15th Lok Sabha

Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

OverviewLegislative bodyIndian ParliamentTerm1 June 2009 - 18 May 2014Election2009 Indian general electionGovernmentSecond Manmohan Singh ministrySovereignPresident Pratibha Patil
Pranab Mukherjee Vice President Hamid Ansari House of the People

Members545Speaker of the House Meira Kumar Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee
Sushil Kumar Shinde Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Leader of the Opposition Sushma SwarajParty controlUnited 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.

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.

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