16th Lok Sabha - Wikipedia 16th Lok Sabha India This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India Constitution and law Constitutional amendment Basic structure doctrine Fundamental rights Human rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Uniform civil code Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code Law enforcement Government of India President ( Head of state ) ( List ) Vice president ( List ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive : Prime minister ( Head of government ) ( List ) Union Council of Ministers Cabinet secretary Secretaries : ( Defence Finance Foreign Home ) Civil services All India Services ( IAS IFS / IFoS IPS ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Legislature : Parliament Rajya Sabha ( Chairman ) Lok Sabha ( Speaker ) Judiciary : Supreme court ( Chief justice ) High courts ( Chief justices ) District courts Elections Election commission : Chief Election Commissioner ( Election commissioners ) Recent general elections : 2009 2014 2019 Recent state elections : 2017 2018 2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Political parties National parties State parties National coalitions : National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) Federalism Administrative divisions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- State governments Governors ( List ) Chief ministers ( List ) Chief secretary ( Principal secretaries ) Field - level officers Divisional commissioners District magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Legislatures : Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Local governments : Rural bodies : District councils Block panchayats Gram Panchayats Urban bodies : Municipal corporations Municipal councils Nagar panchayats Other countries Atlas Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014. The Bharatiya Janata Party ( of the NDA ) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 more than previous 15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of independent India. The first session was scheduled to be convened from June 4 to June 11, 2014. There is no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10 % of total seats ( 545 ) in order to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress ( of the UPA ) could only manage 44 seats while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge has been declared the leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha. 5 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 16th Lok Sabha after the Indian general elections, 2014. Contents 1 Members 1.1 Party-wise Distribution of Seats 1.2 Criminal background 1.3 Financial background 1.4 Age 2 References 3 External links Members Seat distribution in the 16th Lok Sabha Main article : List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha Speaker : Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Deputy Speaker : M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Leader of the House : Narendra Modi, BJP Leader of the Opposition : None, as no opposition party received 10 % membership of the House. The single largest opposition party currently it is the Indian National Congress, with 48 seats. Secretary - General : Snehlata Shrivastava Party-wise Distribution of Seats Following 37 political parties are represented in 16th Lok Sabha : Party Abr. Seats Leader in Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 271 ( 270 + 1 Speaker ) Narendra Modi Indian National Congress INC 48 Mallikarjun Kharge All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 37 Ponnusamy Venugopal / M. Thambidurai All India Trinamool Congress AITC 34 Sudip Bandyopadhyay Biju Janata Dal BJD 20 Bhartruhari Mahtab Shiv Sena SS 18 Anant Geete Telugu Desam Party TDP 16 Thota Narasimham Telangana Rashtra Samithi TRS 11 A.P. Jithender Reddy Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) CPI ( M ) 9 P. Karunakaran YSR Congress Party YSRCP 9 Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy Samajwadi Party SP 7 Mulayam Singh Yadav Lok Janshakti Party LJP 6 Ram Vilas Paswan Nationalist Congress Party NCP 6 Tariq Anwar Aam Aadmi Party AAP Bhagwant Mann Shiromani Akali Dal SAD Ranjit Singh Brahmpura All India United Democratic Front AIUDF Badruddin Ajmal Independents IND - Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Lok Samta Party RLSP Upendra Kushwaha Apna Dal AD Anupriya Patel Indian National Lok Dal INLD Charanjeet Singh Rori Indian Union Muslim League IUML E.T. Mohammed Basheer Janata Dal ( United ) JD ( U ) Kaushalendra Kumar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM Shibu Soren All India Majlis - e-Ittehadul Muslimeen AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi All India N.R. Congress AINRC R. Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India CPI C.N. Jayadevan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference JKNC Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party JKPDP Muzaffar Hussain Baig Janata Dal ( Secular ) JD ( S ) H.D. Deve Gowda Kerala Congress ( M ) KC ( M ) Jose K. Mani National Peoples Party NPP Conrad Sangma Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK Anbumani Ramadoss Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP N.K. Premachandran Sikkim Democratic Front SDF Prem Das Rai Swabhimani Paksha SWP Raju Shetti Jan Adhikar Party ( Loktantrik ) JAP ( L ) Pappu Yadav Nominated Anglo - Indians ( Bharatiya Janata Party ) NOM Richard Hay and George Baker Vacant 8 ( Anantnag, Bhandara -- Gondiya, Palghar, Kairana, Nagaland, Bellary, Shimoga and Mandya constituencies ) Criminal background Case-wise distribution of the 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With serious criminal cases ( 20.66 % ) With non-serious criminal cases ( 13.47 % ) Without any criminal cases ( 65.87 % ) About one - third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases. Criteria for `` serious '' criminal cases : Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more. If an offence is non-bailable. If it is an electoral offence ( e.g. IPC 171E or bribery ). Offence related to loss to exchequer. Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape related. Offences that are mentioned in Representation of the People Act ( Section 8 ). Offences under Prevention of Corruption Act. Crimes against women. Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there is an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 ( 30 % ) of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 ( 15 % ) had serious criminal cases. Financial background Asset-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha. Assets > ₹ 10 crore ( US $1.5 million ) ( 24.35 % ) Assets between ₹ 5 crore ( US $770,000 ) and ₹ 10 crore ( US $1.5 million ) ( 12.92 % ) Assets between ₹ 1 crore ( US $150,000 ) and ₹ 5 crore ( US $770,000 ) ( 44.46 % ) Assets < ₹ 1 crore ( US $150,000 ) ( 18.27 % ) Out of the 542 members analysed, 443 ( 82 % ) are having assets of ₹ 1 crore ( US $150,000 ) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 ( 58 % ) members had assets of ₹ 1 crore ( US $150,000 ) or more. The average assets per member are ₹ 14.7 crore ( US $2.3 million ) ( in 2009, this figure was ₹ 5.35 crore ( US $820,000 ) ). Political party No. of members Average assets per member BJP 273 ₹ 11.5 crore ( US $1.8 million ) INC 48 ₹ 13.2 crore ( US $2.0 million ) AIADMK 37 ₹ 6.4 crore ( US $980,000 ) AITC 34 ₹ 2.5 crore ( US $380,000 ) Others 151 ( 5 Vacant ) ₹ 25.0 crore ( US $3.8 million ) Total 543 ₹ 14.7 crore ( US $2.3 million ) Age Age-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha as of 16 May 2018 Age Group No. of members Age > 80 8 Age between 71 and 80 53 Age between 61 and 70 161 Age between 51 and 60 164 Age between 41 and 50 103 Age < = 40 46 References Jump up ^ `` General Elections -- 2014 : Schedule of Elections '' ( PDF ). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Jump up ^ `` First Session of 16th Lok Sabha scheduled from June 4 to 11 ''. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Jump up ^ Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha Business Line Jump up ^ `` Bye - elections to the Council of State s from various States '' ( PDF ). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 24 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` New responsibility a challenge : Mahajan ''. The Hindu. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` No Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha ''. NDTV. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by - election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha ''. CNN - IBN. 24 November 2015. Jump up ^ http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx Jump up ^ `` Congress wrests back Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh from BJP in by - election, its tally goes up to 45 in Lok Sabha ''. CNN - IBN. 24 November 2015. Jump up ^ Rahul ducks, Kharge to lead Congress in Lok Sabha - Hindustan Times Jump up ^ L. Renganathan ( 18 August 2014 ). `` Venugopal to become AIADMK leader in LS ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 19 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sudip Bandopadhyay to be TMC party leader in Lok Sabha ''. Kolkata : Zee News. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sena MP 's ' saffron flag atop Red Fort ' remark invites Opposition ire ''. Indian Express. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Satyanarayana Chowdary named TDP Parliamentary Party leader ''. The Economic Times. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Jitender Reddy to lead TRS MPs in LS ''. Hyderabad : The Hindu. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. Jump up ^ వైఎస్ఆర్ సిపి పార్లమెంటరీ పార్టీ నేతగా మేకపాటి Jump up ^ `` Ram Vilas Paswan elected LJSP parliamentary party leader ''. The Economic Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/vacant.aspx ^ Jump up to : Association for Democratic Reforms Jump up ^ A third of MPs have criminal cases, Shiv Sena tops list : report NDTV.com Jump up ^ Every third newly - elected MP has criminal background - The Times of India Jump up ^ http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberSearchByAge.aspx External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 16th Lok Sabha members. 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Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Vijay Goel Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister 's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y.S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Arjun Ram Meghwal Satya Pal Singh Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Members of 16th Lok Sabha from all States and territories ( 2014 - 2019 ) Presiding Officers & Parliamentary Functionaries Speaker Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha Pro tem Speaker Panel of Chairmen Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees ( Lok Sabha ) Whips Secretary - General Current Members List of current members of the Lok Sabha by States Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura by Union Territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Lakshadweep NCT of Delhi Puducherry 15th LS members 17th LS members See also : Rajya Sabha members Current members, With terms 2008 - 2014, 2009 - 15, 2010 - 16, 2011 - 17, 2012 - 18, 2013 - 19, With terms 2014 - 20, 2015 - 21, 2016 - 22, 2017 - 23, 2018 - 24, 2019 - 2025 Indian general election, 2014 Constituencies MPs elected Opinion polling Parties Results Timeline ( 15th Lok Sabha ) Incumbent Prime Minister : Narendra Modi ( 16th Lok Sabha ) Parliamentary Candidates NDA UPA Left Front CPI ( M ) AIFB LDF Prime ministerial candidates Narendra Modi ( BJP ) Leaders Arun Jaitley Jayalalithaa L.K. 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Question: number of seats of congress in lok sabha
Answer: 543