15th Lok Sabha
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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Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
Election | 2009 Indian general election |
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]
Bills
During the tenure of the 15th Lok Sabha, 71% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination[4][5]
Members
- 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
- Secretary General:
- P.D.T. Achary[6]
- T. K. Viswanathan
Number of members by the alliance in Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha by political party and alliance:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
List of members by political party
Members by political party in 15th Lok Sabha are given below[14]-
Cabinet
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh | 2009–2014 |
Ministry | Minister | Term |
---|---|---|
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 | 2013-2014
2011–2013 2009 – 2011 |
External Affairs | Salman Khurshid | 2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Finance | P. Chidambaram | 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 | 2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Information and Broadcasting | Ambika Soni | 2009–2014 |
Labour and Employment | Mallikarjun Kharge | 2009–2014 |
Law and Justice | Kapil Sibal | 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 | 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 | 2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Power | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia | 2012–2014
July 2012 – Oct. 2012 2009 – 2012 |
Railways | Mallikarjun Kharge
Pawan Kumar Bansal Manmohan Singh (Additional Charge) |
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 | 2011–2014
2009 – 2011 |
Science and Technology | Jaipal Reddy | 2012–2014
2011 – 2012 2009 – 2011 |
Shipping | G.K. Vasan | 2009–2014 |
Social Justice and Empowerment | Kumari Selja | 2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Textiles | Anand Sharma | 2009–2014 |
Tourism | Chiranjeevi | 2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Tribal Affairs | V. Kishore Chandra Deo
Kantilal Bhuria |
2012–2014
2009 – 2012 |
Water Resources | Harish Rawat | 2012–2014 |
United Progressive Alliance Cabinet by party
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
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
Subsequent vacancies and by-elections
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) |
Indian National Congress | |
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

- Lok Sabha website
- List of winning candidates published by election commission of india on 17 May 2009.
- Tracking activity of MPs in Parliament