The 13th Lok Sabha (20 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–October 1999.This majority group in the Lok Sabha during this period was the National Democratic Alliance, a nationalist group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 270 seats, 16 more than 12th Lok Sabha. The NDA, under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee completed its term until the next general elections of May 2004 for the next 14th Lok Sabha. This was the first non-INC government to complete the full term.
Four sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 13th Lok Sabha after the 1999 Indian general election.
Important members Speaker: G. M. C. Balayogi from 22 October 1999 to 3 March 2002 Manohar Joshi from 10 May 2002 to 2 June 2004 Deputy Speaker: P M Sayeed from 27 October 1999 to 2 June 2004 Secretary General: G C Malhotra from 14 July 1999 to 28 July 2005 Leader of the House Atal Bihari Vajpayee (13 October 1999 to 6 February 2004) Leader of the Opposition Sonia Gandhi(13 October 1999 to 6 February 2004) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pramod Mahajan (13 October 1999 to 29 January 2003) Sushma Swaraj (29 January 2003 to 22 May 2004)
List of members by political party
S.No.Party nameParty flagNumber of MPsLeader of Lok Sabha1Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)186Atal Bihari Vajpayee2Indian National Congress (INC)112Sonia Gandhi3Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))33Somnath Chatterjee4Telugu Desam Party (TDP)29Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu5Samajwadi Party (SP) 266Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))217Shiv Sena (SS)158Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)149Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)1210All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)1011Biju Janata Dal (BJD)1012All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)813Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)814Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)815Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)716Independent (Ind.)617Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)518Communist Party of India (CPI)419Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)420Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)421Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)322Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress (ABLTC)223All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)224Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)225Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)226Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)227All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)128Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha (BBM)129Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L)130Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC)131Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))132Kerala Congress (M) (KC(M))133MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MADMK)134Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP)135Peasants and Workers Party of India (PAWPI)136Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) (SAD(M))137Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)138Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP(R))1
Key Female: 49 (9.02%) Male: 494 (90.98%) SC: Seat reserved for Scheduled Castes ST: Seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes
Cabinet Ministers
!Remarks
References
External links
Government of India – Fourteenth Lok Sabha