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.
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 in the 15th Lok Sabha. A total of 165 Bills were by passed by the House, including bills introduced in previous Lok Sabhas.
14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 15th Lok Sabha after the 2009 Indian general election.
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
- *T. K. Viswanathan
Number of members by alliance in Lok Sabha
List of members by political party
Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below-| S.No. | Party Name | Party flag | Number of MPs | Leader in Loksabha |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 222 | Sushil Kumar Shinde/Sonia Gandhi | |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 112 | Sushma Swaraj | |
| 3 | Samajwadi Party | 21 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | |
| 4 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 21 | Dara Singh Chauhan | |
| 5 | Janata Dal | 19 | Ram Sundar Das | |
| 6 | All India Trinamool Congress | 18 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | |
| 7 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | T R Balu | |
| 8 | Communist Party of India | 16 | Basudeb Acharia | |
| 9 | Biju Janata Dal | 14 | Arjun Charan Sethi | |
| 10 | Shiv Sena | 10 | Anant Geete | |
| 11 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9 | M. Thambidurai | |
| 12 | Nationalist Congress Party | 8 | Sharad Pawar | |
| 13 | Independent | 7 | ||
| 14 | Telugu Desam Party | 6 | Nama Nageswara Rao | |
| 15 | Rashtriya Lok Dal | 5 | ||
| 16 | Communist Party of India | 4 | Gurudas Dasgupta | |
| 17 | Shiromani Akali Dal | 4 | Rattan Singh Ajnala | |
| 18 | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 3 | ||
| 19 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 3 | ||
| 20 | All India Forward Bloc | 2 | Narahari Mahato | |
| 21 | Muslim League Kerala State Committee | 2 | E Ahamed | |
| 22 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 2 | ||
| 23 | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | 2 | Babu Lal Marandi | |
| 24 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | ||
| 25 | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 2 | K. Chandrasekhar Rao | |
| 26 | YSR Congress Party | 2 | Jagan Mohan Reddy | |
| 27 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1 | Asaduddin Owaisi | |
| 28 | All India United Democratic Front | 1 | Badruddin Ajmal | |
| 29 | Asom Gana Parishad | 1 | Joseph Toppo | |
| 30 | Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 1 | Baliram Sukur Jadhav | |
| 31 | Bodoland People's Front | 1 | Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary | |
| 32 | Haryana Janhit Congress | 1 | Kuldeep Bishnoi | |
| 33 | Janata Dal | 1 | ||
| 34 | Kerala Congress | 1 | Jose K Mani | |
| 35 | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | A. Ganeshamurthi | |
| 36 | Sikkim Democratic Front | 1 | Prem Das Rai | |
| 37 | Swabhimani Paksha | 1 | Raju Shetti | |
| 38 | Socialist Unity Centre of India | 1 | Dr Tarun Mandal | |
| 39 | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1 | Thol. Thirumavalavan | |
| - | Vacant Constituencies | 22 | - |
Cabinet
| 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 |
| 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 2009 - 2011 |
| Environment and Forests | Veerappa Moily Jayanthi Natarajan Jairam Ramesh | 2013-2014 2011–2013 2009 - 2011 |
| External Affairs | Salman Khurshid S.M. Krishna | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Finance | P. Chidambaram Pranab Mukherjee | 2012–2014 2009 - 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 P. Chidambaram | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Information and Broadcasting | Ambika Soni | 2009–2014 |
| Labour and Employment | Mallikarjun Kharge | 2009–2014 |
| Law and Justice | Kapil Sibal Ashwani Kumar Salman Khurshid | 2013–2014 2012 - 2013 2009 - 2012 |
| Mines | Dinsha Patel B.K. Handique | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| New and Renewable Energy | S. Jagathrakshakan Farooq Abdullah | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Overseas Indian Affairs | Vayalar Ravi | 2009–2014 |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Kamal Nath Pawan Kumar Bansal | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | Veerappa Moily Jaipal Reddy | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Power | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Veerappa Moily Sushil Kumar Shinde | 2012–2014 July 2012 - Oct. 2012 2009 - 2012 |
| Railways | Mallikarjun Kharge C.P. Joshi Pawan Kumar Bansal C.P. Joshi Mukul Roy Dinesh Trivedi Manmohan Singh Mamata Banerjee | 17 June 2013 – 2014 2013-2013 2012 - 2013 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 Vilasrao Deshmukh | 2011–2014 2009 - 2011 |
| Science and Technology | Jaipal Reddy Vayalar Ravi Vilasrao Deshmukh | 2012–2014 2011 - 2012 2009 - 2011 |
| Shipping | G.K. Vasan | 2009–2014 |
| Social Justice and Empowerment | Kumari Selja Mukul Wasnik | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Textiles | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014 |
| Tourism | Chiranjeevi Kumari Selja | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Tribal Affairs | V. Kishore Chandra Deo Kantilal Bhuria | 2012–2014 2009 - 2012 |
| Water Resources | Harish Rawat | 2012–2014 |
United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party
Source: Various news organisationsThe new United Progressive Alliance 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
Source: The Hindu| State | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State | 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 - 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.
- 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 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. His wife, Dimple Yadav was elected unopposed from the seat in the bye-elections.
- On 13 October 2012 results of by-elections to Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand and Jangipur 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 retained the Jangipur seat as Congress nominee.