15th Lok Sabha

15th lower house of the Parliament of India

15th Lok Sabha

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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

Overview
Legislative body| Indian Parliament
Term| 1 June 2009 - 18 May 2014
Election| 2009 Indian general election
Government| Second Manmohan Singh ministry
Sovereign
President| Pratibha Patil
Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President| Hamid Ansari
House of the People

Members| 545
Speaker of the House| Meira Kumar
Leader of the House| Pranab Mukherjee
Sushil Kumar Shinde
Prime Minister| Manmohan Singh
Leader of the Opposition| Sushma Swaraj
Party control| United Progressive Alliance

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.[1]

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Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14th Lok Sabha. The next 16th Lok Sabha was convened after 2014 Indian general election.

The Second Manmohan Singh ministry introduced a total of 222 Bills (apart from Finance and Appropriations Bills) in the 15th Lok Sabha. A total of 165 Bills were passed by the House, including bills introduced in previous Lok Sabhas.[2]

14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 15th Lok Sabha after the 2009 Indian general election.[3]

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## Bills

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During the tenure of the 15th Lok Sabha, 71% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination[4][5]

## Members

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See also: List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha

* Speaker: Meira Kumar, INC, Sasaram, Bihar
* Deputy Speaker: Kariya Munda, BJP, Khunti, Jharkhand
* Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, INC, Jangipur, West Bengal (May, 2009 - 2012) (He went on to become the 13th President of India in 2012)

Sushil Kumar Shinde, INC, Solapur, Maharashtra (2012 - May, 2014)

* Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, BJP, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh (December, 2009 - May 2014)
* Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Sushma Swaraj, BJP, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh (June, 2009 - December 2009) (She went on to become the 11th leader of opposition in lok sabha in 2009)

Gopinath Munde, BJP, Beed, Maharashtra (December 2009 - May, 2014)

* Secretary General:
* P.D.T. Achary[6]
* T. K. Viswanathan

### Number of members by the alliance in Lok Sabha

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Seats of the 15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha by political party and alliance:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Alliances  | Party  | Seats  | Leader

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United Progressive Alliance

262

|  | Indian National Congress | 206 | Sushil Kumar Shinde
| All India Trinamool Congress | 19  | Sudip Bandyopadhyay
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18  | T R Balu
| Nationalist Congress Party | 9  | Sharad Pawar
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4  | Lalu Prasad Yadav
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 3  |
| Bodoland People's Front | 1  |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2  |

National Democratic Alliance
Seats: 167
|  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 117  | Sushma Swaraj
| Janata Dal (United) | 20  |
| Shiv Sena | 11  |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (supported)  | 9  |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 4  |
| Bharat Rashtra Samithi (supported)  | 2  | K. Chandrashekar Rao
| Asom Gana Parishad | 1  |
| Haryana Janhit Congress | 1  |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1  |
| Bodoland People's Front | 1  |
Third Front
Seats: 75  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 15  | Basudev Acharia
| Communist Party of India | 4  | Gurudas Dasgupta
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2  | Prasanta Kumar Majumdar
| All India Forward Bloc | 2  | Narahari Mahato
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 21  |
| Biju Janata Dal | 14  |
| Telugu Desam Party | 6  | Nama Nageswara Rao
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 1  |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1  |
Fourth Front
Seats: 26
|  | Samajwadi Party | 22  |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4  |
Other Parties and Independents
Seats: 21

| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)  | 2  |
| YSR Congress Party | 2  | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
| Swabhimani Paksha | 1  |
| Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 1  |
| All India United Democratic Front | 1  |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1  |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1  |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1  |
| Independents | 9  |
| Nominated  | 2  |
Total | 545 |

### List of members by political party

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Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below[14]\-

S.No.  | Party Name  | Party flag  | Number of MPs  | Leader in Loksabha

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1  | Indian National Congress (INC)  |  | 222  | Sushil Kumar Shinde
2  | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  |  | 112  | Sushma Swaraj
3  | Samajwadi Party (SP)  |  | 21  | Mulayam Singh Yadav
4  | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)  |  | 21  | Dara Singh Chauhan
5  | Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))  |  | 19  | Ram Sundar Das
6  | All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)  |  | 18  | Sudip Bandyopadhyay
7  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)  |  | 18  | T R Balu
8  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))  |  | 16  | Basudeb Acharia
9  | Biju Janata Dal (BJD)  |  | 14  | Arjun Charan Sethi
10  | Shiv Sena (SS)  |  | 10  | Anant Geete
11  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)  |  | 9  | M. Thambidurai
12  | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)  |  | 8  | Sharad Pawar
13  | Independent (Ind.)  |  | 7  |
14  | Telugu Desam Party (TDP)  |  | 6  | Nama Nageswara Rao
15  | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)  |  | 5  |
16  | Communist Party of India (CPI)  |  | 4  | Gurudas Dasgupta
17  | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)  |  | 4  | Rattan Singh Ajnala
18  | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)  |  | 3  |
19  | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)  |  | 3  |
20  | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)  |  | 2  | Narahari Mahato
21  | Muslim League Kerala State Committee (MLKSC)  |  | 2  | E Ahamed
22  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)  |  | 2  |
23  | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM(P))  | Comb | 2  | Babu Lal Marandi
24  | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)  |  | 2  |
25  | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)  |  | 2  | K. Chandrasekhar Rao
26  | YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)  |  | 2  | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
27  | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)  |  | 1  | Asaduddin Owaisi
28  | All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)  |  | 1  | Badruddin Ajmal
29  | Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)  |  | 1  | Joseph Toppo
30  | Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)  |  | 1  | Baliram Sukur Jadhav
31  | Bodoland People's Front (BPF)  |  | 1  | Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary
32  | Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC(BL))  |  | 1  | Kuldeep Bishnoi
33  | Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))  |  | 1  |
34  | Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC(M))  |  | 1  | Jose K Mani
35  | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)  |  | 1  | A. Ganeshamurthi
36  | Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)  |  | 1  | Prem Das Rai
37  | Swabhimani Paksha (SWP)  |  | 1  | Raju Shetti
38  | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))  |  | 1  | Tarun Mandal
39  | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)  |  | 1  | Thol. Thirumavalavan
\-  | Vacant Constituencies |  | 22[15] | \-

### Cabinet

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Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh | 2009–2014

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Agriculture and Food processing industries | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014
Coal | Sriprakash Jaiswal | 2009–2014
Civil Aviation | Ajit Singh | 2009–2014
Chemicals and Fertilizers | M.K. Azhagiri | 2009–2013 (resigned after DMK withdrew support)
Commerce and Industry | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014
Communications and Information Technology | Kapil Sibal | 2009–2014
Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014
Defence | A.K. Antony | 2009–2014
Earth Sciences | Jaipal Reddy | 2012–2014

2011 – 2012

2011 – 2011(Due to his demise)

2009 – 2011

Environment and Forests | Veerappa Moily

Jayanthi Natarajan

Jairam Ramesh

| 2013-2014

2011–2013

2009 – 2011

External Affairs | Salman Khurshid

S.M. Krishna

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Finance | P. Chidambaram

Pranab Mukherjee

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012 (He was elected President of India in JULY 2012)

Food Processing industries | Sharad Pawar | 2009–2014
Health and Family Welfare | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 2009–2014
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | Praful Patel | 2011–2014
Home Affairs | Sushil Kumar Shinde

P. Chidambaram

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Information and Broadcasting | Ambika Soni | 2009–2014
Labour and Employment | Mallikarjun Kharge | 2009–2014
Law and Justice | Kapil Sibal

Ashwani Kumar

Salman Khurshid

| 2013–2014

2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations in Coalgate)

2009 – 2012

Mines | Dinsha Patel

B.K. Handique

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

New and Renewable Energy | S. Jagathrakshakan

Farooq Abdullah

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Overseas Indian Affairs | Vayalar Ravi | 2009–2014
Parliamentary Affairs | Kamal Nath

Pawan Kumar Bansal

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Petroleum and Natural Gas | Veerappa Moily

Jaipal Reddy

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Power | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

Veerappa Moily

Sushil Kumar Shinde

| 2012–2014

July 2012 – Oct. 2012

2009 – 2012

Railways | Mallikarjun Kharge

C.P. Joshi

Pawan Kumar Bansal

C.P. Joshi

Mukul Roy

Dinesh Trivedi

Manmohan Singh (Additional Charge)

Mamata Banerjee

| 17 June 2013 – 2014

2013-2013

2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations of bribery)

Sept. 2012 – Oct. 2012

Mar. 2012 – Sept. 2012

2011 – 2012

May 2011 – July 2011

2009 – 2011

Road Transport and Highways | C.P. Joshi

G.K. Vasan

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Rural Development | Jairam Ramesh

Vilasrao Deshmukh

| 2011–2014

2009 – 2011

Science and Technology | Jaipal Reddy

Vayalar Ravi

Vilasrao Deshmukh

| 2012–2014

2011 – 2012

2009 – 2011

Shipping | G.K. Vasan | 2009–2014
Social Justice and Empowerment | Kumari Selja

Mukul Wasnik

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Textiles | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014
Tourism | Chiranjeevi

Kumari Selja

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Tribal Affairs | V. Kishore Chandra Deo

Kantilal Bhuria

| 2012–2014

2009 – 2012

Water Resources | Harish Rawat | 2012–2014

See also: Council of Ministers of the Republic of India

### United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party

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Source: Various news organisations[16][17][18][19]
The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The first 20 cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh, swore in on 22 May 2009, while the other 59 cabinet members swore in on 27 May 2009. The 5 non-Congress cabinet ministers, include M.K. Azhagiri from the DMK. Mukul Roy from Trinamool Congress, Sharad Pawar from Nationalist Congress Party, and Farooq Abdullah from National Conference represent the other non-Congress cabinet ministers.

Party  | Cabinet Ministers  | Ministers of State  | Total

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Indian National Congress | 27  | 32  | 59
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1  | 4  | 5
Nationalist Congress Party | 1  | 2  | 3
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 1  | 0  | 1
Muslim League | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 33  | 45  | 78

### United Progressive Alliance cabinet by states

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Source: The Hindu[20][21]

State  | Cabinet Ministers  | Ministers of State (I)  | Ministers of State  | Total

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Uttar Pradesh | 2  |  |  |
Maharashtra | 5  | 2  | 2  | 9
Tamil Nadu | 5  | 0  | 4  | 9
West Bengal | 1  | —  | 6  | 7
Kerala | 2  | 0  | 4  | 6
Andhra Pradesh | 3  | 0  | 4  | 7
Madhya Pradesh | —  | —  | —  | 4
Karnataka | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4
Bihar | —  | —  | —  | 3
Himachal Pradesh | 2  | —  | —  | 2
Meghalaya | —  | —  | —  | 2
Jharkhand | 1  | —  | —  | 1
Uttarakhand | 1  | –  | –  | 1

* MoS (I) – Ministers of State with Independent charge
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## Subsequent vacancies and by-elections

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The below list only covers seats whose vacancies were filled through by-elections. Conventionally, vacancies occurring with less than a year to go for the conclusion of the term, are generally left vacant for the remainder of the term. In the case of the 15th Lok Sabha, this means that by-elections would not have been held for vacancies post June 2013, with less than a year to go for the 2014 election. Only vacancies for which by-elections were held, i.e, occurring prior to May 2013, are mentioned here.

* A total of 19 by-elections across seats in 11 different states were held through the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha, with the first in November 2009 and the last in August 2013.
* 6 of these by-elections were necessitated by the death of the incumbent MP, and 13 due to resignation.
* Of the 13 resignations, 1 was for vacating a second seat, 6 for becoming Chief Ministers of different states, 1 for becoming President, 2 for becoming MLAs and 3 due to party defections.
* In May 2009, Firozabad fell vacant due to the resignation of Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav as he preferred to retain Kannauj after winning two seats in the 2009 election. Raj Babbar of Indian National Congress won the seat in the by-election.[22]
* In June 2010, Banka fell vacant due to the death of independent MP Digvijay Singh. His widow Putul Kumari won the seat as an independent in the by-election.
* In November 2010, Kadapa fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who also resigned his party membership. He contested the seat again in the by-elections on a YSR Congress Party ticket and won.
* In February 2011, Jamshedpur fell vacant due to the resignation of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arjun Munda, as he became Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Ajoy Kumar of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) won the seat in the by-election.
* In March 2011, Bastar fell vacant due to the death of BJP MP Baliram Kashyap. His son Dinesh Kashyap of BJP won the seat in the by-election.
* In June 2011, Hisar fell vacant due to the death of Haryana Janhit Congress MP Bhajan Lal Bishnoi. His son Kuldeep Bishnoi of HJC won the seat in the by-election.
* In October 2011, Kolkata Dakshin fell vacant due to the resignation of All India Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Banerjee, as she became Chief Minister of West Bengal, after the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. Subrata Bakshi of Trinamool Congress won the seat in the by-election.
* In November 2011, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru fell vacant due to the resignation of BJP MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda, as he became Chief Minister of Karnataka. K. Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress won the seat in the by-election.
* In February 2012, Nellore fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, who also resigned his party membership. He contested the seat again in the by-elections on a YSR Congress Party ticket and won.
* In May 2012, Kannauj fell vacant due to the resignation of SP MP Akhilesh Yadav, as he became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, after the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[23] His wife, Dimple Yadav of SP was elected unopposed from the seat in the by-elections.[24]
* In July 2012, Jangipur fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Pranab Mukherjee, who also resigned his party membership, as he became President of India, after his victory in the 2012 Indian presidential election. His son Abhijit Mukherjee of Congress won the seat in the by-election.
* In July 2012, Tehri Garhwal fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna, as he became Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, after the 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah of BJP won the seat in the by-election.
* In January 2013, Mandi fell vacant due to the resignation of Congress MP Virbhadra Singh, as he became Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, after the 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. His wife Pratibha Singh of Congress won the seat in the by-election.
* In January 2013, Porbandar fell vacant due the resignation of Congress MP Vitthalbhai Radadiya, as he became an MLA in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, after his victory from Dhoraji in the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. However, he soon after resigned as MLA too, as well as his party membership. He contested the Lok Sabha seat again in the by-election on a BJP ticket and won.
* In January 2013, Maharajganj, Bihar fell vacant due to the death of Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Umashankar Singh. Prabhunath Singh of RJD won the seat in the by-election.
* In March 2013, Banaskantha fell vacant due to the death of Congress MP Mukesh Gadhvi. Haribhai Chaudhary of BJP won the seat in the by-election.
* In April 2013, Howrah fell vacant due to the death of Trinamool Congress MP Ambica Banerjee. Prasun Banerjee of Trinamool Congress, a retired football player-turned-politician, won the seat in the by-election.
* In May 2013, Mandya fell vacant due to the resignation of Janata Dal (Secular) MP N. Chaluvaraya Swamy, as he became an MLA in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, after his victory from Nagamangala in the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. Divya Spandana of Congress won the Lok Sabha seat in the by-election.
* In May 2013, Bengaluru Rural fell vacant due to the resignation of JDS MP H. D. Kumaraswamy, as he became an MLA in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, after his victory from Ramanagara in the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. D. K. Suresh of Congress won the Lok Sabha seat in the by-election.

State  | Constituency  | Name of elected M.P.  | Party affiliation

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Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

(resigned on 29 November 2010)

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Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

(elected on 13 May 2011)

|  | YSR Congress Party
Nellore | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

(resigned on 28 February 2012)

|  | Indian National Congress
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

(elected on 15 June 2012)

|  | YSR Congress Party
Bihar | Maharajganj | Umashankar Singh

(died on 24 January 2013)

|  | Rashtriya Janata Dal
Prabhunath Singh

(elected on 5 June 2013)

|  | Rashtriya Janata Dal
Banka | Digvijay Singh

(died on 24 June 2010)

|  | Independent politician
Putul Kumari

(elected on 24 November 2010)

|  | Independent politician
Chhattisgarh | Bastar (ST)  | Baliram Kashyap

(died on 10 March 2011)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Dinesh Kashyap

(elected on 13 May 2011)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Gujarat | Banaskantha | Mukesh Gadhvi

(died on 1 March 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Haribhai Chaudhary

(elected on 5 June 2013)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Porbandar | Vitthalbhai Radadiya

(resigned on 3 January 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Vitthalbhai Radadiya

(elected on 5 June 2013)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Haryana | Hisar | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi

(died on 3 June 2011)

|  | Haryana Janhit Congress
Kuldeep Bishnoi

(elected on 17 October 2011)

|  | Haryana Janhit Congress
Himachal Pradesh | Mandi | Virbhadra Singh

(resigned on 1 January 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Pratibha Singh

(elected on 30 June 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | Arjun Munda

(resigned on 26 February 2011)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Ajoy Kumar

(elected on 4 July 2011)

|  | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
Karnataka | Udupi-Chikkamagaluru | D. V. Sadananda Gowda

(resigned on 29 December 2011)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
K. Jayaprakash Hegde

(elected on 21 March 2012)

|  | Indian National Congress
Mandya | N. Chaluvaraya Swamy

(resigned on 21 May 2013)

|  | Janata Dal
Divya Spandana

(elected on 24 August 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Bengaluru Rural | H. D. Kumaraswamy

(resigned on 21 May 2013)

|  | Janata Dal
D. K. Suresh

(elected on 24 August 2013)

|  | Indian National Congress
Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad | Akhilesh Yadav

(resigned on 26 May 2009)

|  | Samajwadi Party
Raj Babbar

(elected on 10 November 2009)

|  | Indian National Congress
Kannauj | Akhilesh Yadav

(resigned on 2 May 2012)

|  | Samajwadi Party
Dimple Yadav

(elected on 9 June 2012)

|  | Samajwadi Party
Uttarakhand | Tehri Garhwal | Vijay Bahuguna

(resigned on 23 July 2012)

|  | Indian National Congress
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

(elected on 13 October 2012)

|  | Bharatiya Janata Party
West Bengal | Jangipur | Pranab Mukherjee

(resigned on 25 July 2012)

|  | Indian National Congress
Abhijit Mukherjee

(elected on 13 October 2012)

|  | Indian National Congress
Kolkata Dakshin | Mamata Banerjee

(resigned on 9 October 2011)

|  | All India Trinamool Congress
Subrata Bakshi

(elected on 4 December 2011)

|  | All India Trinamool Congress
Howrah | Ambica Banerjee

(died on 25 April 2013)

|  | All India Trinamool Congress
Prasun Banerjee

(elected on 5 June 2013)

|  | All India Trinamool Congress

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## External links

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