New NCERT, Std. 11, Introduction to Indian Constitution Chapter 3: Election and Representation, Page 57: India has first past the post system wherein a candidate who wins the election may not (need to) get majority (50%+1) votes. Statement #1 is wrong. Upto the 10 th Lok Sabha, both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were usually from the ruling party. Since the 11 th Lok Sabha, there has been a consensus that the Speaker comes from the ruling party (or ruling alliance) and the post of Deputy Speaker goes to the main opposition party.Meaning it's an 'informal consensus' among political parties, and not Constitutional provision. Hence #2 also wrong.