Only five of the 545 members clocked 100% attendance in the current Lok Sabha with Congress president Sonia Gandhi attending more sittings than her son Rahul Gandhi.
Bhairon Prasad Mishra, MP for Banda, Uttar Pradesh, participated in 1,468 debates and discussions, the highest, and has 100% attendance.
The other four MPs who have cent per cent attendance are BJD MP Kulmani Samal (Jagatsinghpur) and BJP MPs Gopal Shetty (North Mumbai), Kirit Solanki (Ahmedabad West) and Ramesh Chander Kaushik (Sonipat).
Note
The Current Lok Sabha being 16th and the elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014.
The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
BJP achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543
Political Party No of Members
BJP 282
INC 44
AIADMK 37
TMC 34
Others 146
Total 543
Political Party No of Members
BJP 282
INC 44
AIADMK 37
TMC 34
Others 146
Total 543
Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of independent India
There is no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% of total seats (545) in order to be considered the opposition party.
The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats.
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