Introduction
The article Lok Sabha Speakers present the list of Lok Sabha Speakers from 1952-2018 in India. This article plays a prominent role in GA/GK preparation in many competitive exams.
Speakers
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. Serving for a term of five years, the Speaker chosen from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha, and is by convention a member of the ruling party or alliance.
The current speaker is Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is presiding over the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the second woman to hold the office, after her immediate predecessor Meira Kumar.
Below table contains the list of Lok Sabha Speakers.
| Name | From | To | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar | 15 May 1952 | 27 February 1956 | Indian National Congress |
| M. A. Ayyangar | 8 March 1956 | 10 May 1957 | Indian National Congress |
| Sardar Hukam Singh | 11 May 1957 | 16 April 1962 | Indian National Congress |
| 17 April 1962 | 16 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 17 March 1967 | 19 July 1969 | Indian National Congress |
| Gurdial Singh Dhillon | 8 August 1969 | 19 March 1971 | Indian National Congress |
| 22 March 1971 | 1 December 1975 | Indian National Congress | |
| Bali Ram Bhagat | 15 January 1976 | 25 March 1977 | Indian National Congress |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 26 March 1977 | 13 July 1977 | Janata Party |
| K. S. Hegde | 21 July 1977 | 21 January 1980 | Janata Party |
| Balram Jakhar | 22 January 1980 | 27 October 1984 | Indian National Congress |
| 16 January 1985 | 18 December 1989 | Indian National Congress | |
| Rabi Ray | 19 December 1989 | 9 July 1991 | Janata Dal |
| Shivraj Patil | 10 July 1991 | 22 May 1996 | Indian National Congress |
| P. A. Sangma | 23 May 1996 | 23 March 1998 | Indian National Congress |
| G. M. C. Balayogi | 24 March 1998 | 19 October 1999 | Telugu Desam Party |
| 22 October 1999 | 3 March 2002 | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Manohar Joshi | 10 May 2002 | 2 June 2004 | Shiv Sena |
| Somnath Chatterjee | 4 June 2004 | 31 May 2009 | Communist Party of India |
| Meira Kumar | 4 June 2009 | 4 June 2014 | Indian National Congress |
| Sumitra Mahajan | 5 June 2014 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party |