paragraph_text: Lok Sabha House of the People 16th Lok Sabha Emblem of India Type Type Lower house of the Parliament of India Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Since 6 June 2014 Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Since 13 August 2014 Leader of the House Narendra Modi, BJP Since 26 May 2014 Leader of the Opposition Vacant, as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of seats. Since 26 May 2014 Structure Seats 545 (543 elected + 2 Nominated from the Anglo - Indian Community by the President) Political groups Government coalition (313) National Democratic Alliance (313) BJP (270) SS (18) LJP (6) SAD (4) RLSP (3) AD (2) JD (U) (2) JKPDP (1) AINRC (1) NPP (1) PMK (1) SDF (1) Speaker, BJP (1) Nominated, BJP (2) Opposition Parties (232) United Progressive Alliance (53) INC (48) IUML (2) JD (S) (1) KC (M) (1) RSP (1) Janata Parivar Parties (5) RJD (3) INLD (2) Unaligned Parties (163) AIADMK (37) AITC (34) BJD (20) TDP (16) TRS (11) CPI (M) (9) YSRCP (9) SP (7) NCP (6) AAP (4) AIUDF (3) JMM (2) AIMIM (1) CPI (1) JKNC (1) SWP (1) JAP (L) (1) Others (11) Independents (3) Vacant (8) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 7 April -- 12 May 2014 Next election April -- May 2019 Motto धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय Meeting place Lok Sabha Chambers, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India Website loksabha.gov.in

paragraph_text: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat.

paragraph_text: The All India Trinamool Congress (abbreviated AITC, TMC or Trinamool Congress) is an Indian political party based in West Bengal. Founded on 1 January 1998, the party is led by its founder and current Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. Prior to the 2009 general election it was the sixth largest party in the Lok Sabha with 19 seats; following the 2014 general election, it is currently the fourth largest party in the Lok Sabha with 34 seats.

paragraph_text: India has an asymmetric federal government, with elected officials at the federal, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government, Prime Minister, is elected by members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament of India. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India. All members of the Lok Sabha, except two who can be nominated by the President of India, are directly elected through general elections which take place every five years, in normal circumstances, by universal adult suffrage and a first - past - the - post system. Members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, are elected by elected members of the legislative assemblies of the states and the Electoral college for the Union Territories of India.

paragraph_text: Palghar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Baliram Sukur Jadhav of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. As of the 2014 election, Chintaman Vanaga of the Bharatiya Janata Party represented this constituency in the Lok Sabha. After sudden demise of Chintaman Vanaga, Bharatiya Janata Party gave ticket to Rajendra Gavit for by-elections.

paragraph_text: The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014, it was the longest election in the country's history. According to the Election Commission of India, 814.5 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 100 million voters since the last general election in 2009, making it the largest - ever election in the world. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18 -- 19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested for the 543 Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.38%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections.

paragraph_text: Parliament of India Emblem of India Type Type Bicameral Houses Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha History Founded 26 January 1950 (68 years ago) (1950 - 01 - 26) Preceded by Constituent Assembly of India Leadership President Ram Nath Kovind Since 25 July 2017 Chairman of Rajya Sabha (Vice President) Venkaiah Naidu Since 11 August 2017 Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha P.J. Kurien, INC Since 21 August 2012 Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Since 6 June 2014 Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Since 13 August 2014 Leader of the House (Lok Sabha) Narendra Modi, BJP Since 26 May 2014 Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) Arun Jaitley, BJP Since 2 June 2014 Structure Seats 790 245 Members of Rajya Sabha 545 Members of Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha political groups NDA (Majority) UPA Lok Sabha political groups NDA (Majority) UPA Elections Rajya Sabha voting system Single transferable vote Lok Sabha voting system First past the post Rajya Sabha last election 21 July and 08 August 2017 Lok Sabha last election 7 April -- 12 May 2014 Rajya Sabha next election 16 January, 23 March and 21 June 2018 Lok Sabha next election April -- May 2019 Meeting place Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India Website parliamentofindia.nic.in Constitution Constitution of India

paragraph_text: Narayan Singh Amlabe (born 1 June 1951 Village Amlabe, Rajgarh district) is an Indian politician, member of the Indian National Congress, member of the Committee on Agriculture, and member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. In the 2009 election he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

paragraph_text: 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.

paragraph_text: Lok Sabha House of the People 16th Lok Sabha Emblem of India Type Type Lower house of the Parliament of India Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Since 6 June 2014 Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Since 13 August 2014 Leader of the House Narendra Modi, BJP Since 26 May 2014 Leader of the Opposition Vacant, as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of the seats. Structure Seats 545 (543 elected + 2 Nominated from the Anglo - Indian Community by the President) Political groups Government coalition (335) National Democratic Alliance (335) BJP (275) SS (18) TDP (16) LJP (6) SAD (4) RLSP (3) AD (2) JD (U) (2) JKPDP (1) AINRC (1) NPF (1) NPP (1) PMK (1) SDF (1) Speaker, BJP (1) Nominated, BJP (2) Opposition Parties (210) United Progressive Alliance (49) INC (45) IUML (2) KC (M) (1) RSP (1) Janata Parivar Parties (6) RJD (2) INLD (2) JD (S) (2) Unaligned Parties (144) AIADMK (37) AITC (33) BJD (20) TRS (11) CPI (M) (9) YSRCP (9) NCP (6) SP (5) AAP (4) AIUDF (3) JMM (2) AIMIM (1) CPI (1) JKNC (1) SWP (1) JAP (1) Others (11) Independents (3) Vacant (8) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 7 April -- 12 May 2014 Next election April -- May 2019 Motto धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय Meeting place Lok Sabha Chambers, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India Website loksabha.gov.in

paragraph_text: Gondia Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was in existence during Lok Sabha elections of 1962 for the 3rd Lok Sabha. It was abolished from next 1967 Lok Sabha elections. It was reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate.

paragraph_text: In the 2009-2014 Lok Sabha, Mrs. Meira Kumar (its speaker) and Sri Kariya Munda (Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha) were unanimously elected to their posts. Hailing Mr. Munda's election, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hoped that the spirit of accommodation seen in the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, would continue through the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha. Pranab Mukherjee, then the Leader of the House [former President of India], was glad that a 32-year-old unbroken tradition of having the Deputy Speaker from the Opposition, which had begun in 1977, the very 1st year when Sri Munda entered the Lok Sabha, had been carried forward, with his unanimous election. Advani, the BJP stalwart, echoed similar sentiments. Munda has been a 7-time MP from Khunti constituency of Jharkhand State.

paragraph_text: The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. Serving for a term of five years, the Speaker chosen from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha, and is by convention a member of the ruling party or alliance.

paragraph_text: The results were declared on 16 May 2014, fifteen days before the 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014. The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centres. The National Democratic Alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 336 seats. The BJP itself won 31.0% of all votes and 282 (51.9%) of all seats, while NDA's combined vote share was 38.5%. BJP and its allies won the right to form the largest majority government since the 1984 general election, and it was the first time since that election that a party has won enough seats to govern without the support of other parties. The United Progressive Alliance, led by the Indian National Congress, won 60 seats, 44 (8.1%) of which were won by the Congress, that won 19.3% of all votes. It was the Congress party's worst defeat in a general election. In order to become the official opposition party in India, a party must gain 10% of the seats (54 seats) in the Lok Sabha; however, the Indian National Congress was unable to attain this number. Due to this fact, India remains without an official opposition party.

paragraph_text: Indian general election, 1951 ← 1945 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952 1957 → All 489 seats in the Lok Sabha 245 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripad Amrit Dange Party INC CPI Leader's seat Phulpur Bombay City North Seats won 364 16 Popular vote 47,665,875 3,484,401 Percentage 44.99% 3.29% Prime Minister before election Jawaharlal Nehru INC Subsequent Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru INC

paragraph_text: Lok Sabha House of the People 16th Lok Sabha Emblem of India Type Type Lower house of the Parliament of India Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Since 6 June 2014 Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Since 13 August 2014 Leader of the House Narendra Modi, BJP Since 26 May 2014 Leader of the Opposition Vacant, as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of the seats. Structure Seats 545 (543 elected + 2 Nominated from the Anglo - Indian Community by the President) Political groups Government coalition (335) National Democratic Alliance (335) BJP (275) SS (18) TDP (16) LJP (6) SAD (4) RLSP (3) AD (2) JD (U) (2) JKPDP (1) AINRC (1) NPF (1) NPP (1) PMK (1) SDF (1) Speaker, BJP (1) Nominated, BJP (2) Opposition Parties (210) United Progressive Alliance (50) INC (46) IUML (2) KC (M) (1) RSP (1) Janata Parivar Parties (6) RJD (2) INLD (2) JD (S) (2) Unaligned Parties (144) AIADMK (37) AITC (33) BJD (20) TRS (11) CPI (M) (9) YSRCP (9) NCP (6) SP (5) AAP (4) AIUDF (3) JMM (2) AIMIM (1) CPI (1) JKNC (1) SWP (1) JAP (1) Others (10) Independents (3) Vacant (7) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 7 April -- 12 May 2014 Next election April -- May 2019 Motto धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय Meeting place Lok Sabha Chambers, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India Website loksabha.gov.in

paragraph_text: Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.

paragraph_text: Lok Sabha House of the People 16th Lok Sabha Emblem of India Type Type Lower house of the Parliament of India Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Since 6 June 2014 Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, AIADMK Since 13 August 2014 Leader of the House Narendra Modi, BJP Since 26 May 2014 Leader of the Opposition Vacant, as none of the opposition parties has more than 10% of the seats. Structure Seats 545 (543 elected + 2 Nominated from the Anglo - Indian Community by the President) Political groups Government coalition (334) National Democratic Alliance (334) BJP (274) SS (18) TDP (16) LJP (6) SAD (4) RLSP (3) AD (2) JD (U) (2) JKPDP (1) AINRC (1) NPF (1) NPP (1) PMK (1) SDF (1) Speaker, BJP (1) Nominated, BJP (2) Opposition Parties (211) United Progressive Alliance (50) INC (46) IUML (2) KC (M) (1) RSP (1) Janata Parivar Parties (6) RJD (2) INLD (2) JD (S) (2) Unaligned Parties (144) AIADMK (37) AITC (33) BJD (20) TRS (11) CPI (M) (9) YSRCP (9) NCP (6) SP (5) AAP (4) AIUDF (3) JMM (2) AIMIM (1) CPI (1) JKNC (1) SWP (1) JAP (1) Others (11) Independents (3) Vacant (8) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 7 April -- 12 May 2014 Next election April -- May 2019 Motto धर्मचक्रपरिवर्तनाय Meeting place Lok Sabha Chambers, Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India Website loksabha.gov.in

paragraph_text: First party Second party Leader Manmohan Singh Lal Krishna Advani Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Leader since 22 May 2004 1 June 2004 Leader's seat Assam (Rajya Sabha) Gandhinagar Last election 218 seats, 28.55% 181 seats, 33.3% Seats won 262 159 Seat change 44 17 Popular vote 153,482,356 102,689,312 Percentage 37.22% 24.63% Swing 4.96% 4.88% Third party Fourth party Leader Prakash Karat Amar Singh Party CPI (M) SP Alliance Third Front Fourth Front Leader since 11 April 2005 August 2004 Leader's seat None Uttar Pradesh Last election 59 seats, 7.7% (w / Left Front) 60 seats, 7.74% (independently) Seats won 79 27 Seat change 30 37 Popular vote 88,174,229 21,456,117 Percentage 21.15% 5.14% Swing 1.06% 2.30%

paragraph_text: Girdhari Lal Bhargava (11 November 1936 – 8 March 2009) was a member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) in India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected six consecutive times for the Jaipur constituency of Rajasthan. He defeated Bhawani Singh by nearly 100,000 votes and thereafter had margins always above 100,000 votes.

Question: What was the vote percentage of bjp in 2009 election in the Indian governing body electing its own speaker?
Answer: 24.63