Lok Sabha

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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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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 ⓘ

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

India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Government of India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India → hasHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Lok Sabha → nativeName → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: लोक सभा
Lok Sabha → meetsIn → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber
Lok Sabha → nickname → Lok Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of the People
INC → contestsElectionsIn → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian National Congress
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)
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) → hasChamber → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Sansad Bhavan
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber
Council of Ministers → responsibleTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
Council of Ministers → collectiveResponsibilityTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
this entity surface form: House of the People (Lok Sabha)
Council of Ministers → mustEnjoyConfidenceOf → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
Union Government → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Government of India
Standing Committees → house → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Standing Committees (India)
Speaker of the Lok Sabha → partOf → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Joint Committees → reportsTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Committee
T. T. Krishnamachari → parliamentaryTerm → Lok Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Lok Sabha
T. T. Krishnamachari → parliamentaryTerm → Lok Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: 3rd Lok Sabha
Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) → memberOf → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Meghnad Saha
Om Birla → parliamentaryHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Om Birla → chamberPresidedOver → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Om Birla → lowerHouse → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Dahyabhai Patel → legislativeBody → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Members of Parliament → electedTo → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Member of Parliament
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha of India
Parliament House → hasPart → Lok Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lok Sabha chamber
Feroze Gandhi → parliamentaryBody → Lok Sabha ⓘ
Amethi → parliamentName → Lok Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)