--- title: "what is the maximum strength of Lok sabha?" description: "what is the maximum strength of Lok sabha?" author: "Abhay Srivastava" published: 2017-12-26 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32010/what-is-the-maximum-strength-of-lok-sabha category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # what is the maximum strength of Lok sabha? what is the maximum [strength](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85546/beyond-borders-sardar-patel-s-unifying-spirit-and-india-s-strength) of Lok sabha? ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **The Constitution of India allocates a maximum strength of 552 members to the House. The house currently has 545 seats, which are filled by the election of up to 543 members elected and up to 2 nominated Anglo-Indian Community members by the President of India.** The [Lok Sabha, or House of People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha), is India's legislature Parliament's lower chamber, while the Rajya Sabha is the house of representatives. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by mature democratic elections and a first-past-the-post method to govern their regions, and they operate for 5 years or until the President dissolves the body on the recommendation of the council of ministers. The [parliament](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40816/what-were-reasons-that-the-colonists-protested-the-new-acts-passed-by-parliament) gathers in the Sansad Bhavan's Lok Sabha Chambers in Delhi. \ The [Indian Constitution](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72338/which-indian-state-was-formed-on-linguistic-basis-first-time-in-indian-history) stipulates that the House of Commons has a total of 550 members (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). There are now 543 seats in the House of Representatives, which are managed by choosing up to 543 people at a time. The [President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93607/what-do-you-know-about-the-life-of-shri-ram-nath-kovind-ji-president-of-india) selected two additional Anglo-Indians on the suggestion of the Government of India between 1952 and 2020, a practice that was discontinued in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. The Lok Sabha has a strength of 550 people. \ **Also Read**: [**When was the first session of lok sabha held?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32047/when-was-the-first-session-of-lok-sabha-held) \ Representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have 131 seats (24.03 percent) reserved. A majority in the House is defined as 10% of the total membership. Unless sooner dissolved, the [Lok Sabha](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92943/who-was-the-first-woman-present-union-budget-in-lok-sabha) will continue to assemble for the next five years from the date set for its first meeting. However, while a declaration of crisis is in effect, Parliament can prolong the duration by law or order. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32010/what-is-the-maximum-strength-of-lok-sabha Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.