List of Lok Sabha Speakers of India 2021

Today we will read the list of Lok Sabha Speaker of India on the platform of Edumate Online, Below is the Lok Sabha Speaker List 2021 and complete information about his tenure.

The lower house of the Indian Parliament is called the Lok Sabha, a Speaker is appointed to hold its office. After the Lok Sabha meets, the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker are elected. Shri GV Mavalankar was elected as the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in India. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha at present is Shri Om Birla ji, he is the 17th Lok Sabha Speaker in the Lok Sabha Speaker's List.

List of Lok Sabha Speakers of India 2021

Below is the Lok Sabha Speakers List 2021 which are as follows:

Name of Speaker of Lok Sabha	Tenure (from when)	Tenure (for how long)
Mr. GV Mavalankar	15 May 1952	27 February 1956
Mr. M.A. Iyengar	08 March 1956	10 May 1957
	11 May 1957	16 April 1962
Sardar Hukam Singh	17 April 1962	16 March 1967
Mr. N Sanjeeva Reddy	17 March 1967	19 July 1969
	26 March 1977	13 July 1977
Mr. GS Dhillon	08 August 1969	17 March 1971
	22 March 1971	01 December 1975
Mr. Bali Ram Bhagat	15 January 1976	25 March 1977
Mr. Of. s. Hegde	21 July 1977	21 January 1980
Mr. Balram Jakhar	22 January 1980	15 January 1985
	16 January 1985	18 December 1989
Mr. Ravi Rai	19 December 1989	09 July 1991
Mr. Shivraj V Patil	10 July 1991	22 May 1996
Mr. P. A. Sangma	23 May 1996	23 March 1998
Mr. GM Balayogi	24 March 1998	19 October 1999
	22 October 1999	03 March 2002
Mr. Manohar Joshi	10 May 2002	02 June 2004
Mr. Somnath Chatterjee	04 June 2004	31 May 2009
Mrs. Meira Kumar	04 June 2009	04 June 2014
Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan	06 June 2014	16 June 2019
Shri Om Birla	18 June 2019	till date

Major Functions of Lok Sabha Speaker |

Following are the main functions of the Lok Sabha Speaker:

• The responsibility of the Lok Sabha House of Parliament lies with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha runs the Lok Sabha House smoothly and well.
• It is the head of the Lok Sabha House, who handles the work of the Lok Sabha well.
• The Speaker of the Lok Sabha presides over the joint session of the Parliament, in which the Speaker of the Lok Sabha has a major participation.
• The election of a money bill or whether a bill will be a money bill or not is also in the hands of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• Any adjournment motion presented on any subject is moved only with the permission of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Qualifications for Members of Lok Sabha 

• To become a member of the Lok Sabha, first of all that person must be a citizen of India.
• For a member of the Lok Sabha, his age should be 25 years and above 25 years.
• The person has not been declared insane or bankrupt.
• The tenure of the members of the Lok Sabha is generally fixed at 5 years.
• Apart from this, the person should not hold any office of profit under the State Government or the Government of India.

Some Important Facts Related to Lok Sabha

• The Lok Sabha is called the lower house of the Parliament.
• When the original constitution was proposed in the Lok Sabha, the number of members was fixed at 500, but now its strength has increased and has increased to 545 members. Under the provision of the original constitution, the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha could be 552.
• In the Lok Sabha, 530 members can be elected from the state constituencies and 20 members can be elected from the union territories, apart from this 2 members can be selected from the Angla Indian community.
• Outer Delhi is considered to be the Lok Sabha constituency with the largest number of voters.
• Ladakh is considered to be the largest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of area. The area here is approximately 1,73,266.37.
• The Lok Sabha constituency with the lowest voter turnout is considered to be Lakshadeep.
• The members of the Lok Sabha are collectively responsible to the Council of Ministers.