Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the second-highest presiding officer of India’s lower house of Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings in the absence of the Speaker.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy Lok Sabha ⓘ
associatedWith Government of India ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of India ⓘ
canActAs Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the Speaker's absence ⓘ
canBeFromOpposition true ⓘ
chamber Lok Sabha ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article 93 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electedBy members of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
electionMethod election by members of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
eligibility must be a member of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
firstHolder M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar ⓘ
governingRules Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver proceedings of the Lok Sabha when presiding ⓘ
hasDeputy normally none ⓘ
inauguralHolderTermStart 1952 ⓘ
isNonJudicial true ⓘ
isParliamentaryPresidingOfficer true ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
legislativeBody Lok Sabha ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
mayChair committees of the Lok Sabha when designated ⓘ
meetsIn Lok Sabha Chamber, Parliament House, New Delhi ⓘ
nativeName लोक सभा के उपाध्यक्ष ⓘ
officeEstablished 1952 ⓘ
officeLocation Parliament House, New Delhi ⓘ
partOf Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India ⓘ
positionInGovernment second-highest presiding officer of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
precedence ranks below the Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
relatedOffice Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
removalMethod resolution of the Lok Sabha passed by a majority of all the then members ⓘ
reportsTo Lok Sabha ⓘ
responsibility conducting proceedings of the Lok Sabha in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ
ensuring orderly conduct of business in the Lok Sabha when presiding ⓘ
interpreting and enforcing rules of procedure of the Lok Sabha when presiding ⓘ
presiding over sittings of the Lok Sabha when the Speaker is absent ⓘ
seat New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
selectionFrequency elected each Lok Sabha term ⓘ
style The Honourable ⓘ
symbol Emblem of India ⓘ
termLength co-terminous with the term of the Lok Sabha unless removed earlier ⓘ
typeOfRole parliamentary leadership role ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha → relatedPosition → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → equivalentOffice → Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Article 93 of the Constitution of India → relatesToOffice → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha → governsRoleOf → Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha → nativeName → लोक सभा के उपाध्यक्ष ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Deputy Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly → isSimilarTo → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly of India → replacedBy → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar → positionHeld → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly → hasCounterpart → Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ