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'''[[Government of India|Government]] (335)'''<br /> '''[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (335)'''

* {{colorbox|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (301)

'''[[Parliamentary Opposition|Opposition]] (110)'''<br /> '''[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] (110)'''

'''Others  (95)'''

The maximum membership of the House allotted by the [[Constitution of India]] is 552<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lok Sabha|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/ls.htm|access-date=12 February 2022|website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref> (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha|2 additional members]] of the [[Anglo-Indian]] community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of [[Government of India]], which was abolished in January 2020 by the [[One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India|104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/constitution-104th-amendment-act-to-come-into-force-151919|title=Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan|website=livelaw.in|access-date=25 January 2020|date=23 January 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184618/https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/constitution-104th-amendment-act-to-come-into-force-151919|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend104.pdf {{Dead link|date=January 2022|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The new parliament has a seating capacity of 888 for Lok Sabha.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Shankar|first1=B.L.|title=The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha|date=13 January 2011|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067726.003.0008|work=The Indian Parliament|pages=292–328|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=12 February 2022|last2=Rodrigues|first2=Valerian|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067726.003.0008|isbn=978-0-19-806772-6}}</ref>

An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries is carried out by the Boundary [[Delimitation Commission of India]] every decade based on the [[Census of India|Indian census]], last of which was conducted in [[2011 Census of India|2011]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/807644/a-decade-from-now-three-states-will-contribute-a-third-of-lok-sabha-mps|title=A decade from now, three states will contribute a third of Lok Sabha MPs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508112100/http://scroll.in/article/807644/a-decade-from-now-three-states-will-contribute-a-third-of-lok-sabha-mps|archive-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> This exercise earlier also included redistribution of seats among states based on demographic changes but that provision of the mandate of the commission was suspended in 1976 following a [[Constitution of India#amendments|constitutional amendment]] to incentivize the family planning program which was being implemented.<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectoralSystem/electoral_system.asp Election Commission India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105005609/http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectoralSystem/electoral_system.asp|date=5 January 2007}}</ref> The [[17th Lok Sabha]] was elected in May 2019 and is the latest to date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/election-results-2019-at-evening-meet-pm-modi-to-chalk-out-action-plan-for-next-few-days-2042484|title=PM Modi's New Cabinet Could See Prestige Posts For Smriti Irani, Bengal|website=NDTV.com|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524113003/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/election-results-2019-at-evening-meet-pm-modi-to-chalk-out-action-plan-for-next-few-days-2042484|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Secretariat of Lok Sabha was set up according to the provisions contained in Article 98 of the Constitution. The said Article, which provides for a separate secretarial staff for each House of Parliament, reads as follows:- 98. Secretariat of Parliament – Each House of Parliament shall have a separate secretarial staff: Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing the creation of posts common to both Houses of Parliament. (2) Parliament may by law regulate the recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed to the secretarial staff of either House of Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/rss_recruitment/rssecretariat.asp|title=Secretariat- as in Constitution|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604121830/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/rss_recruitment/rssecretariat.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by the Secretary-General, who holds the rank equivalent to the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. The Secretary-General, in turn, is assisted by senior functionaries at the level of Secretary, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and other officers and staff of the Secretariat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Secretariat/Functioning.aspx|title=Set-up of the Secretariat|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514021655/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Secretariat/Functioning.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Since November 2020, the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha is Utpal Kumar Singh, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Senior IAS Officer Utpal Kumar Singh Appointed Lok Sabha Secretary General |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/senior-ias-officer-utpal-kumar-singh-appointed-lok-sabha-secretary-general-2332131 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=NDTV |date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127060646/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/senior-ias-officer-utpal-kumar-singh-appointed-lok-sabha-secretary-general-2332131 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|[[17th Lok Sabha]]

|[[2019 Indian general election]]

|18th Lok Sabha

|[[2024 Indian general election]]

<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/StatewiseList.aspx | title=Members : Lok Sabha | access-date=25 December 2019 | archive-date=13 November 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113143601/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/StatewiseList.aspx | url-status=live }}</ref>  while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after article 331- 2 seats reserved for Anglo Indian but by 126th Constitution Amendment article 331 is null by Parliament, before this amendment maximum seat will 552). The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the [[Constitution of India]] is 552 members, made up of up to 524 members representing the people of [[States and union territories of India|28 states]] and 19 members representing people of [[States and union territories of India|8 Union territories]] based on their population. See the table below for details:

{{Updated|25 August 2021}}

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! colspan=2|Alliance

! colspan=2| Party

| rowspan="13" bgcolor="FF99933" |

| rowspan="13" |'''[[National Democratic Alliance]]'''<br />Seats: '''335'''

| 301

| {{party name with colour|Independent politician}}

| Independent

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| rowspan=10 |'''Opposition'''  

'''[[United Progressive Alliance]]'''<br />Seats: '''110'''

| 52

| rowspan="16" bgcolor="#" |

| rowspan="16" |'''Opposition -''' '''Others'''<br />Seats: '''95'''

| {{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|-

| {{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}

| [[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]

| {{Party name with colour|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}

| [[Asaduddin Owaisi|A. Owaisi]]

| {{Party name with colour|All India United Democratic Front}}

| [[Badruddin Ajmal]]

| {{Party name with colour|Rashtriya Loktantrik Party}}

| colspan="4"|'''Vacant'''

| 3

| [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]], <br>[[Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Azamgarh]],<br>[[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rampur]]

| colspan="4"|'''Total No. of MPs'''

| colspan="2"|'''543'''