Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Speakers of India 2021

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The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India with a bicameral legislature consisting of the President of India and the two houses that is the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha . The President of India being the head of the legislature has the right to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha on the advice of the Prime Minister and his Union Council of Ministers. In this article let us check the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Speakers of India 2021

The members who are elected or nominated by the President members to either of the two houses of the Parliament are the Members of Parliament (MP). The Lok Sabha members are directly elected by the Indian public voting in Single-member districts and the Rajya Sabha members are elected by the members of all State Legislative Assembly by proportional representation. There a total of 543 members in the Lok Sabha and 245 members in the Rajya Sabha including the 12 nominees from the expertise of different fields of science. culture, art and history. let us check the list of Lok Sabha speakers and the list of Rajya Sabha Speakers. Om Birla is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata party. The Chairperson of Rajya Sabha is Venkaiah Naidu

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Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Speakers of India 2021

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Speaker of the lok Sabha
Election of the speaker of Lok Sabha
Power and duties of Lok Sabha Speaker
List of Lok Sabha Speakers from 1956
List of speakers and deputy speakers of legislative assembly 2021
Rajya Sabha Chair person election
List of Rajya Sabha Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson 2021

Speaker of the Lok Sabha 2021

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer and he has the highest authority among the Lok Sabha members of the parliament. The election of the speaker of the lok sabha will be conducted in the first meeting of lok sabha by few general elections. The Speaker of lok Sabha will be selected from the sitting members of the lok sabha and by convention he will also be the member of the ruling party. The term of service of the lok Sabha speaker is 5 years.

Election of the speaker of Lok Sabha

The members of the parliament elects the speaker from among themselves. The MPs will propose a name of the member to the Pro term Speaker. The suggested member should be someone who can understand and implement the functions of the speaker. The names suggested by the members of the parliament will be then notified to the President of India. If only one name was nominated by the members then he will be elected as the Speaker of the lok sabha. If more than one name was suggested then a division vote will be conducted to elect the speaker of the lok sabha. The then selected speaker will serve till the next general election.

Powers and functions of the Lok Sabha speaker

The speaker of the lok Sabha has to maintain discipline among its members.
The Speaker has the right to punish a member for unruly behavior by suspending them
The Speaker has the power to permit the movement of motions like motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules.
The Agenda for the meeting of the members of lok Sabha will be decided by the speaker
The speaker should also preside over the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament
The speaker of the lok Sabha has the six rank on the order of precedence along with the chief justice of India

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List of speakers of Lok Sabha 2021

The following are the list of Speakers of Lok Sabha from the year 1956. The term of service and the party they belong to is also mentioned in the list.

Sl.No	Name of the Lok Sabha Speaker	Term Starting from	Term Ended on	Total served duration	Party
1	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Ahmedabad	15 May 1952	27 February 1956	3 years, 288 days	Indian National Congress
2	M. A. Ayyangar Chittoor	8 March 1956	10 May 1957	1 year, 63 days
2	M. A. Ayyangar Chittoor	11 May 1957	16 April 1962	4 years, 340 days
3	Hukam Singh Patiala	17 April 1962	16 March 1967	4 years, 333 days
4	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Hindupur	17 March 1967	19 July 1969	2 years, 124 days
5	Gurdial Singh Dhillon Tarn Taran	8 August 1969	17 March 1971	1 year, 221 days
5	Gurdial Singh Dhillon Tarn Taran	22 March 1971	1 December 1975	4 years, 254 days
6	Bali Ram Bhagat Arrah	15 January 1976	25 March 1977	1 year, 69 days
4(2)	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Nandyal	26 March 1977	13 July 1977	109 days	Janata Party
7	K. S. Hegde Bangalore South	21 July 1977	21 January 1980	2 years, 184 days	Janata Party
8	Balram Jakhar Ferozepur	22 January 1980	15 January 1985	9 years, 330 days	Indian National Congress
8	Balram Jakhar Sikar	16 January 1985	18 December 1989	9 years, 330 days	Indian National Congress
9	Rabi Ray Kendrapara	19 December 1989	9 July 1991	1 year, 202 days	Janata Dal
10	Shivraj Patil Latur	10 July 1991	22 May 1996	4 years, 317 days	Indian National Congress
11	P. A. Sangma Tura	23 May 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 304 days	Indian National Congress
12	G. M. C. Balayogi Amalapuram	24 March 1998	19 October 1999	1 year, 209 days	Telugu Desam Party
12	G. M. C. Balayogi Amalapuram	22 October 1999	3 March 2002	2 years, 132 days	Telugu Desam Party
13	Manohar Joshi Mumbai North Central	10 May 2002	2 June 2004	2 years, 23 days	Shiv Sena
14	Somnath Chatterjee Bolpur	4 June 2004	31 May 2009	4 years, 361 days	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15	Meira Kumar Sasaram	4 June 2009	4 June 2014	5 years, 0 days	Indian National Congress
16	Sumitra Mahajan Indore	6 June 2014	17 June 2019	5 years, 11 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Om Birla Kota	19 June 2019	Incumbent	1 year, 341 days	Bharatiya Janata Party

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List of Speakers and Deputy Speakers

Listed below are the current Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the legislative assemblies of different states of India and the Union territories.

State/ Union Territory	Speaker	Part of the Speaker	Deputy Speaker	Part of the Deputy Speaker
Andhra Pradesh	Thammineni Seetharam	YSRCP	Kona Raghupathi	YSRCP
Arunachal Pradesh	Pasang Dorjee Sona	BJP	Tesam Pongte	BJP
Assam	Biswajit Daimary	BJP	Numal Momin	BJP
Bihar	Vijay Kumar Sinha	BJP	Vacant	N/A
Chhattisgarh (list)	Charan Das Mahant	INC	Manoj Singh Mandavi	INC
Delhi	Ram Niwas Goel	AAP	Rakhi Birla	AAP
Goa	Rajesh Patnekar	BJP	Isidore Fernandes	BJP
Gujarat	Rajendra Trivedi	BJP	Vacant	N/A
Haryana	Gian Chand Gupta	BJP	Ranbir Singh Gangwa	BJP
Himachal Pradesh	Vipin Singh Parmar	BJP	Hans Raj	BJP
Jammu and Kashmir	Vacant (President’s rule)	N/A	Vacant (President’s rule)	N/A
Jharkhand (list)	Rabindra Nath Mahato	JMM	Vacant	N/A
Karnataka (list)	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	BJP	Anand Mamani	BJP
Kerala	M. B. Rajesh	CPI(M)	Chittayam Gopakumar	CPI
Madhya Pradesh (list)	Rameshwar Sharma	BJP	Vacant	N/A
Maharashtra (list)	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal (acting)	NCP	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal	NCP
Manipur	Yumnam Khemchand Singh	BJP	Kongkham Robindro Singh	BJP
Meghalaya	Metbah Lyngdoh	UDP	Timothy Shira	NPP
Mizoram	Lalrinliana Sailo	MNF	Lalrinawma	MNF
Nagaland	Sharingain Longkumer	NDPP	Vacant	N/A
Odisha	Surjya Narayan Patro	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	BJD
Puducherry (list)	K. Lakshminarayanan	AINRC	Vacant	N/A
Punjab (list)	Rana K. P. Singh	INC	Ajaib Singh Bhatti	INC
Rajasthan (list)	C. P. Joshi	INC	Vacant	N/A
Sikkim	Lall Bahadur Das	SKM	Sangay Lepcha	SKM
Tamil Nadu (list)	M. Appavu	DMK	K. Pitchandi	DMK
Telangana (list)	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy	TRS	T. Padma Rao Goud	TRS
Tripura	Rebati Mohan Das	BJP	Biswa Bandhu Sen	BJP
Uttar Pradesh (list)	Hriday Narayan Dikshit	BJP	Vacant	N/A
Uttarakhand (list)	Premchand Aggarwal	BJP	Raghunath Singh Chauhan	BJP
West Bengal (list)	Biman Banerjee	AITC	Asish Banerjee	AITC

Rajya Sabha 2021

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house among the two houses of Parliament of India. The number of membership of Rajya sabha in 2021 is 245. Among the 245 members 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories . The rest 12 members are elected by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. Unlike the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha which is the upper house of Parliament, will not subjected to dissolution, but it can be prorogued by the President.

The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Deputy Chairman will be elected from among the members of the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson 2021

The Chairperson of Rajya Sabha is Venkaiah Naidu

The Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha is Harivansh Narayan Singh

Following is the list of current Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of the legislative councils of the States of India.

State	Chairperson	Party	Deputy Chairperson	Party
Andhra Pradesh (list)	Shariff Mohammed Ahmed	TDP	Reddy Subrahmanyam	TDP
Bihar	Awadhesh Narain Singh (acting)	BJP	Awadhesh Narain Singh	BJP
Karnataka	Basavaraj Horatti	JD(S)	M. K. Pranesh	BJP
Maharashtra	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	NCP	Neelam Gorhe	SS
Telangana	Gutha Sukender Reddy	TRS	Nethi Vidya Sagar	TRS
Uttar Pradesh	Ramesh Yadav	SP	Vacant	N/A

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