UPSC Prelims 2017 · GS Paper 1 · Q76

Polity

Medium · Parliament: Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Consider the following statements regarding elections and Parliament in India:

1. A candidate must secure at least 50 percent of the votes polled in a constituency to be declared elected to the Lok Sabha.

2. The Constitution explicitly provides that the office of Speaker goes to a member of the majority party and the office of Deputy Speaker goes to a member of the Opposition.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?