Correct Answer - Option 3 : 543
The correct answer is 543.
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Lok Sabha is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament.
- It is also called the 'House of the People'.
- The Hindi name of Lok Sabha was adopted by the house of the people on 14th May 1954.
- The full term of a Lok Sabha is 5 years.
- Lok Sabha is constituted under article 81 of the constitution.
- Lok Sabha has a maximum membership of 552.
- Among its 552 members, 530 members are directly elected from the States and 13 from Union Territories, while two are nominated by the President to represent the Anglo-Indian community.
- In Lok Sabha, 543 members are elected directly by the people.
- Currently, the house has 543 of which 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India.
- The Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.
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G. V Mavlankar is the father of Lok Sabha.
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The money bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha and not in Rajya Sabha.
- A resolution to discontinue a national emergency can be passed on by the Lok Sabha.
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Uttar Pradesh has the maximum membership in Lok Sabha.
