HISTORY

CIVICS
PRESENTATION

INDIAN
PARLIAMENTARY
SYSTEM

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 The Parliamentary System It was
designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert
Baker, who were responsible for
planning and construction of New Delhi
by British government. The construction
of building took six years and the
opening ceremony was performed on 18
January 1927 by the then Viceroy and
Governor-General of India, Lord Irwin.

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 LOK SABHA

● MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LOK

● THE LOK SABHA IS THE
SABHA ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED BY
LOWER HOUSE OF
PEOPLE.
PARLIAMENT.

● AT PRESENT IT CAN HAVE

UP TO 545 MEMBERS.

● THOUGH THE
CONSTITUTION HAS
PROVIDED FOR, A
MAXIMUM 552 SEATS IN THE
LOK SABHA,THE NUMBER
OF SEATS WILL REMAIN
FIXED AT 545 TILL THE YEAR
2026.
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● THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA MAY NOMINATE UP TO TWO MEMBERS FROM THE
ANGLO-INDIAN COMMUNITY IF ENOUGH MEMBERS ARE NOT ELECTED TO
REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY.

● THE LOK SABHA HAS A NORMAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS.BUT,IT MAY BE

DISSOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT BEFORE THE OF ITS TERM. ALSO, DURING
AN EMERGENCY, ITS TERM MAY BE EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR.

WHO CAN CONTEST LOK SABHA ELECTIONS

To Stand For Election To The Lok Sabha, A Person:

● Has To Be An Indian Citizen Aged At Least 25 Years.
● Should Not Be Bankrupt Or Mentally Unsound.
● Should Not Hold Any Salaried Government Job.

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 ELECTIONS OF LOK SABHA
● ELECTIONS TO THE LOK SABHA ARE HELD AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
● FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTIONS, THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED INTO AS MANY CONSTITUENCIES AS THERE ARE
SEATS IN THE LOK SABHA.

● THE CONSTITUENCIES ARE CREATED ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION, SO THAT THE MORE POPULOUS STATES HAVE
MORE SEATS IN THE LOK SABHA.

● EVERY CONSTITUENCY ELECTS ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LOK SABHA.

● A CANDIDATE WHO CONTESTS ELECTIONS MAY BELONG TO A POLITICAL PARTY OR BE AN INDEPENDENT

(NON-PARTY) CANDIDATE.

● THE CANDIDATE WHO GETS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES BECOMES THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
CONSTITUENCY IN THE LOK SABHA.

● ALL INDIAN CITIZENS AGED 18 YEARS OR ABOVE CAN VOTE IN ELECTIONS TO CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

● VOTING IS DONE BY SECRET BALLOT SO THAT ONLY THE VOTER KNOWS WHICH CANDIDATE HE OR SHE
HAS VOTED FOR.

● AFTER THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION IS DECLARED, THE PARTY THAT WINS THE MAJORITY OF SEATS IN
THE LOK SABHA IS INVITED BY THE PRESIDENT TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE.

● IF NO PARTY GETS A CLEAR MAJORITY, TWO OR MORE PARTIES MAY TOGETHER FORM THE
GOVERNMENT. THIS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IS CALLED A COALITION GOVERNMENT. THE PARTIES OTHER
THAN THE RULING PARTIES CONSTITUTE THE OPPOSITION.
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 THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE LOK SABHA
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● THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE LOK SABHA IS KNOWN AS THE SPEAKER. THE LOK SABHA
MEMBERS ELECT THE SPEAKER FROM AMONG THEMSELVES.
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● THE SPEAKER CONDUCTS THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND MAINTAINS ORDER
WITHIN THE HOUSE. SOMETIMES, AFTER A DEBATE, THE SPEAKER TAKES A VOTE ON THE
ISSUE. USUALLY, THE SPEAKER DOES NOT VOTE. BUT, IF THERE IS A TIE, HE CAN EXERCISE A
CASTING VOTE (DECIDING VOTE). THE SPEAKER GENERALLY BELONGS TO A RULING PARTY,
BUT HAS TO ACT IMPARTIALLY.
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● THE LOK SABHA MEMBERS ALSO ELECT A DEPUTY SPEAKER, WHO PRESIDES OVER THE
HOUSE IN THE SPEAKER’S ABSENCE.
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 RAJYA SABHA
● THE RAJYA SABHA IS THE UPPER ● THE MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE
HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT ARE DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS,
● IT CAN HAVE UP TO 250 MEMBERS, JOURNALISTS, ECONOMISTS, JURISTS,
INCLUDING 12 MEMBERS NOMINATED SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND
BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. SO ON.
● AT PRESENT, THE RAJYA SABHA HAS ● AMONG THE DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE WHO
245 MEMBERS – 12 NOMINATED AND HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO THE RAJYA SABHA
233 ELECTED. ARE POET MAITHILISHARAN GUPTA,
● THE ELECTED MEMBERS REPRESENT SCIENTISTS SATYENDRANATH BOSE, ACTRESS
THE STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES. SHABANA AZMI, SINGER LATA MANGESHKAR
● MORE POPULOUS STATES HAVE MORE AND JOURNALIST KHUSHWANT SINGH.
MEMBERS REPRESENTING THEM.
● THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING A
STATE ARE ELECTED BY THE ELECTED
MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY.
● THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNION
TERRITORIES ARE ELECTED
ACCORDING TO RULES MADE BY THE
PARLIAMENT.
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 ● THE RAJYA SABHA IS NOT DISSOLVED AFTER A FIXED TERM. IT IS A PERMANENT BODY. ONE-
THIRD OF ITS MEMBERS RETIRE EVERY TWO YEARS. NEW MEMBERS ARE THEN ELECTED TO
THE VACANT SEATS. EACH MEMBER HAS A TERM OF SIX YEARS.
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● THE VICE- PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESIDES OVER THE RAJYA SABHA. HE IS THE EX OFFICE
CHAIRMAN BECAUSE HE GETS THIS POST BY VIRTUE OF HIS OFFICE. IN THE CHAIRMAN’S
ABSENCE THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN PRESIDES. THE RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS ELECT THE
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FROM AMONG THEMSELVES.
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WHO CAN BE A MEMBER OF RAJYA SABHA
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE RAJYA SABHA:
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● A PERSON HAS TO BE AN INDIAN CITIZEN AGED AT LEAST 30 YEARS.
● SHOULD NOT BE BANKRUPT OR MENTALLY UNSOUND.
● SHOULD NOT HOLD ANY SALARIED GOVERNMENT JOB.

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COMPARISON BETWEEN LOK SABHA AND RAJYA
SABHA LOK SABHA
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THE LOK SABHA
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THE LOK SABHA IS A DIRECTLY ELECTED BODY.
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THE LOK SABHA CAN PASS A VOTE OF NO
CONFIDENCE.
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THE LOK SABHA CAN BE DISSOLVED. RAJYA SABHA.

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THE RAJYA SABHA
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THE RAJYA SABHA IS AN INDIRECTLY ELECTED BODY.
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THE RAJYA SABHA CANNOT.
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THE RAJYA SABHA CANNOT BE DISSOLVED.
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