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Chapter 43 Electoral Statistics
CHAPTER 43 ELECTORAL STATISTICS 43.1 India is a constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system of government, and at the heart of the system is a commitment to hold regular, free and fair elections. These elections determine the composition of the Government, the membership of the two houses of parliament, the state and union territory legislative assemblies, and the Presidency and vice-presidency. Elections are conducted according to the constitutional provisions, supplemented by laws made by Parliament. The major laws are Representation of the People Act, 1950, which mainly deals with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls, the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which deals, in detail, with all aspects of conduct of elections and post election disputes. 43.2 The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India. It was established on 25 January, 1950 under Article 324 of the Constitution of India. Since establishment of Election Commission of India, free and fair elections have been held at regular intervals as per the principles enshrined in the Constitution, Electoral Laws and System. The Constitution of India has vested in the Election Commission of India the superintendence, direction and control of the entire process for conduct of elections to Parliament and Legislature of every State and to the offices of President and Vice- President of India. The Election Commission is headed by the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners. There was just one Chief Election Commissioner till October, 1989. In 1989, two Election Commissioners were appointed, but were removed again in January 1990. -
Dissolution of the Lok Sabha
DISSOLUTION OF THE LOK SABHA Tanusri Prasanna* Introduction The dissolution of the twelfth Lok Sabha on the twenty sixth day of April, 1999, by the President Mr. K.R. Narayanan, and the role of the latter in the intense political decision making preceding the same, have thrown open afresh the debate as to the exact role of the President as envisaged in the Constitution in the matter of dissolution. This paper attempts to analyse this issue in light of various controversial views on the subject. Pre-independence constitutional debates in India were influenced by two models of democratic government: the British Parliamentary system, and the Presidential system of the United States. In the final analysis the British model being closer home, "every instalment of constitutional reform was regarded as a step towards the establishment of a democratic and responsible government as it functioned in Britain."' Thus, it is widely accepted by various scholars that the founding fathers of the Constitution had opted for the parliamentary system of government. Working on this premise, the concepts such as executive decision making as well as delineating limits and laying a system of checks and balances on the different wings of the government as provided by the inherent federal structure, have been debated over and over again. However, when the Constitution actually came into force, a reading of its provisions sparked off a new line of thought as to the very nature of government, and the Presidential model of the United States which had been earlier rejected was now compared and contrasted.2 These discussions and debates were mainly concerned with the respective powers of the President and the Prime minister in the Constitution and in cases where both entities were strong the clash of opinions was soon recognised. -
Lok Sabha’ Were Adopted by the Council of States and the House of People Respectively
Parliament - By Jatin Verma Parliament - The Parliament is the legislative organ of the Union government - It occupies a central position in the Indian democratic political system - It has ‘Westminster’ model of govt. ● Articles 79 to 122 in Part V of the Constitution deal with the powers, duration, officers, organisation, privileges, composition, procedures, etc. of the Parliament. Organisation of Parliament ● The Parliament consists of 3 parts viz, the President, the Council of States and the House of the People. ● In 1954, the Hindi names ‘Rajya Sabha’ and ‘Lok Sabha’ were adopted by the Council of States and the House of People respectively. - Rajya Sabha is the Upper House (2nd Chamber or House of Elders which represents the states and UTs). - Lok Sabha is the Lower House (1st Chamber or Popular House, which represents the people of India as a whole). © Jatin Verma 2017-18. All Rights Reserved Parliament ● President is an integral part of the Parliament, because: - A bill cannot become law without the his assent. - He summons and prorogues both the Houses - He can dissolve the Lok Sabha - He addresses both the Houses - He issues ordinances when they are not in session, etc. ● In Britain, the Parliament consists of the Crown (King or Queen), the House of Lords (Upper House) and the House of Commons (Lower House). ● By contrast, in USA, the legislature, which is known as Congress, consists of the Senate (Upper House) and the House of Representatives (Lower House). ● India has the ‘President-in-Parliament’ like the ‘Crown-in-Parliament’ in Britain. ● The presidential form of government, lays stress on the separation of legislative and executive organs. -
The Journal of Parliamentary Information
The Journal of Parliamentary Information VOLUME LIX NO. 1 MARCH 2013 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor : T.K. Viswanathan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Associate Editors : P.K. Misra Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Kalpana Sharma Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Assistant Editors : Pulin B. Bhutia Additional Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Parama Chatterjee Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Sanjeev Sachdeva Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat © Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi THE JOURNAL OF PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VOLUME LIX NO. 1 MARCH 2013 CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL NOTE 1 ADDRESSES Addresses at the Inaugural Function of the Seventh Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments, Central Hall, 3 October 2012 3 ARTICLE 14th Vice-Presidential Election 2012: An Experience— T.K. Viswanathan 12 PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Conferences and Symposia 17 Birth Anniversaries of National Leaders 22 Exchange of Parliamentary Delegations 26 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 28 PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 30 PRIVILEGE ISSUES 43 PROCEDURAL MATTERS 45 DOCUMENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 49 SESSIONAL REVIEW Lok Sabha 62 Rajya Sabha 75 State Legislatures 83 RECENT LITERATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 85 APPENDICES I. Statement showing the work transacted during the Twelfth Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha 91 (iv) iv The Journal of Parliamentary Information II. Statement showing the work transacted during the 227th Session of the Rajya Sabha 94 III. Statement showing the activities of the Legislatures of the States and Union Territories during the period 1 October to 31 December 2012 98 IV. -
Verma, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Constituency : Jalaun (SC) (Uttar Pradesh)
Firefox http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3824 Seventeenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Verma, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Constituency : Jalaun (SC) (Uttar Pradesh) Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : bhanus[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in Father's Name Shri Sumer Verma Mother's Name Smt. Sumitra Verma Date of Birth 15 Jul 1957 Place of Birth Konch, Distt. Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 17 Feb 1972 Spouse's Name Smt. Ram Murti Verma No. of Sons 5 Educational M.A., LL.B. Qualifications Educated at B.K.D. College, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) Profession Advocate Farmer Permanent Address Malviya Nagar, Konch, Distt. Jalaun - 285123, Uttar Pradesh Tel : (05165) 244601, 09415055465 (M) Present Address AB-18, Mathura Road, Opposite Gate No. 6, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi -110002 1 of 3 09-07-2021, 21:11 Firefox http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3824 Telefax : (011) 23782620, 09013869448 (M) Positions Held 1988-1993 Member, Municipal Board, Konch, Distt. Jalaun 1991-1992 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Member, Committee on Questions and References 1996 - 1998 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and 1996-1997 Chemicals Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture 1998 - 1999 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-1999 Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, and its Sub- Committee - B on Department of Sugar and Edible Oils Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture Vice-President, S.C Morcha, B.J.P., Uttar 2001 Pradesh Member, National Council, B.J.P. -
Introduction to Indian Politics
Munich Personal RePEc Archive Introduction to Indian Politics Borooah, Vani University of Ulster December 2015 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/76597/ MPRA Paper No. 76597, posted 05 Feb 2017 07:28 UTC Chapter 1 Introduction to Indian Politics In his celebrated speech, delivered to India’s Constituent Assembly on the eve of the 15th August 1947, to herald India’s independence from British rule, Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, famously asked if the newly independent nation was “brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future”. If one conceives of India, as many Indians would, in terms of a trinity of attributes – democratic in government, secular in outlook, and united by geography and a sense of nationhood – then, in terms of the first of these, it would appear to have succeeded handsomely. Since, the Parliamentary General Election of 1951, which elected the first cohort of members to its lower house of Parliament (the Lok Sabha), India has proceeded to elect, in unbroken sequence, another 15 such cohorts so that the most recent Lok Sabha elections of 2014 gave to the country a government drawn from members to the 16th Lok Sabha. Given the fractured and fraught experiences with democracy of India’s immediate neighbours (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar) and of a substantial number of countries which gained independence from colonial rule, it is indeed remarkable that independent India has known no other form of governmental authority save through elections. Elections (which represent ‘formal democracy’), are a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for ‘substantive democracy’. -
Hon. Members, I Have to Inform the House
Title : Regarding passing away of Shri Chandrashekhar, sitting member of Lok Sabha, member 6th, 7th and 9th to 13th Lok Sabha and former Prime Minister, Shri Ajit Kumar Singh, sitting member of Lok Sabha, Shri Krishna Chandra Halder, member 5th to 7th Lok Sabha, Shri Chandrajeet Yadav, member 4th, 5th, 7th and 10th Lok Sabha, Shri T.Nagaratnam, member 7th and 11th Lok Sabha, Dr. Sahib Singh Verma, member 13th Lok Sabha and Shri Bharat Singh Chowhan, member 4th to 6th Lok Sabha on 08.07.07, 01.08.07, 07.02.07, 25.05.07, 08.06.07, 30.06.07 and 26.07.07 respectively. MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform the House of the sad demise of Shri Chandrashekhar and Shri Ajit Kumar Singh, two sitting Members of this House and five of our former colleagues, Shri Krishna Chandra Halder, Shri Chandrajeet Yadav, Shri T. Nagaratnam, Dr. Sahib Singh Verma and Shri Bharat Singh Chowhan. Hon. Members, it is with profound sorrow I refer to the passing away of our respectable colleague, Shri Chandrashekhar. Shri Chandrashekhar was a sitting Member of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha representing Ballia Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He was also a Member of the Sixth, Seventh and Ninth to Thirteenth Lok Sabhas from 1977 to 1984 and 1989 to 2004, representing the same Parliamentary Constituency. He was also a Member of the Rajya Sabha for three consecutive terms from 1962 to 1977, representing the State of Uttar Pradesh. Chandrashekharji was among the country's most respected political leaders. He was initiated into politics in the early 1950s, inspired by the great socialist leader Acharya Narendra Dev. -
Chapter 43 Electoral Statistics
CHAPTER 43 ELECTORAL STATISTICS 43.1 India is a constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system of government, and at the heart of the system is a commitment to hold regular, free and fair elections. These elections determine the composition of the Government, the membership of the two houses of parliament, the state and union territory legislative assemblies, and the Presidency and vice-presidency. Elections are conducted according to the constitutional provisions, supplemented by laws made by Parliament. The major laws are Representation of the People Act, 1950, which mainly deals with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls, the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which deals, in detail, with all aspects of conduct of elections and post election disputes. 43.2 The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India. It was established on th 25 January, 1950 under Article 324 of the Constitution of India. Since establishment of Election Commission of India, free and fair elections have been held at regular intervals as per the principles enshrined in the Constitution, Electoral Laws and System. The Constitution of India has vested in the Election Commission of India the superintendence, direction and control of the entire process for conduct of elections to Parliament and Legislature of every State and to the offices of President and Vice- President of India. The Election Commission is headed by the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners. There was just one Chief Election Commissioner till October, 1989. In 1989, two Election Commissioners were appointed, but were removed again in January 1990. -
Members Bioprofile
Seventeenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh Constituency : Mandla (ST) (Madhya Pradesh) Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : fskulaste[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in fskulaste[AT]gmail[DOT]com Website : http://www[DOT]fskulaste[DOT]in Father's Name Shri Shobhan Singh Kulaste Mother's Name Smt. Hero Bai Date of Birth 18 May 1959 Place of Birth Barbati, Distt. Mandla (Madhya Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of 15 May 1985 Marriage Spouse's Name Smt. Savitri Kulaste No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational M.A., B.Ed. and LL.B. Qualifications Educated at Mandla College, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar and Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist Teacher, Political and Social Worker Permanent Village - Jewara, P.O. - Dewari Kala (Bablia), Address Tehsil - Niwas, Distt. Mandla - 481661, Madhya Pradesh Tel : (07641) 271350, 09425163775 (M) Present Address 8, Talkatora Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Tels. : (011) 23320158, 23320159, 09868180495 (M) Positions Held 1990-92 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Member, Planning Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1993 onwards Member, Panchayat Board, Distt. - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 1996-97 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-II Member, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) Oct.-Nov. -
Chapter Vi Parliament Library and Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Service (Larrdis) 75
CHAPTER VI PARLIAMENT LIBRARY AND REFERENCE, RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE (LARRDIS) 75. Objectives of the Service.—The primary objective of the Parliament Library and Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Service (LARRDIS) is to cater to the multifarious information needs of members of both the Houses of Parliament and provide, inter alia, research and reference material on legislative and other important issues coming up for discussion before the two Houses— the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. To achieve this objective, the Service consists of professional and non-professional staff and is divided into seven Divisions: (i) Library Division; (ii) Reference Division; (iii) Research and Information Division; (iv) Media Relations Division; (v) Parliament Museum and Archives Division; (vi) Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training; and (vii) Computer (Hardware & Software) Management Branch (Software Unit). These Divisions have been further subdivided into various functional Wings and Sections with well-defined duties and spheres of work. 76. Research and Information Division.—The research and information services for Members of Parliament are provided by the Research and Information and Members’ Reference Divisions. Officers and staff in the Research and Information Division are categorized into the following specialised functional Wings/Sections: (i) Economic and Financial Affairs Wing; (ii) Educational and Scientific Affairs Wing; (iii) Journal of Parliamentary Information (JPI) Section; (iv) Legal and -
The Journal of Parliamentary Information
The Journal of Parliamentary Information VOLUME LVII NO. 2 JUNE 2011 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 2009 issue, EDITORIAL BOARD Editor : T.K. Viswanathan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Associate Editor : P.K. Misra Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Kalpana Sharma Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Assistant Editors : Pulin B. Bhutia Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Sanjeev Sachdeva Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat © Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi for approval. THE JOURNAL OF PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VOLUME LVII NO. 2 JUNE 2011 CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL NOTE 101 ADDRESSES Address by the President to Parliament, 21 February 2011 103 ARTICLE Parliamentary Oversight of Human Rights: A Case Study of Disability in India—Deepali Mathur 116 PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Conferences and Symposia 123 Birth Anniversaries of National Leaders 124 Exchange of Parliamentary Delegations 125 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 127 PRIVILEGE ISSUES 129 PROCEDURAL MATTERS 131 PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 135 DOCUMENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 143 SESSIONAL REVIEW Lok Sabha 151 Rajya Sabha 184 State Legislatures 205 RECENT LITERATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 210 APPENDICES I. Statement showing the work transacted during the Seventh Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha 219 (iv) II. Statement showing the work transacted during the Two Hundred and Twenty-Second Session of the Rajya Sabha 223 III. Statement showing the activities of the Legislatures of the States and Union Territories during the period 1 January to 31 March 2011 228 IV. List of Bills passed by the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President during the period 1 January to 31 March 2011 235 V. -
Muslim Legislators of Uttar Pradesh
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy is a division of Kasturi & Sons Ltd., publishers of The Hindu and group newspapers. It was inaugurated by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on January 31, 2013. The aim of The Hindu Centre is to promote research, dialogue and discussion to enable the creation of informed public opinion on key issues facing India to safeguard, strengthen and nourish parliamentary democracy and pluralism, and to contribute to the nation’s economic, social and political betterment. In accordance with this mission, The Hindu Centre publishes Policy Reports drawing upon the research of its scholars, to explain and highlight issues and themes relating to political affairs and public policy. These are intended to aid the public in making informed judgments on issues of public importance. The Hindu Centre publishes the Policy Reports online, and can be accessed at www.thehinducentre.com/publications/policy-report/ Published by: The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, 859&860, Anna Salai, Chennai 600002, [email protected] All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. The Phenomenon of Political Dynasties Among the Muslim Legislators of Uttar Pradesh Mohd Osama Public Policy Scholar, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy (February – May, 2018) --- ABSTRACT his report on the phenomenon of political dynasties among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh is an empirical enquiry into the extent it has impacted the legislature. The report bases T its findings in the fieldwork conducted in Uttar Pradesh to determine the dynastic credentials of Muslim legislators over the last two decades, and finds that the more marginalised a community, the larger the number of political dynasties it will have in the Legislature.