16th Lok Sabha

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India.^[1] The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014. The Bharatiya Janata Party (of the NDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 15th prime minister of independent India. The first session was scheduled to be convened from June 4 to June 11, 2014.^[2] There is no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% of total seats (545) in order to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge has been declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha.^[3]

Members

Speaker: Sumitra Mahajan, BJP^[4]
Deputy Speaker: M. Thambidurai, AIADMK
Leader of the House: Narendra Modi, BJP
Leader of the Opposition: None, as no opposition party/coalition received 10% membership of the House. The single largest opposition party currently is the Indian National Congress, with 45 seats.^[5]^[6]
Secretary General: Anoop Mishra

Party-wise Distribution of Seats^[7]

Following 36 political parties are represented in 16th Lok Sabha:

Party		Abr.	Seats	Leader in Lok Sabha
bgcolor=Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color\|	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	280	Narendra Modi
bgcolor=Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color\|	Indian National Congress	INC	45^[8]	Mallikarjun Kharge^[9]
bgcolor=Template:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color\|	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	37	P. Venugopal/M. Thambidurai^[10]
bgcolor=Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color\|	All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	32	Sudip Bandyopadhyay^[11]
bgcolor=Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color\|	Biju Janata Dal	BJD	20	Bhartruhari Mahtab
bgcolor=Template:Shiv Sena/meta/color\|	Shiv Sena	SHS	18	Anant Geete^[12]
bgcolor=Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color\|	Telugu Desam Party	TDP	16	Thota Narasimham^[13]
bgcolor=Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color\|	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	TRS	11	A. P. Jithender Reddy^[14]
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color\|	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	9	P. Karunakaran
	YSR Congress Party	YSRCP	9	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy^[15]
bgcolor=Template:Lok Jan Shakti Party/meta/color\|	Lok Jan Shakti Party	LJSP	6	Ram Vilas Paswan^[16]
bgcolor=Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color\|	Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	6	Tariq Anwar
bgcolor=Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color\|	Samajwadi Party	SP	5	Mulayam Singh Yadav
bgcolor=Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color\|	Aam Aadmi Party	AAP	4	Bhagwant Mann^[17]
bgcolor=Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color\|	Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	4	Ranjit Singh Brahmpura
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color\|	Independent	IND	4	-
bgcolor=Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color\|	Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	3	Tasleem Uddin
bgcolor=Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/color\|	All India United Democratic Front	AIUDF	3	Badruddin Ajmal
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party	JKPDP	3	Mehbooba Mufti
bgcolor=Template:Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/color\|	Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	RLSP	3	Upendra Kushwaha
bgcolor=Template:Apna Dal/meta/color\|	Apna Dal	AD	2	Anupriya Patel
bgcolor=Template:Indian National Lok Dal/meta/color\|	Indian National Lok Dal	INLD	2	Charanjeet Singh Rori
bgcolor=Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color\|	Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	2	E. Ahmed
bgcolor=Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color\|	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)	2	H. D. Deve Gowda
bgcolor=Template:Janata Dal (United)/meta/color\|	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)	2	Kaushalendra Kumar
bgcolor=Template:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color\|	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	2	Shibu Soren
bgcolor=Template:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color\|	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	AIMIM	1	Asaduddin Owaisi
bgcolor=Template:All India N.R. Congress/meta/color\|	All India N.R. Congress	AINRC	1	R. Radhakrishnan
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color\|	Communist Party of India	CPI	1	C. N. Jayadevan
bgcolor=Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color\|	Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC(M)	1	Jose K. Mani
bgcolor=Template:Naga People's Front/meta/color\|	Naga People's Front	NPF	1	Neiphiu Rio
bgcolor=Template:National People's Party (India)/meta/color\|	National Peoples Party	NPP	1	P. A. Sangma
bgcolor=Template:Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color\|	Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	1	Anbumani Ramadoss
bgcolor=Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party/meta/color\|	Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	1	N. K. Premachandran
bgcolor=Template:Sikkim Democratic Front/meta/color\|	Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	1	Prem Das Rai
bgcolor=Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/color\|	Swabhimani Paksha	SWP	1	Raju Shetti
	Vacant		6^[18] ( Anantnag, Coochbehar(SC), Lakhimpur, Shahdol(ST), Srinagar, Tamluk)

Criminal background

Case-wise distribution of the 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha.^[19]

With serious criminal cases (20.66%)

With non-serious criminal cases (13.47%)

Without any criminal cases (65.87%)

About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.^[20]

Political party	Total no. of members	No. of members with criminal cases^[19]	Percentage of members with criminal cases	No. of members with serious criminal cases^*^[19]	Percentage of members with serious criminal cases^*
Bharatiya Janata Party	282	20	7%	61	21.6%
Indian National Congress	44	8	18%	3	7%
AIADMK	37	6	16%	3	8%
Shiv Sena	18	15	83%	8	44%
All India Trinamool Congress	34	7	21%	4	12%
Others	128	52	41%	33	26%
Total	543	185	34%	112	21%

^* Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:^[19]

Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more.
If an offence is non-bailable.
If it is an electoral offence (e.g. IPC 171E or bribery).
Offence related to loss to exchequer.
Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape related.
Offences that are mentioned in Representation of the People Act (Section 8).
Offences under Prevention of Corruption Act.
Crimes against women.

Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there is an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%) of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.^[19]^[21]

Financial background

Asset-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha.^[19]

Assets > ₹10 crore (US$1.3 million) (24.35%)

Assets between ₹5 crore (US$630,000) and ₹10 crore (US$1.3 million) (12.92%)

Assets between ₹1 crore (US$130,000) and ₹5 crore (US$630,000) (44.46%)

Assets < ₹1 crore (US$130,000) (18.27%)

Out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of ₹1 crore (US$130,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of ₹1 crore (US$130,000) or more.^[19]

The average assets per member are ₹14.7 crore (US$1.8 million) (in 2009, this figure was ₹5.35 crore (US$670,000)).

Political party	No. of members	Average assets per member^[19]
Bharatiya Janata Party	282	₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million)
Indian National Congress	44	₹16.7 crore (US$2.1 million)
AIADMK	37	₹6.4 crore (US$800,000)
All India Trinamool Congress	34	₹2.5 crore (US$310,000)
Others	146	₹25.0 crore (US$3.1 million)
Total	543	₹14.7 crore (US$1.8 million)

References

^ "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ "First Session of 16th Lok Sabha scheduled from June 4 to 11". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha | Business Line
^ "New responsibility a challenge: Mahajan". The Hindu. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "No Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha". NDTV. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
^ "Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by-election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha". CNN-IBN. 24 November 2015.
^ http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx
^ "Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by-election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha". CNN-IBN. 24 November 2015.
^ Rahul ducks, Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha - Hindustan Times
^ L. Renganathan (18 August 2014). "Venugopal to become AIADMK leader in LS". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Sudip Bandopadhyay to be TMC party leader in Lok Sabha". Kolkata: Zee News. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Sena MP's 'saffron flag atop Red Fort' remark invites Opposition ire". Indian Express. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Satyanarayana Chowdary named TDP Parliamentary Party leader". The Economic Times. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Jitender Reddy to lead TRS MPs in LS". Hyderabad: The Hindu. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ వైఎస్ఆర్ సిపి పార్లమెంటరీ పార్టీ నేతగా మేకపాటి
^ "Ram Vilas Paswan elected LJSP parliamentary party leader". The Economic Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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^ http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/vacant.aspx
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Association for Democratic Reforms
^ A third of MPs have criminal cases, Shiv Sena tops list: report | NDTV.com
^ Every third newly-elected MP has criminal background - The Times of India

External links

[1] "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[2] "First Session of 16th Lok Sabha scheduled from June 4 to 11". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

[3] Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha | Business Line

[4] "New responsibility a challenge: Mahajan". The Hindu. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] "No Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha". NDTV. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

[6] "Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by-election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha". CNN-IBN. 24 November 2015.

[7] ttp://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx

[8] "Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by-election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha". CNN-IBN. 24 November 2015.

[9] Rahul ducks, Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha - Hindustan Times

[10] L. Renganathan (18 August 2014). "Venugopal to become AIADMK leader in LS". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[11] "Sudip Bandopadhyay to be TMC party leader in Lok Sabha". Kolkata: Zee News. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[12] "Sena MP's 'saffron flag atop Red Fort' remark invites Opposition ire". Indian Express. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[13] "Satyanarayana Chowdary named TDP Parliamentary Party leader". The Economic Times. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[14] "Jitender Reddy to lead TRS MPs in LS". Hyderabad: The Hindu. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[15] వైఎస్ఆర్ సిపి పార్లమెంటరీ పార్టీ నేతగా మేకపాటి

[16] "Ram Vilas Paswan elected LJSP parliamentary party leader". The Economic Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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[autogenerated1-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Association for Democratic Reforms

[20] A third of MPs have criminal cases, Shiv Sena tops list: report | NDTV.com

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