Parliament of India

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the... Wikipedia

• Type:  Bicameral
• Houses:  Rajya Sabha (Council of States) (Upper house), Lok Sabha (House of the People) (Lower house)
• Founded:  January 26, 1950
• Preceded by:  Constituent Assembly of India
• President of India:  Droupadi Murmu, Since 25 July 2022
• Vice President of India & Chairman of the Rajya Sabha:  Jagdeep Dhankhar, Since 11 August 2022
• Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha:  Harivansh Narayan Singh, JD(U), Since 14 September 2020
• Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha:  Piyush Goyal, BJP, Since 14 July 2021
• Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha:  Mallikarjun Kharge, INC, Since 1 October 2022
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha:  Om Birla, BJP, Since 19 June 2019
• Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha:  Vacant, Since 23 May 2019
• Seats:  788, 245 Members of Rajya Sabha, 543 Members of Lok Sabha
• Rajya Sabha political groups:  Government (110), Opposition (129), Vacant (6)
• Lok Sabha political groups:  Government (328), Opposition (212), Vacant (3)
• Rajya Sabha voting system:  Single transferable vote
• Lok Sabha voting system:  First-past-the-post
• Rajya Sabha last election:  10 June 2022
• Lok Sabha last election:  11 April – 19 May 2019
• Rajya Sabha next election:  2023
• Lok Sabha next election:  May 2024
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo