Parliament (PART) 2

To hold a meeting of Lok Sabha, a minimum 1/10th of the total members of the House must be present. This minimum limit is called Quorum.

To hold a meeting of Lok Sabha, a minimum 1/10th of the total members of the House must be present. This minimum limit is called Quorum.

The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full term of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.

The first General Elections of India were held on 25th October 1951 and continued till 21st February 1952 It was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first democratically elected Prime Minister.

The first General Elections of India were held on 25th October 1951 and continued till 21st February 1952 It was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first democratically elected Prime Minister.

After a general election and formation of a new government, a list of senior Lok Sabha members prepared by the Legislative Section is submitted to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who selects a pro tem Speaker. The appointment has to be approved by the President.

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha/legislative assembly vacates the office immediately before the first meeting of the newly elected house. After a general election and the formation of a newly elected house, a protem or interim Speaker is appointed.

The Second Lok Sabha (5 April 1957-31 March 1962) was elected after the 1957 Indian general election. The 2nd Lok Sabha lasted its full term of five years till 1962. 15 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha in the Indian general elections, 1957.

Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi became the youngest speaker of Lok Sabha when he assumed charge on March 2021. He was elected Speaker of the Twelfth Lok Sabha and reelected unanimously as the Speaker of the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.

He was handpicked by Telugu Desam arty (TDP) supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu in 1998 to become the youngest and first Dalit Speaker of the LokSabha.

Chandrani Murmu (born 16 June 1993) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, Lower House of the Parliament of India from Keonjhar, Odisha in the 2019 as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Chandrani Murmu is currently the youngest Indian Member of Parliament.