India General Elections 2014

he Parliament of India, the highest legislative body in the country, is a representative of the diverse sections of the country. The members who are elected to the Parliament, represent the concerns of specific geographic constituencies, as well as the different sections of the population such as the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other communities such as the Anglo-Indian community. The Anglo-Indian community being a minority population, the community is not adequately represented in the Parliament. Since India follows a bicameral legislature where members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people of the country, members from the Anglo-Indian community, are mostly not elected. In such cases, the President of India nominates two members from this community as MPs in the Lok Sabha. Therefore, in the upcoming elections to the sixteenth Lok Sabha tenure, elections will be held to 543 constituencies of India, while two seats will be reserved for nominations from the Anglo-Indian community.