The Second Manmohan Singh ministry came into existence after the general election in 2009.

The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha.

Source: Council of Ministers[1] Source: Various news organisations[2][3][4][5]The new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) included 77 members, 76 members in the cabinet plus Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The non-Congress cabinet ministers, include Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel from Nationalist Congress Party, Farooq Abdullah from National Conference and Ajit Singh from RLD.

Representation of cabinet ministers by party Representation of cabinet ministers by state Sources:[6][7][8] The approval ratings for the government from 2008 to 2013, according to Gallup polling, are given below.