17th Lok Sabha

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The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day. Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the House. As no party had 10% of the seats to secure the position of Leader of Opposition, there was no Leader of the Opposition. However, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha, which was the second largest party during the 17th Lok Sabha. The 17th Lok Sabha had the most women representatives, at 14 percent. Out of the 543-member house, 267 members were first-time MPs. 233 members (43 percent) have had criminal charges against them. 475 members had their declared assets to be more than ₹1 crore (US$100,000); average assets were ₹20.9 crore (US$2.2 million). Around 39 percent of members...

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