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New government's first job to elect Lok Sabha speaker

New Delhi: The election of the speaker and appointment of pro-term speaker will be the first job before the newly elected parliamentarians after the Lok Sabha results are declared Friday.Lok Sabha Secretary General P. Sreedharan

In the outgoing house, Congress member Manikrao Gavit, who was into his ninth Lok Sabha term, was appointed the pro-term speaker.

Communist Party of India-Marxist member Basudeb Acharia will be the longest-serving member in the 16th Lok Sabha, if he is re-elected. Acharia also was into his ninth term in the outgoing Lok Sabha.

Union minister Kamal Nath was into his eighth term in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Officials said the dates for convening the parliament session will be decided by the new government.