By IANS,
New Delhi : Number of MPs in the lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, Friday – 543. Effective Strength – 542 (Excluding P.C Thomas, Kerala Congress-J barred from voting by the Kerala High Court.)
Total UPA – 264
Congress – 153
SP – 35
RJD – 24
DMK – 15*
NCP – 11
PMK – 6
JMM – 5**
LJP – 4
RLD – 3**
PDP – 1
Muslim League – 1
RPI – 1
SDF – 1
TRS (A. Narendra) – 1
NLP – 1
BNP – 1
KC – 1
Total – 264
* Minus Dayanidhi Maran
** Not in the UPA bag yet but likely to stay
What the UPA is banking on (to either abstain or switch in its favour)
JD-S – 3
NC – 2
AIMIM – 1
NPF – 1
MNF – 1
TMC – 1
Independents – 3
Dayanidhi Maran – 1
Total – 13
Total NDA – 170
BJP – 130
Shiv Sena -12
BJD – 11
JD(U) – 8
SAD – 8
Independent- 1
Total – 170
Left parties
CPI-M – 42 (Excluding Speaker Somnath Chatterjee)
CPI – 10
AIFB – 3
RSP – 3
Independent – 1 (Sebastian Paul)
Total -59
Total UNPA
TDP – 5
AGP – 2
Independent – 1
Others – MDMK, BSP, TRS SP
MDMK -4
BSP -17
TRS – 3
SP – 4 (Not known)