[1]Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14th Lok Sabha.

Krishna 2009 – 2012 Pranab Mukherjee 2009 – 2012 (He was elected President of India in JULY 2012) P. Chidambaram 2009 – 2012 Ashwani Kumar Salman Khurshid 2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations in Coalgate) 2009 – 2012 B.K.

Joshi Mukul Roy Dinesh Trivedi Manmohan Singh (Additional Charge) Mamata Banerjee 2013-2013 2012 – 2013 (resigned after allegations of bribery) Sept. 2012 – Oct. 2012 Mar.

2012 – Sept. 2012 2011 – 2012 May 2011 – July 2011 2009 – 2011 G.K. Vasan 2009 – 2012 Vilasrao Deshmukh 2009 – 2011 Vayalar Ravi Vilasrao Deshmukh 2011 – 2012 2009 – 2011 Mukul Wasnik 2009 – 2012 Kumari Selja 2009 – 2012 Kantilal Bhuria 2009 – 2012 Source: Various news organisations[16][17][18][19] The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 79 members, 78 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

In the case of the 15th Lok Sabha, this means that by-elections would not have been held for vacancies post June 2013, with less than a year to go for the 2014 election.