Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha

Two seats are reserved in the Lok Sabha for members of the Anglo-Indian community.^[1]

History

Anglo-Indians are the only community that has its own representatives nominated to the Lok Sabha (Lower House) in India's Parliament. This right was secured from Jawaharlal Nehru by Frank Anthony, the first and longtime president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association. The community is represented by two members. This is done because the community has no native state of its own. States like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Kerala also have a nominated member each in their respective State Legislatures.

Henry Gidney was a nominated member of the Central Legislative Assembly under the 'Special Interests/Anglo-Indian' category in the 1920, 1923, 1926, 1930, and 1934 elections.

Keys: BJP (2)

Constituency	Name of Nominated MP	Party affiliation	Home state of MP
Anglo-Indian Community	George Baker	Bharatiya Janata Party	West Bengal
Anglo-Indian Community	Richard Hay	Bharatiya Janata Party	Kerala

The following is a list of members nominated for the seats after each election.^[2]

Key

Independent INC Janata Party Janata Dal Samta Party BJP

	Members	Party
1951-2	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Independent
1957	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Independent Parliamentary Group Independent (IPG)
1962	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Independent Parliamentary Group Independent (IPG)
1967	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Independent Parliamentary Group Independent (IPG)
1971	Frank Anthony Marjorie Godfrey	Nominated United Independent Parliamentary Group
1977	A. E. T. Barrow Rudolph Rodrigues	Independent Janata Party
1980	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Indian National Congress
1984	Frank Anthony A. E. T. Barrow	Indian National Congress
1989	Joss Fernandez Paul Mantosh	Janata Dal
1991	Frank Anthony (until 1993) Robert E Williams Sheila F Irani (1995-1996)	Indian National Congress
1996	Neil O'Brien Hedwig Rego	Indian National Congress
1998	Beatrix D'Souza Neville Foley	Samta Party
1999	Beatrix D'Souza Denzil B Atkinson	Samta Party Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Ingrid McLeod Francis Fanthome	Indian National Congress
2009	Ingrid McLeod Charles Dias	Indian National Congress
2014	George Baker Richard Hay	Bharatiya Janata Party

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