Users' questions

How many seats does Congress have in Parliament?

How many seats does Congress have in Parliament?

Party-wise distribution of seats

Party Abbr. Seats
Indian National Congress INC 52
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 24
YSR Congress Party YSRCP 22
All India Trinamool Congress AITC 22

How many seats are there in Indian Parliament?

Composition

State/ UT* Seats
Jammu and Kashmir* 5
Jharkhand 14
Karnataka 28
Kerala 20

How many MLA seats are there in India?

The Legislative Assembly consists of not more than 500 members and not fewer than 60. The biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, has 404 members in its Assembly. States which have small populations and are small in size have a provision for having an even lesser number of members in the Legislative Assembly.

How many seats won BJP in 2019?

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA won the elections with the BJP itself winning a clear majority. The BJP become the single largest party in the House and surpassed expectations to win 303 seats, with its alliance partners bringing the NDA to a total of 353 seats.

How many seats are needed for a majority government in India?

For a political party to form the government, they must have a majority of elected MPs. Since there are 543 elected (plus 2 Anglo-Indian nominated) members in Lok Sabha, to have a majority a party should have at least half the number i.e. 272 members or more.

How many MP are in India?

The Parliament has a sanctioned strength of 543 in Lok Sabha and 245 in Rajya Sabha including the 12 nominees from the expertise of different fields of science, culture, art and history. The Parliament meets at Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi.

Who are the members of Rajyasabha?

Karnataka

No Name Date of Appointment
1 Mallikarjun Kharge 26-Jun-2020
2 L. Hanumanthaiah 03-Apr-2018
3 G. C. Chandrasekhar 03-Apr-2018
4 Syed Naseer Hussain 03-Apr-2018

How many states have BJP CM in India?

As of 30 July 2021, 47 BJP leaders have held the position of a chief minister, out of which twelve are incumbent. A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories (UTs) (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry).

How many seats Rajiv Gandhi won?

The elections were a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress of Rajiv Gandhi (son of Indira Gandhi), which won 404 of the 514 seats elected in 1984 and a further 10 in the delayed elections.

What was the total number of seats in Indian Parliament?

It was the first ever election in the Indian Republic. Elections were held for 489 seats.The total number of eligible voters were about 17.3 crore. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364.

Which is the second largest party in India’s Parliament?

The Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS), the previous avatar of the BJP won only 3 seats. Independents won the second highest number of seats after Congress. Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the Prime Minister. Photo Divison, Government of India. Out of 494 seats, the Indian National Congress (INC) won 371.

How many seats did the Indian National Congress win?

Out of 494 seats, the Indian National Congress (INC) won 361. In these elections, four other parties won double digit seats (CPI, Jan Sangh, Swatantra Party & PSP). The Congress vote share was reduced to about 45% from 48% in the previous election. Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the Prime Minister.

How many seats are there in Lok Sabha in India?

According to the Constitution of India, the house can have a strength of 552 members at maximum. However, at present, the Lok Sabha comprises 545 seats, of which 543 members elected to the house, while the 2 members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India.