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.

16th Lok Sabha
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (of the NDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 seats more than in the previous 15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of India. The first session was convened from 4 to 11 June 2014.[2]

There was 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% (55) of the total seats (545) 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 was declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha.[3]

Five sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the 2014 Indian general election.[4]

The pro-tem Speaker Kamal Nath was administered oath on 4 June 2014[5] & presided over the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Sumitra Mahajan was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014[6] and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha.[7] M Thambidurai was elected as Deputy Speaker on 13 August 2014.[8]

Members
Main article: List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha
Seat distribution in the 16th Lok Sabha

Party-wise Distribution of Seats

Following 36 political parties were represented in 16th Lok Sabha:[9]

PartyAbbr.SeatsLeader in Lok Sabha
Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP282Narendra Modi
Indian National CongressINC44 Mallikarjun Kharge[10]
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK37Ponnusamy Venugopal / M. Thambidurai[11]
All India Trinamool CongressAITC33Sudip Bandyopadhyay[12]
Biju Janata DalBJD18Bhartruhari Mahtab
Shiv SenaSS18Anant Geete[13]
Telugu Desam PartyTDP15 Thota Narasimham[14]
Telangana Rashtra SamithiTRS10A. P. Jithender Reddy[15]
Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)9P. Karunakaran
Samajwadi PartySP7Mulayam Singh Yadav
Lok Janshakti PartyLJP6Ram Vilas Paswan[16]
Nationalist Congress PartyNCP6Supriya Sule
Aam Aadmi PartyAAP4Bhagwant Mann[17]
Rashtriya Janata DalRJD4Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Shiromani Akali DalSAD4Ranjit Singh Brahmpura
YSR Congress PartyYSRCP8Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
All India United Democratic FrontAIUDF3Badruddin Ajmal
IndependentsIND3-
Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyRLSP3Upendra Kushwaha
Apna DalAD2Anupriya Patel
Indian National Lok DalINLD2Charanjeet Singh Rori
Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUML2E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Janata Dal (Secular)JD(S)2H. D. Deve Gowda
Janata Dal (United)JD(U)2Kaushalendra Kumar
Jharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM2Shibu Soren
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAIMIM1Asaduddin Owaisi
All India N.R. CongressAINRC1R. Radhakrishnan
Communist Party of IndiaCPI1C. N. Jayadevan
Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJKNC1Farooq Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic PartyJKPDP1Muzaffar Hussain Baig
Nationalist Democratic Progressive PartyNDPP1Tokheho Yepthomi
Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK1Anbumani Ramadoss
Rashtriya Lok DalRLD1Begum Tabassum Hasan
Revolutionary Socialist PartyRSP1N. K. Premachandran
Sikkim Democratic FrontSDF1Prem Das Rai
Swabhimani PakshaSWP1Raju Shetti
Nominated Anglo-Indians (Bharatiya Janata Party)NOM2Richard Hay and George Baker
Vacant26 [18] (Anantnag, Ongole, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Kottayam, Kendrapara, Tura, Katihar, Begusarai, Bangalore South, Wayanad, Kishanganj, Ladakh, Malkajgiri, Peddapalle, Chhindwara, Durg, Khajuraho, Dewas, Ajmer, Dausa, Aska, Viluppuram and Jadavpur)

Criminal background

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

  With serious criminal cases (33.68%)
  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]

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

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

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

Financial background

Asset-wise distribution of the 543 members in the 16th Lok Sabha.[19]

  Assets > ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) (24.35%)
  Assets between ₹5 crore (US$700,000) and ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) (12.92%)
  Assets between ₹1 crore (US$140,000) and ₹5 crore (US$700,000) (44.46%)
  Assets < ₹1 crore (US$140,000) (18.27%)

As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of ₹1 crore (US$140,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of ₹1 crore (US$140,000) or more.[19]

The average assets per member are ₹14.7 crore (US$2.1 million) (in 2009, this figure was ₹5.35 crore (US$750,000)).

Political partyNo. of membersAverage assets per member[19]
BJP281₹11.5 crore (US$1.6 million)
INC44₹13.2 crore (US$1.9 million)
AIADMK37₹6.4 crore (US$900,000)
AITC34₹2.5 crore (US$350,000)
Others146₹25.0 crore (US$3.5 million)
Total542 (Excluding Speaker)₹14.7 crore (US$2.1 million)

Age

Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018[22]

Age GroupNo. of members
Age> 808
Age between 71 and 8053
Age between 61 and 70161
Age between 51 and 60164
Age between 41 and 50103
Age <= 4046

References
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  10. "Rahul ducks, Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2014.
  11. L. Renganathan (18 August 2014). "Venugopal to become AIADMK leader in LS". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  12. "Sudip Bandopadhyay to be TMC party leader in Lok Sabha". Kolkata: Zee News. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  13. "Sena MP's 'saffron flag atop Red Fort' remark invites Opposition ire". Indian Express. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  14. "Satyanarayana Chowdary named TDP Parliamentary Party leader". The Economic Times. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  15. "Jitender Reddy to lead TRS MPs in LS". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  16. "Ram Vilas Paswan elected LJSP parliamentary party leader". The Economic Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  17. "Aam Aadmi party rebels get the boot but it's Ashish Khetan kicking and screaming". 22 April 2015.
  18. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194.
  19. "Association for Democratic Reforms". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  20. "A third of MPs have criminal cases, Shiv Sena tops list: report". NDTV.com.
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