Lok Sabha Speaker elected without contest since Independence. Full details here

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Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the first such instance in the history of Independent India as the presiding officer has always been chosen by a consensus.Elections to the post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council - the legislature of British India, were held for the first time on August 24, 1925 when Swaraj Party nominee Vitthalbhai J Patel won the coveted post against T Rangachariar.Patel, the first non-official member to be elected as the Speaker, won the maiden election with a narrow margin of two votes. Patel had polled 58 votes against 56 garnered by Rangachariar.Also Read: Will INDIA bloc get the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker post? Explained in 5 PointsBuoyed by its increased strength in the Lok Sabha, the opposition INDIA bloc is now aggressively demanding the post of the Deputy Speaker, which by convention is held by a member of an opposition party."We will force a contest for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker if the government does not agree to have an opposition leader as Deputy Speaker," a senior Congress leader said.The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker elected.The INDIA bloc won 233 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats to retain power for the third consecutive term.