Top Members of Parliament(MPs) by Parliamentary Performance

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In the 15th Lok Sabha, MPs participated in 18, 121 debates, asked 1,43,635 Questions and introduced 371 private member Bills.

Top MPs by Debates Participated

Arjun Ram Meghwal from the Bikaner constituency of Rajasthan participated in 430 debates, which is the highest number of debates participated in by any MP in the 15th Lok Sabha. Shailendra Kumar from the Kaushambi constituency of Uttar Pradesh participated in 353 debates while P.L. Punia from Barabanki constituency of Uttar Pradesh participated in 289 debates. 164 MPs participated in less than 10 debates during the term of the 15th Lok Sabha. Of these, 41 participated in zero debates.

Most Debates Participated In

Name	State	Constituency	Party	Debates
Arjun Ram Meghwal	Rajasthan	Bikaner	Bharatiya Janata Party	430
Shailendra Kumar	Uttar Pradesh	Kaushambi	Samajwadi Party	353
P.L. Punia	Uttar Pradesh	Barabanki	Indian National Congress	289
Bhartruhari Mahtab	Orissa	Cuttack	Biju Janata Dal	234
Virendra Kumar	Madhya Pradesh	Tikamgarh	Bharatiya Janata Party	200
Jagdambika Pal	Uttar Pradesh	Domariyaganj	Indian National Congress	191
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	Bihar	Vaishali	Rashtriya Janata Dal	179
Mahendrasinh Pruthvisinh Chauhan	Gujarat	Sabarkantha	Bharatiya Janata Party	174
Rajendra Agrawal	Uttar Pradesh	Meerut	Bharatiya Janata Party	172
S.S. Ramasubbu	Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli	Indian National Congress	171

Top MPs by Questions Asked

Anandrao Adsul from the Amravati constituency of Maharashtra asked 1266 questions, which is the highest number of questions asked by any MP in the 15th Lok Sabha. Gajanan Dharmshi Babar from the Maval constituency of Maharashtra asked 1176 questions, while Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad constituency of Andhra Pradesh asked 1129 questions. 63 MPs asked zero questions in the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha.

Most Questions Asked

Name	State	Constituency	Party	Questions
Anandrao Adsul	Maharashtra	Amravati	Shiv Sena	1266
Gajanan Dharmshi Babar	Maharashtra	Maval	Shiv Sena	1176
Asaduddin Owaisi	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimmen	1129
Pradeep Kumar Majhi	Orissa	Nabarangpur	Indian National Congress	1101
Shivaji Adhalrao Patil	Maharashtra	Shirur	Shiv Sena	1082
S.S. Ramasubbu	Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli	Indian National Congress	1063
Eknath Mahadeo Gaikwad	Maharashtra	Mumbai-South-Central	Indian National Congress	1020
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Maharashtra	Chandrapur	Bharatiya Janata Party	1005
Dharmendra Yadav	Uttar Pradesh	Badaun	Samajwadi Party	973
Prabhakar Ponnam	Andhra Pradesh	Karimnagar	Indian National Congress	935

Top MPs by Private Member Bills

The highest number of Private Member Bills were introduced by Hansraj Gangadhar Ahir from the Chandrapur constituency of Maharashtra. He has introduced 31 private member Bills in the 15th Lok Sabha. Jai Prakash Agarwal from the North East Delhi constituency of Delhi has introduced 23 private member Bills while Arjun Ram Meghwal from the Bikaner constituency of Rajasthan has introduced 20 private member Bills. 437 MPs introduced zero private member Bills during the 15th Lok Sabha.

Most Private Member Bills Introduced

Name	State	Constituency	Party	Private Member Bills
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Maharashtra	Chandrapur	Bharatiya Janata Party	31
Jai Prakash Agarwal	Delhi	North East Delhi	Indian National Congress	23
Arjun Ram Meghwal	Rajasthan	Bikaner	Bharatiya Janata Party	20
Mahendrasinh Pruthvisinh Chauhan	Gujarat	Sabarkantha	Bharatiya Janata Party	18
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	West Bengal	Baharampur	Indian National Congress	18
Rajagopal Lagadapati	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	Indian National Congress	12
Baijayant Jay Panda	Orissa	Kendrapara	Biju Janata Dal	12
P.L. Punia	Uttar Pradesh	Barabanki	Indian National Congress	11
Bhola Singh	Bihar	Nawada	Bharatiya Janata Party	10
Kirit Premjibhai Solanki	Gujarat	Ahmedabad West	Bharatiya Janata Party	10
A.T. Nana Patil	Maharashtra	Jalgaon	Bharatiya Janata Party	10

Top MPs by Attendance

110 MPs had an attendance of over 90% in Parliament. K. P. Dhanapalan from the Chalakudy constituency of Kerala and Ramesh Kumar from the South Delhi constituency of Delhi had a hundred percent attendance. D.K. Suresh from the Bangalore Rural constituency of Karnataka and Pratibha Singh from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh also have a hundred percent attendance, but were elected in 2013. 42 MPs had an attendance of less than 50%.

Members of Parliament have four important responsibilities: to pass laws, ensure that the government performs its duties satisfactorily, represent the views and aspirations of the people of their constituency in Parliament and to approve and oversee the financial proposals of the government. Debates, Questions and Private Member Bills are important mechanisms by which MPs fulfil their responsibilities. Attendance during Parliament Sessions also indicates an MPs commitment to give effect to his role.

Please note: This data excludes Ministers as Ministers represent the government in debates, and they do not sign the attendance register, ask questions, or introduce private member bills. Source: PRS Legislative Research

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This article was posted on March 29, 2014.

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