Parliament of India Bhāratīya Sansad | |
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Type | |
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Houses | Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha |
History | |
Founded | 26 January 1950 |
Preceded by | Constituent Assembly of India |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 788 245 Members of Rajya Sabha 543 Members of Lok Sabha |
Rajya Sabha political groups |
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Lok Sabha political groups |
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Elections | |
Single transferable vote | |
First-past-the-post | |
First Rajya Sabha election | 1952 |
First Lok Sabha election | 25 October 1951 – 21 February 1952 |
Last Rajya Sabha election | 2024 |
Last Lok Sabha election | 19 April – 1 June 2024 |
Next Rajya Sabha election | 2025 |
Next Lok Sabha election | 2029 |
Meeting place | |
Sansad Bhavan 118, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 110001 National Capital Territory of Delhi, Republic of India | |
Website | |
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Constitution | |
Constitution of India |
28°37′2″N 77°12′29″E / 28.61722°N 77.20806°E The Parliament of India or Indian Parliament, (IAST: Bhāratīya Sansad) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President of India, in their role as head of the legislature, has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha, but they can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the Prime Minister and their Union Council of Ministers.
Those elected or nominated (by the president) to either house of Parliament are referred to as members of Parliament (MPs). The members of parliament of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the Indian public voting in single-member districts and the members of parliament of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of all state legislative assemblies by proportional representation. The Parliament has a sanctioned strength of 552 in the Lok Sabha and 250 in the Rajya Sabha including 12 nominees from the expertise of different fields of literature, art, science, and social service.[4] The Parliament meets at Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. The Parliament of India represents the largest democratic electorate in the world (the second being the European Parliament), with an electorate of 912 million eligible voters in 2019. On 28 May 2023, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, unveiled and inaugurated the New Parliament Building, located adjacent to the previous one.