Parliament of India

Parliament of India

*Bhāratīya Saṁsad*
Parliament of India ; Bhāratīya Saṁsad
	State Emblem of India
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Rajya Sabha; Lok Sabha
History
Founded	26 January 1950
Preceded by	Constituent Assembly of India
Leadership
President of India	Droupadi Murmu ; since 25 July 2022
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha	Jagdeep Dhankhar ; since 11 August 2022
Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla, BJP ; since 26 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi ; since 26 May 2014
Structure
Seats	788 ; 245 Members of Rajya Sabha; 543 Members of Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha political groups	Government: National Democratic Alliance (121); Opposition: Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (87); Other Opposition: 25 members; Vacant (9);
Lok Sabha political groups	Government: National Democratic Alliance (293); Opposition: Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (238); Other Opposition: 11 members; Vacant (1);
Elections
Rajya Sabha voting system	Single transferable vote
Lok Sabha voting system	First-past-the-post
First Rajya Sabha election	1952
First Lok Sabha election	25 October 1951 – 21 February 1952
Last Rajya Sabha election	2024
Last Lok Sabha election	19 April – 1 June 2024
Next Rajya Sabha election	2025
Next Lok Sabha election	2029
Meeting place
	Sansad Bhavan; 118, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 110001; National Capital Territory of Delhi, Republic of India
Website
	sansad.in
Constitution
	Constitution of India

28°37′2″N 77°12′29″E / 28.61722°N 77.20806°E / 28.61722; 77.20806 The Parliament of India or Indian Parliament, (ISO: Bhāratīya Saṁsad) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The president of the Republic of India, in their role as head of the legislature, has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha, but they can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the prime minister and the Union Council of Ministers.

Those elected or nominated (by the president) to either house of the Parliament are referred to as members of Parliament (MPs). The members of parliament in the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the voting of Indian citizens in single-member districts and the members of parliament in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of all state legislative assemblies by proportional representation. The Parliament has a sanctioned strength of 543 in the Lok Sabha and 245 in the Rajya Sabha including 12 nominees from the expertise of different fields of literature, art, science, and social service.^[4] The Parliament meets at Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. The Parliament of India represents the largest democratic electorate in the world (the second being the European Parliament), with an electorate of 968 million eligible voters in 2024. On 28 May 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unveiled and inaugurated the New Parliament Building (Sansad Bhavan), located adjacent to the previous one.

^ "Droupadi Murmu takes oath as the 15th President of India". The Hindu. New Delhi, India. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Jagdeep Dhankhar sworn in as 14th Vice-President of India". The Times of India. Mumbai, India. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ "Narendra Modi is sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India". The Times of India. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.