Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. Presently, Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. The "House of the People" or Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the House of the People are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009 there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. The Constitution limits the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 552 members, including no more than 20 members representing people from the Union Territories, and two appointed non-partisan members to represent the Anglo-Indian community (if the President feels that that community is not adequately represented).