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. The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Term | 26 May 2014 - 24 May 2019 | ||||
| Election | 2014 Indian general election | ||||
| Government | First Modi ministry | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| President | Ram Nath Kovind | ||||
| Vice President | M. Venkaiah Naidu | ||||
| House of the People | |||||
| Members | 543 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Sumitra Mahajan | ||||
| Leader of the House | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Vacant | ||||
| Party control | National Democratic Alliance | ||||
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.
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.
Five sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the 2014 Indian general election.
The pro-tem Speaker Kamal Nath was administered oath on 4 June 2014 & presided over the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Sumitra Mahajan was elected as its Speaker on 6 June 2014 and would remain in office until the day before the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha. M Thambidurai was elected as Deputy Speaker on 13 August 2014.