SPEAKER (LOK SABHA)

About: 

• Election of Speaker:
  • In the Lok Sabha both Presiding Officers—the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker- are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the House.
    
    
  • As such, no specific qualifications are prescribed for being elected the Speaker. The Constitution only requires that Speaker should be a member of the House.
    
    
  
  
  
• Term of Office:
  • The Speaker holds office from the date of his election till immediately before the first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the dissolution of the one to which he was elected.
    
    
  • He is eligible for re-election.
    
    
  • On the dissolution of the Lok Sabha, although the Speaker ceases to be a member of the House, he does not vacate his office.
    
    
  • The Speaker may, at any time, resign from office by writing under his hand to the Deputy Speaker.
    
    
  • The Speaker can be removed from office only on a resolution of the House passed by a majority of all the then members of the House.