Lok Sabha to assemblies: India's young lawmakers don't have the numbers

MPs and MLAs are typically middle aged and form a majority in most political parties

In the first Lok Sabha elections in 1951-52, the average age of Members of Parliament (MP) was 46.5. As many as 82 MPs were below the age of 35, the highest such number in history and meaning that almost one in every six of them was under 35. It was the second youngest Lok Sabha.

 

The House has aged. In the present 18th Lok Sabha of 543 elected members, only one in every 20 MPs is younger than 35. Samajwadi Party leader Pushpendra Saroj, who represents Kaushambi constituency, is the youngest MP at age 25. (There are 25 MPs aged