki Misra
BSP 10 Girish Chandra
BRS 8 Nageswara Rao
SS(UBT) 5 Vinayak Raut
RLJP 5 Pashupati Kumar Paras
NCP-SP 4 Supriya Sule
TDP 3 K Ram Mohan Naidu
IUML 3 E. T. Mohammed Basheer
JKNC 3 Farooq Abdullah
CPI(M) 3 P R Natarajan
SP 5 S. T. Hasan
CPI 1 K. Subbarayan
AD(S) 2 Anupriya Patel
SAD 2 Harsimrat Kaur Badal
AIMIM 2 Asaduddin Owaisi
AIUDF 1 Badruddin Ajmal
SAD(A) 1 Simranjit Singh Mann
KC(M) 1 T. Chazhikadan
JD(S) 1 Prajwal Revanna
NCP 1 Sunil Tatkare
LJP(RV) 2 Chirag Paswan
JMM 1 Vijay Hansdak
AAP 0
VCK 1 T.Thirumavalan
RSP 1 Premchandran
NDPP 1 T.Yepthomi
AJSU 1 CP Choudhary
NPF 1 Lorho Pfoze
NPP 1 Agatha Sangma
MNF 1 C. Lalrosanga
SKM 1 I.H Subba
Independent 2
Vacant 30

Statistics

Party-wise members with criminal charges [8]
PartyElected
members		Members with
criminal charges		Percent
BJP 30311639%
INC 522847%
DMK 241043%
JD(U) 161381%
AITC 22941%

BSP

10550%

CPI(M)

3267%

CPI

200%

The 17th Lok Sabha has the highest ever number of women politicians with a total of 78 which is nearly 14%. [9] The earlier Lok Sabha had 62 women MPs. The average age of 17th Lok Sabha is noted to be 54 years and 12% of MPs are below the age of 40. Chandrani Murmu of BJD from Keonjhar constituency became the youngest member at the age of 25 years, 11 months and nine days and Shafiqur Rahman Barq of SP from Sambhal constituency became the oldest member at the age of 89. [10] [11] Education-wise, 43% MPs have graduate-level education, 25% are post-graduates and 4% of members have doctorates in various subjects. Of the total strength, 300 members have been elected as member for the first time and 197 members have been elected second time consecutively i.e. they were a member in the 16th Lok Sabha as well. [9] BJP members Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur constituency and Santosh Gangwar from Bareilly constituency has been elected to Lok Sabha for the eighth time. [12] Religion-wise, 90.4% members are Hindus and 5.2% are Muslims, with the rest, nearly 4%, being Sikhs, Christians and other minorities. [12]

According to the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 233 members (i.e. 43%) have criminal charges against them. Of these, nearly 29% of the cases are rape, murder, attempted murder, or crime against women. Congress MP Dean Kuriakose, of the Idukki constituency in Kerala, has 204 criminal cases. [8]

Financially, the number of members who are crorepati (i.e. with declared assets more than ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000)) are 475. Members with more than ₹5 crore (US$600,000) assets are 266. The average assets of the whole Lok Sabha was ₹20.9 crore (US$2.5 million) and Nakul Nath of Congress from Chhindwara constituency has the highest declared assets of nearly ₹660 crore (US$79 million). [13] Nath is followed by H. Vasanthakumar from Kanyakumari constituency, with ₹417 crore (US$50 million) and D. K. Suresh from Bangalore Rural constituency with ₹338 crore (US$40 million); both being of Congress party. [14]

Professionally, around 39% noted to be politicians or involved in social work. This is followed by 38% of members declaring as agriculturists and 23% as businessmen. [15]

Percentage of bills referred to Parliamentary committees

Bills

As of January 2024, during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha, only 16% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination [16] [17] and half of the bills passed so far were discussed only for less than two hours each. [18] [19] Whereas, the average annual sitting days reduced to only 55 in the 17th Lok Sabha according to a statistical study by the non-profit PRS Legislative Research. [20]

Subsequent by-elections and vacancies

StateConstituencyName of elected M.P.Party affiliation
Andhra Pradesh Tirupati (SC) Balli Durga Prasad Rao


(Died on 16 September 2020)

 YSR Congress Party
Maddila Gurumoorthy


(Elected on 2 May 2021)

Bihar Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto
(Died on 28 February 2020)		 JD(U)
Sunil Kumar


(Elected on 10 November 2020)

Samastipur (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan


(Died on 21 July 2019)

 Lok Janshakti Party
Prince Raj


(Elected on 24 October 2019)

 Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Chhattisgarh Sarguja (ST) Renuka Singh
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Raigarh (ST) Gomati Sai
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Bilaspur Arun Sao
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Haryana Ambala (SC) Rattan Lal Kataria
(Died on 18 May 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Himachal Pradesh Mandi Ram Swaroop Sharma
(Died on 17 March 2021)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratibha Singh


(Elected on 2 November 2021)

 Indian National Congress
Karnataka Belgaum Suresh Angadi


(Died on 23 September 2020)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
Mangala Suresh Angadi


(Elected on 2 May 2021)

Kerala Malappuram P. K. Kunhalikutty


(Resigned on 3 February 2021)

 Indian Union Muslim League
M. P. Abdussamad Samadani


(Elected on 2 May 2021)

Madhya Pradesh Morena Narendra Singh Tomar
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Damoh Prahlad Singh Patel
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Sidhi Riti Pathak
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Jabalpur Rakesh Singh
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Hoshangabad Uday Pratap Singh
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Khandwa Nandkumar Singh Chauhan


(Died on 2 March 2021)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
Gyaneswar Patil


(Elected on 2 November 2021)

Maharashtra Chandrapur Suresh Dhanorkar
(Died on 30 May 2023)		 Indian National Congress
Vacant
Pune Girish Bapat
(Died on 29 March 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Satara Udayanraje Bhosale


(Resigned on 14 September 2019)

 Nationalist Congress Party
Shriniwas Patil


(Elected on 24 October 2019)

Punjab Jalandhar Santokh Singh Chaudhary


(Died on 14 January 2023)

 Indian National Congress
Sushil Kumar Rinku
(Elected on 13 May 2023)		 Aam Aadmi Party
Sangrur Bhagwant Mann
(Resigned on 14 March 2022)		 Aam Aadmi Party
Simranjit Singh Mann


(Elected on 26 June 2022)

 SAD(A)
Rajasthan Jaipur Rural Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Alwar Balak Nath
(Resigned on 7 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Nagaur Hanuman Beniwal
(Resigned on 8 December 2023)		 Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
Vacant
Rajsamand Diya Kumari
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant
Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari H. Vasanthakumar


(Died on 28 August 2020)

 Indian National Congress
Vijay Vasanth


(Elected on 2 May 2021)

Erode A. Ganeshamurthi
(Dead on 28 March 2024)		 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Vacant
Nagapattinam M. Selvarasu
(Dead on 13 May 2024)		 Communist Party of India
Vacant
Telangana Medak Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
(Resigned on 13 December 2023)		 Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Vacant
Malkajgiri A. Revanth Reddy
(Resigned on 8 December 2023)		 Indian National Congress
Vacant
Nalgonda N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
(Resigned on 6 December 2023)		 Indian National Congress
Vacant
Bhongir Komatireddy Venkat Reddy


(Resigned on 8 December 2023)

 Indian National Congress
Vacant
Uttar Pradesh Rampur Azam Khan
(Resigned on 22 March 2022)		 Samajwadi Party
Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi


(Elected on 26 June 2022)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
Mainpuri Mulayam Singh Yadav


(Died on 10 October 2022)

 Samajwadi Party
Dimple Yadav


(Elected on 8 December 2022)

Azamgarh Akhilesh Yadav


(Resigned on 22 March 2022)

 Samajwadi Party
Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua


(Elected on 26 June 2022)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghazipur Afzal Ansari


(disqualified on 1 May 2023)

 Bahujan Samaj Party
Vacant
West Bengal Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra
(disqualified on 8 December 2023)		 Trinamool Congress
Vacant
Asansol Babul Supriyo
(Resigned on 22 October 2021)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Shatrughan Sinha
(Elected on 16 April 2022)		 Trinamool Congress
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Dadra and Nagar Haveli (ST) Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar
(Died on 22 February 2021)		 Independent
Kalaben Delkar
(Elected on 2 November 2021)		 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

2023 Security Breach

On 13 December 2023, two protestors breached the parliament and entered the Lok Sabha. [21] The parliament security breach was organised by six protestors where two of the accused Sagar Sharma and D Manoranjan, jumped into the chamber from the visitor's gallery, and opened a yellow smoke canister, in an attempt to reach the Speaker's Chair. While outside the parliament, two others, Neelam Devi and Amol Shinde opened aerosol canister releasing a color smoke. [22] [23]

The sixth individual, Vishal Sharma, was caught meters away from the parliament after filming and uploading the video of the protest outside Parliament to the social media platforms. [22] [24] The leader of the protestors was Lalit Jha who is affiliated with the Samyabadi Subhas Sabha, a non-governmental organisation in West Bengal, and calls himself teacher on his Instagram profile. [22] [25] The Delhi police told the court that it was well planned attack on the parliament and all the nabbed accused could be affiliated with terrorist organisations. [22]

Day after the security breach, MP Derek O'Brien of the Rajya Sabha and 13 MPs of Lok Sabha from the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam parties, were suspended till the remainder of the session for demanding a discussion on the breach. [26] A week later, 33 MPs from Lok Sabha and 46 members from Rajya Sabha were suspended taking the total number of MPs suspended in this session to 92. [27] Furthermore, 49 more members of Parliament (MPs) of the INDIA bloc of parties were suspended on 19 December 2023 for disrupting proceedings which took the total number of such suspensions in the two Houses to 141. [28]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury served as the Leader of the Indian National Congress party in the Lok Sabha. There was no official opposition, as the opposition party is required to have at least 55 seats. The INC had a plurality (50) seats in the chamber.

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