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Revision note: Parliament: Composition, Membership and Presiding Officers

  • Parliament = President + RS + LS (Arts 79–122)
  • RS: max 250 (238 + 12 nominated); now 245; permanent; 1/3 retire every 2 years; 6-year term; age 30; Fourth Schedule seats
  • LS: max 550; now 543; FPTP; age 25; 5-year term; seat freeze till first census after 2026
  • 104th Amdt: Anglo-Indian nomination ended; SC/ST reservation till 2030; 106th Amdt: 1/3 seats for women after delimitation
  • Art 102 disqualification – President on EC's opinion; defection – Speaker/Chairman (Kihoto Hollohan)
  • Lily Thomas 2013: immediate disqualification on conviction (2+ years)
  • Speaker: money bill certificate final; casting vote; presides joint sitting; quorum 1/10
  • RS special: Art 249 (State List), Art 312 (AIS)
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