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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party 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% of the total seats in order to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress 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.

Members

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

Criminal background

About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.
* Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:
  1. Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more.
  2. If an offence is non-bailable.
  3. If it is an electoral offence.
  4. Offence related to loss to exchequer.
  5. Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape related.
  6. Offences that are mentioned in Representation of the People Act.
  7. Offences under 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 of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 had serious criminal cases.

Financial background

As of May 2014, out of the 542 members analysed, 443 are having assets of or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 members had assets of or more.
The average assets per member are .
Political partyNo. of membersAverage assets per member
BJP281
INC44
AIADMK37
AITC34
Others146
Total542

Age

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