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[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Lok Sabha (House of the People)]] or the lower house of India's Parliament are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Government of India|council of ministers]]. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the [[Sansad Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]], on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place once in 5 years to elect 545 members for the Lok Sabha (Lower house). <ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|title=Terms of the Houses|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Results 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_11_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Elections Stats Summary 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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==List of Lok Sabha general elections==<br />
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"<br />
! {{nowrap|Election year}} <br />
! {{nowrap|Lok Sabha}} <br />
! Total seats<br />
! Single largest party<br />
! Majority <br />
! Turnout<br />
|-style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]] <br />
|| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]<br />
|| 489<br />
| {{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}} <br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 364 {{tick}} <br />
|| {{nowrap|{{nochange}} 45.7%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]] <br />
|| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]<br />
|| 494<br />
| {{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 371 {{tick}} <br />
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 55.42%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;" h sex <br />
|| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
|| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]<br />
|| 494<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 361{{tick}}<br />
||{{nowrap|{{nochange}} 55.42%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
|| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]<br />
|| 520<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 283{{tick}}<br />
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 61.04%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]<br />
|| 518<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 352{{tick}}<br />
||{{nowrap|{{decrease}} 55.27%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]<br />
|| 542<br />
|{{Party shading/JP}}|{{nowrap|[[Janata Party]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/JP}}| 298{{tick}}<br />
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 60.49%}} <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
|| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]<br />
|| 542<sup>*</sup><br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 351{{tick}}<br />
||56.92%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]<br />
|| 541<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 414{{tick}}<br />
||64.01% <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]<br />
|| 529<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|| 195 {{cross}} <br />
||61.95%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
|| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]<br />
|| 521<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|| 244 {{cross}} <br />
||55.88%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]<br />
|| 543<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}<br />
|| 161 {{cross}} <br />
||57.94%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]<br />
|| 545<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}<br />
|| 182 {{cross}} <br />
||61.97% <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]<br />
|| 545<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}<br />
|| 182 {{cross}} <br />
||59.99%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]<br />
|| 543<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|| 145 {{cross}} <br />
||58.07%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]<br />
|| 545<br />
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}<br />
|| 206 {{cross}} <br />
||58.21%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]<br />
|| 545<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}| 282{{tick}}<br />
||66.44%<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]<br />
|| 543<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}<br />
|{{Party shading/BJP}}| 303{{tick}}<br />
||67.40%<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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