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After Uttar Pradesh, which state has the second-highest number of Lok Sabha seats?

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Answer: Option A — Maharashtra

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Maharashtra has 48 seats in the Lok Sabha, the second-highest number after Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 seats.

Lok Sabha seats of the largest states:

  • Uttar Pradesh: 80.
  • Maharashtra: 48.
  • West Bengal: 42.
  • Bihar: 40.
  • Tamil Nadu: 39.
  • Madhya Pradesh: 29.
  • Karnataka: 28.
  • Gujarat: 26.
  • Andhra Pradesh: 25.
  • Rajasthan: 25.

About the Lok Sabha:

  • It is the lower house of Parliament, also called the "House of the People".
  • The Constitution (Article 81) allows a maximum of 550 elected members (530 from states and 20 from Union Territories).
  • At present, it has 543 elected seats.

Earlier, the President could nominate two members of the Anglo-Indian community (Article 331). This provision ended in January 2020 after the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.

Members are directly elected for a term of five years, unless the house is dissolved earlier.

Seats are allotted to states in proportion to their population. The allocation is still based on the 1971 Census; the 42nd Amendment (1976) froze it until 2001, and the 84th Amendment (2001) extended the freeze until the first census after 2026.

Seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47).

The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (106th Amendment, 2023) provides for one-third reservation for women, to come into effect after the next census and delimitation.

States and UTs with only one Lok Sabha seat include Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, and the UTs of Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The largest constituency by area is Ladakh; the smallest is Chandni Chowk (Delhi).

About the Rajya Sabha:

It has a maximum of 250 members (238 elected by state legislatures and 12 nominated by the President). It currently has 245 seats.

Uttar Pradesh has the most Rajya Sabha seats (31), followed by Maharashtra (19) and Tamil Nadu (18).

Why not the other options?

  • ✗West Bengal has 42 seats (third).
  • ✗Bihar has 40 seats (fourth).
  • ✗Tamil Nadu has 39 seats (fifth).

Quick tip

Remember: Lok Sabha seats: UP 80, Maharashtra 48, West Bengal 42, Bihar 40, Tamil Nadu 39; total elected = 543; Anglo-Indian nomination ended by the 104th Amendment (2020); Rajya Sabha: UP 31, Maharashtra 19.

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