Question

Longest serving Speaker of Lok Sabha is ?
1. Somnath Bannerjee
2. PA Sangma
3. Balram Jakhar
4. KS Hegde

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Balram Jakhar

The correct answer is Balram Jakhar.

• The Longest-serving Speaker of Lok Sabha is Balram Jakhar.
  • Balram Jakhar was an Indian politician, parliamentarian and Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
  • He was elected to the seventh Lok Sabha from Ferozepur in 1980.
  • Re-elected to the eighth Lok Sabha from Sikar in 1984.
  • He served twice as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989, a rare achievement in Indian parliament history, thus became the longest speaker of the Lok Sabha.
  • He promoted Parliament library, reference, research, documentation and information services for the knowledge and use of members of Parliament. 
• Hence, option 3 is correct.

• Somnath Bannerjee :
  • He became a Member of the Lok Sabha in 1971 when he was elected for the first time as a CPM candidate from Burdwan.
  • He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009. 
  • He was elected for the tenth time in 2004 as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency.
• PA Sangma :
  • Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
  • He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election, supported by BJP, however, he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
  • In 1977, he was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from the Tura constituency in Meghalaya.
• KS Hegde :
  • Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India and later as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
    • In 1977, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bangalore South constituency on a Janata Party ticket.
  • Several months later, he became Speaker after the resignation of his predecessor, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.
  • He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1980. ​