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April 6, 1999

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The Lok Sabha equation

Present strength of the Lok Sabha including Speaker ………..543

Numbers required to form a Government ……………………….273

Ruling Coalition Opponents of the Government Undecided
BJP 182 Congress 139 DMK 6
AIADMK* 18 RLM 38 BSP 5
Samata Party 13 CPI-M 32 TMC 3
TDP 12 CPI 9    
BJD 9 JD 6    
Akali Dal 8 RSP 5    
Trinamul 7 RPI 4    
Shiv Sena 6 FB 2    
PMK+MDMK+TRC 8 IUML 2    
Lok Shakti 3 KC-M 1    
NC 3 Janata Party 1    
HVP+MSCP 2 PWP+ASDC+MIM+UMF SAD+SJP 6    
Arunachal Cong 2 Buta Singh 1    
Independents 4 INLD (Chautala) 4    
(UP,Punjab, Assam, Mizoram) Nominated 2        
Total 279* Total 250 Total 14

* If the AIADMK withdraws support the ruling coalition will have 261 members.

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