Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 January 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14th Lok Sabha. The next 16th Lok Sabha was convened after 2014 Indian general election.
The Second Manmohan Singh ministry introduced a total of 222 Bills (apart from Finance and Appropriations Bills) in the 15th Lok Sabha. A total of 165 Bills were passed by the House, including bills introduced in previous Lok Sabhas.
14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 15th Lok Sabha after the 2009 Indian general election.
Bills During the tenure of the 15th Lok Sabha, 71% of the bills introduced were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination.
Members
Speaker: Meira Kumar, INC, Sasaram, Bihar Deputy Speaker: Kariya Munda, BJP, Khunti, Jharkhand Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, INC, Jangipur, West Bengal (May, 2009 - 2012) (He went on to become the 13th President of India in 2012) Sushil Kumar Shinde, INC, Solapur, Maharashtra (2012 - May, 2014) Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, BJP, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh (December, 2009 - May 2014) Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, BJP, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh (June, 2009 - December 2009) (She went on to become the 11th leader of opposition in lok sabha in 2009) Gopinath Munde, BJP, Beed, Maharashtra (December 2009 - May, 2014) Secretary General: P.D.T. Achary T. K. Viswanathan
Number of members by the alliance in Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha by political party and alliance:
AlliancesPartySeatsLeaderUnited Progressive Alliance 262 Indian National Congress206Sushil Kumar Shinde All India Trinamool Congress19Sudip Bandyopadhyay Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18T R Balu Nationalist Congress Party 9Sharad Pawar Rashtriya Janata Dal 4Lalu Prasad Yadav Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 3 Bodoland People's Front1 Indian Union Muslim League 2National Democratic AllianceSeats: 167 Bharatiya Janata Party 117Sushma Swaraj Janata Dal (United) 20 Shiv Sena 11 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (supported) 9 Shiromani Akali Dal 4 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (supported) 2K. Chandrashekar Rao Asom Gana Parishad 1 Haryana Janhit Congress 1 Sikkim Democratic Front 1 Bodoland People's Front 1Third FrontSeats: 75 Communist Party of India (Marxist)15Basudev Acharia Communist Party of India 4Gurudas Dasgupta Revolutionary Socialist Party 2Prasanta Kumar Majumdar All India Forward Bloc 2Narahari Mahato Bahujan Samaj Party 21 Biju Janata Dal 14 Telugu Desam Party 6Nama Nageswara Rao Janata Dal (Secular) 1 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1Fourth FrontSeats: 26 Samajwadi Party 22 Rashtriya Janata Dal 4Other Parties and IndependentsSeats: 21 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 2 YSR Congress Party 2Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Swabhimani Paksha 1 Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 1 All India United Democratic Front 1 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 1 Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Independents 9Nominated 2 Total 545
List of members by political party Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below- S.No.Party nameParty flagNumber of MPsLeader in Loksabha1Indian National Congress (INC)222Sushil Kumar Shinde2Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)112Sushma Swaraj3Samajwadi Party (SP) 21Mulayam Singh Yadav4Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)21Dara Singh Chauhan5Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))19Ram Sundar Das6All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)18Sudip Bandyopadhyay7Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)18T R Balu8Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))16Basudeb Acharia 9Biju Janata Dal (BJD)14Arjun Charan Sethi10Shiv Sena (SS)10Anant Geete11All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)9M. Thambidurai12Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)8Sharad Pawar13Independent (Ind.)714Telugu Desam Party (TDP)6Nama Nageswara Rao15Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 516Communist Party of India (CPI)4Gurudas Dasgupta 17Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)4Rattan Singh Ajnala18Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)319Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)320All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)2Narahari Mahato21Muslim League Kerala State Committee (MLKSC)2E Ahamed 22Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)223Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM(P))2Babu Lal Marandi24Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)225Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)2K. Chandrasekhar Rao 26YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)2Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy27All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)1Asaduddin Owaisi28All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)1Badruddin Ajmal29Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) 1Joseph Toppo30Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)1Baliram Sukur Jadhav31Bodoland People's Front (BPF) 1Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary32Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC(BL))1Kuldeep Bishnoi33Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))134Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC(M))1Jose K Mani35Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)1A. Ganeshamurthi36Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)1Prem Das Rai37Swabhimani Paksha (SWP)1Raju Shetti38Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))1Tarun Mandal39Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)1Thol. Thirumavalavan -Vacant Constituencies22 -
Cabinet Prime MinisterManmohan Singh2009–2014 Ministry Minister TermAgriculture and Food processing industriesSharad Pawar2009–2014CoalSriprakash Jaiswal2009–2014Civil AviationAjit Singh2009–2014Chemicals and FertilizersM.K. Azhagiri2009–2013 (resigned after DMK withdrew support)Commerce and IndustryAnand Sharma2009–2014Communications and Information TechnologyKapil Sibal2009–2014Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public DistributionSharad Pawar2009–2014DefenceA.K. Antony2009–2014Earth SciencesJaipal Reddy2012–2014
2011 – 2012
2011 – 2011(Due to his demise)
2009 – 2011Environment and ForestsVeerappa Moily
Jayanthi Natarajan
Jairam Ramesh2013-2014 2011–2013
2009 – 2011External AffairsSalman Khurshid
S.M. Krishna2012–2014
2009 – 2012FinanceP. Chidambaram
Pranab Mukherjee2012–2014
2009 – 2012 (He was elected President of India in JULY 2012)Food Processing industriesSharad Pawar2009–2014Health and Family WelfareGhulam Nabi Azad2009–2014Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesPraful Patel2011–2014Home AffairsSushil Kumar Shinde
P. Chidambaram2012–2014
2009 – 2012Information and BroadcastingAmbika Soni2009–2014Labour and EmploymentMallikarjun Kharge2009–2014Law and JusticeKapil Sibal
Ashwani Kumar
Salman Khurshid2013–2014
2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations in Coalgate)
2009 – 2012MinesDinsha Patel
B.K. Handique2012–2014
2009 – 2012New and Renewable EnergyS. Jagathrakshakan
Farooq Abdullah2012–2014
2009 – 2012Overseas Indian AffairsVayalar Ravi2009–2014Parliamentary AffairsKamal Nath
Pawan Kumar Bansal2012–2014
2009 – 2012Petroleum and Natural GasVeerappa Moily
Jaipal Reddy2012–2014
2009 – 2012PowerJyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Veerappa Moily
Sushil Kumar Shinde2012–2014
July 2012 – Oct. 2012
2009 – 2012RailwaysMallikarjun Kharge C.P. Joshi
Pawan Kumar Bansal
C.P. Joshi
Mukul Roy
Dinesh Trivedi
Manmohan Singh (Additional Charge)
Mamata Banerjee17 June 2013 – 2014 2013-2013
2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations of bribery)
Sept. 2012 – Oct. 2012
Mar. 2012 – Sept. 2012
2011 – 2012
May 2011 – July 2011
2009 – 2011Road Transport and HighwaysC.P. Joshi
G.K. Vasan2012–2014
2009 – 2012Rural DevelopmentJairam Ramesh
Vilasrao Deshmukh2011–2014
2009 – 2011Science and TechnologyJaipal Reddy
Vayalar Ravi
Vilasrao Deshmukh2012–2014
2011 – 2012
2009 – 2011ShippingG.K. Vasan2009–2014Social Justice and EmpowermentKumari Selja
Mukul Wasnik2012–2014
2009 – 2012TextilesAnand Sharma2009–2014TourismChiranjeevi
Kumari Selja2012–2014
2009 – 2012Tribal AffairsV. Kishore Chandra Deo
Kantilal Bhuria2012–2014
2009 – 2012Water ResourcesHarish Rawat2012–2014
United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party Source: Various news organisations The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The 5 non-Congress cabinet ministers, include M.K. Azhagiri from the DMK. Mukul Roy from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar from Nationalist Congress Party, and Farooq Abdullah from National Conference represent the other non-Congress cabinet ministers. Party Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State TotalIndian National Congress273259Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam145Nationalist Congress Party123Jammu and Kashmir National Conference101Muslim League011Total334578
United Progressive Alliance cabinet by states Source: The Hindu State Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State (I) Ministers of State TotalUttar Pradesh2 Maharashtra5229Tamil Nadu5049West Bengal1—67Kerala2046Andhra Pradesh3047Madhya Pradesh———4Karnataka3014Bihar———3Himachal Pradesh2——2Meghalaya———2Jharkhand1——1Uttarakhand1––1 MoS (I) – Ministers of State with Independent charge
Subsequent vacancies and by-elections The below list only covers seats whose vacancies were filled through by-elections. Conventionally, vacancies occurring with less than a year to go for the conclusion of the term, are generally left vacant for the remainder of the term. In the case of the 15th Lok Sabha, this means that by-elections would not have been held for vacancies post June 2013, with less than a year to go for the 2014 election. Only vacancies for which by-elections were held, i.e., occurring prior to May 2013, are mentioned here.
A total of 19 by-elections across seats in 11 different states were held through the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha, with the first in November 2009 and the last in August 2013. 6 of these by-elections were necessitated by the death of the incumbent MP, and 13 due to resignation. Of the 13 resignations, 1 was for vacating a second seat, 6 for becoming Chief Ministers of different states, 1 for becoming President, 2 for becoming MLAs and 3 due to party defections. In May 2009, Firozabad fell vacant due to the resignation of Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav as he preferred to retain Kannauj after winning two seats in the 2009 election. Raj Babbar of Indian National Congress won the seat in the by-election. In June 2010, Banka fell vacant due to the death of independent MP Digvijay Singh. His widow Putul Kumari won the seat as an independent in the by-election. In November 2010, Kadapa fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who also resigned his party membership. He contested the seat again in the by-elections on a YSR Congress Party ticket and won. In February 2011, Jamshedpur fell vacant due to the resignation of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arjun Munda, as he became Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Ajoy Kumar of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) won the seat in the by-election. In March 2011, Bastar fell vacant due to the death of BJP MP Baliram Kashyap. His son Dinesh Kashyap of BJP won the seat in the by-election. In June 2011, Hisar fell vacant due to the death of Haryana Janhit Congress MP Bhajan Lal Bishnoi. His son Kuldeep Bishnoi of HJC won the seat in the by-election. In October 2011, Kolkata Dakshin fell vacant due to the resignation of All India Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Banerjee, as she became Chief Minister of West Bengal, after the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. Subrata Bakshi of Trinamool Congress won the seat in the by-election. In November 2011, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru fell vacant due to the resignation of BJP MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda, as he became Chief Minister of Karnataka. K. Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress won the seat in the by-election. In February 2012, Nellore fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, who also resigned his party membership. He contested the seat again in the by-elections on a YSR Congress Party ticket and won.