Question

Which party secured the maximum number of seats in the 15th Lok Sabha ?
A.BSP
B. SP
C.INC
D.BJP

Answer 1

Hint: House of the People is the other name of Lok Sabha. The upper house is called Rajyasabha. The maximum number of seats of the House allotted is \[552\] provided by the Constitution of India. Totally $131$ seats are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes . \[10%\] of the total membership is a quorum for the House.

Complete answer:
 The people of India directly elected the Members of the Lok Sabha. Under two provisions of the Constitution, each state is classified into territorial constituencies. The election commission of India arranges, supervises. It conducts elections to the Lok sabha. Electing the members of the Lok Sabha by ”Universal Adult Franchise”. All Indian citizens above eighteen years of age who are registered as voters and have the right to vote for their representatives in the Lok Sabha elections. From $16$ th April $2009$ and $13$th May \[2009\], the $15$th Lok Sabha elections were held in five phases. Majority of seats obtained Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha led the united progressive alliance. Dr. Manmohan Singh was the leader of the INC as the prime minister. Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh will have five-phased polls and Bihar will have four-phased elections. Three phased polls held in Maharashtra and West Bengal will witness and then Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa. Punjab will have two phases of elections. One-day polling in the remaining $15$ states and seven union territories. The Indian National Congress is called INC and was founded in $1885$. Sonia Gandhi is the president of the INC party.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Qualifications of Lok sabha elections are He / She should not be less than $25$years of old. His or Her name is registered in the electoral rolls in any part of the country. Functions of the Lok sabha are any bill that can be introduced in the Lok Sabha and passed in the Lok sabha. Lok Sabha has equal power as Rajya sabha in passing any bill for a constitutional amendment.