National
House of the People
- Hindi: लोक सभा
Governs India · Part of Parliament of India
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- Must be held by June 2029 (no fixed date) General election · Member of the Lok Sabha
Who sits on it
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Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Chosen by the House from among its members
Om Birla
Speaker of the Lok Sabha · since June 2024
BJP
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Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Chosen by the House from among its members
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543 members of the Lok Sabha
Elected
See every Member of the Lok Sabha and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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Sources for who sits on it
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha legislative.gov.in · checked
- Om Birla as Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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sansad.in · checked - Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha legislative.gov.in · checked
- Member of the Lok Sabha legislative.gov.in · checked
What it can do
- Hold the Council of Ministers to account
The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People (Art. 75(3)); the House has the final word on money bills (Art. 109).
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Sources for what it can do
- Hold the Council of Ministers to account legislative.gov.in · checked
Sources
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India (Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department), Arts. 52-79, 79-122, 124, read 2026-10-12: existence, structure and names of the Presidency, Government, Parliament, its two Houses and the Supreme Court. For: House of the People
- legislative.gov.in · checked Hindi terms as used in the Hindi text of the Constitution of India (Legislative Department). Terms were entered from the Constitution's standard Hindi vocabulary and not re-fetched this session; verify. For: House of the People in Hindi
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India, articles cited in each power description, read 2026-10-12. For: Hold the Council of Ministers to account
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India (Legislative Department), Arts. 54-56, 66-67, 75, 80-83, 89, 93, 124: selection method, seat counts and terms; minister portfolios from Wikipedia 'Third Modi ministry' (read 2026-10-12). Fallback: Wikipedia, because pmindia.gov.in and cabsec.gov.in were not reachable for a machine-readable portfolio list. For: Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Member of the Lok Sabha
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Third Modi ministry (read 2026-10-12): cabinet portfolios, holders and the 25 July 2026 Education charge change. Fallback source. For: Godam Nagesh as Member of the Lok Sabha, Adilabad (Telangana), S P Singh Baghel as Member of the Lok Sabha, Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmedabad East (Gujarat), Dineshbhai Makwana as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmedabad West (Gujarat), Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) and 536 more
- sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha: sansad.in member API, status=Sitting, read 2026-10-12 (term start date not published, left empty). Rajya Sabha and ministers: Wikipedia 'List of current members of the Rajya Sabha' and 'Third Modi ministry' (fallback, read 2026-10-12; official Rajya Sabha list unreachable). Officers: Wikipedia infoboxes cross-checked with Wikidata. For: Godam Nagesh as Member of the Lok Sabha, Adilabad (Telangana), S P Singh Baghel as Member of the Lok Sabha, Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmedabad East (Gujarat), Dineshbhai Makwana as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmedabad West (Gujarat), Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke as Member of the Lok Sabha, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) and 536 more
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India Art. 56, 62, 67, 68, 83: legal terms from the last sworn-in/first-sitting dates; no schedule yet announced by the Election Commission of India (eci.gov.in). For: General election, June 23, 2029
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