15th Lok Sabha
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 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 by 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]
Important members
- Speaker: Meira Kumar, INC, Sasaram, Bihar
- Deputy Speaker: Kariya Munda, BJP, Khunti, Jharkhand
- Leader of the House: Sushil Kumar Shinde, INC, Solapur, Maharashtra
- Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, BJP, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
- Secretary General:
- P.D.T. Achary[4]
- T. K. Viswanathan
Number of members by alliance in Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha by political party and alliance:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
List of members by political party
Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below[12]-
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Cabinet
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh | 2009–2014 |
| Ministry | Minister | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Food processing industries | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014 |
| Coal | Sriprakash Jaiswal | 2009–2014 |
| Civil Aviation | Ajit Singh | 2009–2014 |
| Chemicals and Fertilizers | M.K. Azhagiri | 2009 - 2013 (resigned after DMK withdrew support) |
| Commerce and Industry | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014 |
| Communications and Information Technology | Kapil Sibal | 2009–2014 |
| Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014 |
| Defence | A.K. Antony | 2009–2014 |
| Earth Sciences | Jaipal Reddy | 2012–2014
2011 - 2012 2011 - 2011(Due to his demise) 2009 - 2011 |
| Environment and Forests | Veerappa Moily | 2013-2014
2011–2013 2009 - 2011 |
| External Affairs | Salman Khurshid
S.M. Krishna |
2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Finance | P. Chidambaram | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 (He was elected President of India in JULY 2012) |
| Food Processing industries | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014 |
| Health and Family Welfare | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 2009–2014 |
| Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Praful Patel | 2011–2014 |
| Home Affairs | Sushil Kumar Shinde | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Information and Broadcasting | Ambika Soni | 2009–2014 |
| Labour and Employment | Mallikarjun Kharge | 2009–2014 |
| Law and Justice | Kapil Sibal | 2013–2014
2012 - 2013 (resigned after allegations in Coalgate) 2009 - 2012 |
| Mines | Dinsha Patel | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| New and Renewable Energy | S. Jagathrakshakan | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Overseas Indian Affairs | Vayalar Ravi | 2009–2014 |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Kamal Nath | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | Veerappa Moily | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Power | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Sushil Kumar Shinde |
2012–2014
July 2012 - Oct. 2012 2009 - 2012 |
| Railways | Mallikarjun Kharge
C.P. Joshi C.P. Joshi Manmohan Singh (Additional Charge) |
17 June 2013 – 2014
2013-2013 2012 - 2013 (resigned after allegations of bribery) Sept. 2012 - Oct. 2012 Mar. 2012 - Sept. 2012 2011 - 2012 May 2011 - July 2011 2009 - 2011 |
| Road Transport and Highways | C.P. Joshi
G.K. Vasan |
2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Rural Development | Jairam Ramesh | 2011–2014
2009 - 2011 |
| Science and Technology | Jaipal Reddy | 2012–2014
2011 - 2012 2009 - 2011 |
| Shipping | G.K. Vasan | 2009–2014 |
| Social Justice and Empowerment | Kumari Selja | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Textiles | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014 |
| Tourism | Chiranjeevi
Kumari Selja |
2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Tribal Affairs | V. Kishore Chandra Deo | 2012–2014
2009 - 2012 |
| Water Resources | Harish Rawat | 2012–2014 |
United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party
Source: Various news organisations[14][15][16][17]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
United Progressive Alliance cabinet by states
| State | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State (I) | Ministers of State | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- MoS (I) - Ministers of State with Independent charge
By-Elections
- In November 2009, Raj Babbar of Indian National Congress got elected from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Seat was vacant as Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party resigned from this seat keeping the Kannauj Seat as he had contested from both and had to drop one seat.[20]
- On 13 May 2011, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy of YSR Congress got elected from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. He resigned his seat, when he resigned from Indian National Congress. He contested that seat again won by 545,000 votes.
- Elections were held on 13 October 2011 for the Hissar Lok Sabha seat due to the death of Bhajan Lal. The HJC-BJP alliance, represented by Kuldeep Bishnoi s/o Bhajan Lal, won the election.
- On 3 May 2012, Akhilesh Yadav resigned from the Kannauj seat, to serve as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, after Samajwadi Party won Assembly Elections.[21] His wife, Dimple Yadav was elected unopposed from the seat in the bye-elections.[22]
- On 13 October 2012 results of by-elections to Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttarakhand and Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal were declared. The incumbent MP of Tehri Vijay Bahuguna had resigned upon being elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative assembly and becoming Chief Minister, while the MP from Jangipur, Pranab Mukherjee, had ceased to be an MP upon election as the President of India, thus necessitating the by-elections. In Tehri, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah of BJP won the seat while Abhijit Mukherjee (son of Pranab Mukherjee) retained the Jangipur seat as Congress nominee.
References
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- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-legislative-history-of-the-15th-lok-sabha/article5677499.ece
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- "Southern States get a big share". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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- "Raj Babbar wins in Firozabad, blow to Mulayam". Indian Express. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- "UP CM Akhilesh Yadav resigns as Lok Sabha MP". Jagran Post.
- "Akhilesh's wife Dimple Yadav elected unopposed from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat". India Today.
External links
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- Lok Sabha website
- List of winning candidates published by election commission of india on 17 May 2009.
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