After assuming the charge of the PM post, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first cabinet meeting today i.e. on 10th June. In which PM Narendra Modi has approved many decisions related to farmers, providing housing to the poor and many other decisions. But after the Lok Sabha, do you know when the Rajya Sabha elections are held and what is the real name of the Rajya Sabha? Today we will tell you what is the real name of the Rajya Sabha and why it is not used in colloquial language.
How many MPs in the Lok Sabha?
Let us tell you that at present there are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. On which the people of the country have elected 543 MPs and sent them to the Lok Sabha. Let us tell you that the tenure of the members of the Rajya Sabha is 6 years and the Rajya Sabha is never dissolved. There are 250 members in the Rajya Sabha. Out of these, 238 members are elected, while the remaining 12 members are nominated by the President. How many Rajya Sabha members will be from which state, it is decided on the basis of the population of that state.
Rajya Sabha
The history of the Rajya Sabha dates back to 1919. At that time, an upper house was formed in British India. It was then called Council of State. After independence, Rajya Sabha was formed on 3 April 1952. After this, on 23 August 1954, its name was changed from Council of State to Rajya Sabha. However, officially it is still called Upper House or Upper House. But in common language, people never call it Upper House. Most people know it by the name of Rajya Sabha.
How many seats do states have?
The seats of states in Rajya Sabha are determined separately. Let us tell you that Andhra Pradesh (total number of seats – 11), Arunachal Pradesh (total number of seats – 1), Assam (total number of seats – 7), Bihar (total number of seats – 16), Chhattisgarh (total number of seats – 5), Goa (total number of seats – 1), Gujarat (total number of seats – 11), Haryana (total number of seats – 5), Himachal Pradesh (total number of seats – 3), Jammu and Kashmir (total number of seats – 4), Jharkhand (total number of seats – 6), Karnataka (total number of seats – 12), Kerala (total number of seats – 9), Madhya Pradesh (total number of seats – 11), Maharashtra (total number of seats – 19), Manipur (total number of seats – 1), Meghalaya (total number of seats – 1), Mizoram (total number of seats – 1), Nagaland (total number of seats – 1), Odisha (total number of seats – 10), Punjab (total number of seats – 7), Rajasthan (total number of seats – 10), Sikkim (total number of seats – 1), Tamil Nadu (total number of seats – 18), Telangana (total number of seats – 7), Tripura (total number of seats – 1), Uttar Pradesh (total number of seats – 31), Uttarakhand (total number of seats – 3), West Bengal (total number of seats – 16).
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