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How many Lok Sabha constituencies are there in India?
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How many Lok Sabha constituencies are there in India?

A.

553

B.

523

C.

543

D.

533

Correct option is C

There are 543 Lok Sabha constituencies in India. Lok Sabha, or the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers.
The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552.
The new parliament has a seating capacity of 888 for Lok Sabha.
Note - Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.

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