2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election

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Needed to win: Majority of votes cast
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Candidate  | Om Birla | Kodikunnil Suresh
Party  | BJP | INC
Alliance  | NDA | I.N.D.I.A
Leader's seat  | Kota | Mavelikara

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| Incumbent Speaker

Om Birla
BJP

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The 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker election in India will be held on 26 June 2024 to elect the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. It is the fourth Lok Sabha Speaker election in India after 1952, 1967, and 1976 elections.[1][a][2] Usually, Lok Sabha speakers are selected by consensus among political parties without conducting an election. Incumbent Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla of the BJP will be contesting against Kodikunnil Suresh of the INC.

## History[edit]

In 1952, G. V. Mavalankar and Shankar Shantaram More contested for the post, with the former winning with 394 votes, with only five MPs opposing. In 1967, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Tenneti Viswanadham contested, with the former winning with 278 votes, while 207 members voted against him. In 1976, Bali Ram Bhagat won against Jagannathrao Joshi with 344 votes in his favour and 58 voting against him.[1] Usually, Lok Sabha Speakers are selected without a formal election with a consensus among the political parties to elect the Speaker. The Opposition parties were demanding the post of Deputy Speaker as per the convention for their support to the NDA Candidate. Allegedly, the demand was not met. Leading the opposition to run their candidate for election for the post of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.[3]

## Election Process[edit]

Newly elected Members of Parliament from the Lok Sabha elect the Speaker among themselves. The Speaker should be someone who understands how the Lok Sabha functions and the speaker should be someone accepted among the ruling and opposition parties.

After the general elections, the President of India notifies the first meeting of the Lok Sabha as well as the date for the election of the Speaker. Generally either on the day of the election of the Speaker of a day before it, the Prime Minister or the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs proposes the name of the candidate. Any other candidate may also submit their names however, until now, all elections of Lok Sabha speakers have been unanimous.[4][5][6] If only one name is proposed, the Speaker is elected without any formal vote. However, if more than one nomination is received, a division (vote) is called. The successful candidate is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha.[7]

## Election Schedule[edit]

S.No.  | Event | Date | Day

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1\.  | Date of making Nominations  | 25 June 2024  | Tuesday
2\.  | Date of Election and Result  | 26 June 2024  | Wednesday

## See Also[edit]

* 2024 Indian General Election

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Banakar, Pushkar; Henry, Nikhila (June 25, 2024). "Three previous Speaker elections: in first Lok Sabha, post-Emergency". The Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
2. ^ PTI (June 18, 2024). "Lok Sabha Speaker chosen by consensus since Independence". BusinessLine. Retrieved June 25, 2024. "The post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly witnessed a contest on six occasions between 1925 and 1946."
3. ^ "Congress' Kodikunnil Suresh files nomination for LS Speaker post, forcing first-ever contest since 1946". Onmanorama. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
4. ^ "Election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Nomination of Panel of Chairpersons" (PDF). 164.100.47.194. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
5. ^ "The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha". speakerloksabha.nic.in. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
6. ^ "Lok Sabha Speaker elected without contest since Independence".
7. ^ "Congress' Kodikunnil Suresh files nomination for LS Speaker post, forcing first-ever contest since 1946". Onmanorama. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 6 elections were held to elect speakers of Central Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1946.