Lok Sabha

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chamber of the Parliament of India legislative body lower house of parliament

Lok Sabha is the directly elected lower chamber of India's Parliament, responsible for making national laws and representing the people.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Lok Sabha Chamber 2
2nd Lok Sabha 1
3rd Lok Sabha 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Parliament of India ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation LS ⓘ
authorityOver Council of Ministers ⓘ
broadcastBy Sansad TV ⓘ
budgetaryPower exclusive power over Money Bills ⓘ
canBeDissolved yes ⓘ
canIntroduceMoneyBills yes ⓘ
canPassNoConfidenceMotion yes ⓘ
confidenceRequirement Council of Ministers must enjoy confidence of Lok Sabha ⓘ
constituencyType single-member constituencies ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentSpeaker Om Birla ⓘ
deputySpeakerTitle Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
electoralBodyFor Prime Minister of India ⓘ
electoralSystemType direct election ⓘ
elects Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
firstElectionYear 1951–1952 ⓘ
governingArticles Articles 79–123 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Rajya Sabha ⓘ
inception 1952 ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
locatedIn New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi

Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form: Parliament House, New Delhi
maximumMembership 552 ⓘ
meetsIn Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber
meetsUnder President of India ⓘ
moneyBillDefinitionAuthority Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
nativeName Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: लोक सभा
nickname Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of the People
numberOfMembers 543 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of India ⓘ
surface form: House of the People
participatesInElectionOf President of India ⓘ
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Vice President of India
partOf Parliament of India ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
primaryFunction control of the executive ⓘ
lawmaking at the national level ⓘ
representation of the people of India ⓘ
sessionLocation Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form: Sansad Bhavan
speakerElectionMethod elected by members of Lok Sabha ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Om Birla → chamberPresidedOver → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
this entity surface form: House of the People (Lok Sabha)
INC → contestsElectionsIn → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian National Congress
Members of Parliament → electedTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Member of Parliament
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha of India
subject surface form: Sansad Bhavan
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber
Parliament of India → hasHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Standing Committees → house → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Standing Committees (India)
Dahyabhai Patel → legislativeBody → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Government of India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Om Birla → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Union Government → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Government of India
Lok Sabha → meetsIn → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber
subject surface form: Meghnad Saha
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
Lok Sabha → nativeName → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: लोक सभा
Lok Sabha → nickname → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of the People
Om Birla → parliamentaryHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Lok Sabha
this entity surface form: 3rd Lok Sabha
Speaker of the Lok Sabha → partOf → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Joint Committees → reportsTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Committee
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
Legislative Assembly → successor → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha (as independent India’s lower house, indirectly)