For the first time in decades, an election for the Lok Sabha Speaker`s post will take place on Wednesday due to the inability of the BJP`s ruling NDA government and the Congress-led INDIA opposition to reach to a consensus, reported news agency ANI.

Prior to this, the Lok Sabha speaker elections has happened only three times in the past history; 1952, 1967 and 1976. Traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker were elected through consensus between the ruling party and the Opposition, reported ANI.