6th Lok Sabha

6th Lok Sabha
6th Lok Sabha
	Sansad Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India
Overview
Legislative body	Indian Parliament
Election	1977 Indian general election

The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.^[1] 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election.^[2]

Morarji desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha.

Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 till 14 January 1980, till the formation of next 7th Lok Sabha after the 1980 Indian general election.

Important members

Speaker:
- N. Sanjiva Reddy from 26 March 1977 to 13 July 1977
- K. S. Hegde from 21 July 1977 to 21 January 1980
Deputy Speaker:
- Godey Murahari from 1 April 1977 to 22 August 1979
Secretary General:
- Avtar Singh Rikhy from 18 June 1977 to 31 December 1983

Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below^[3]-

S.No.	Party Name	Number of MPs
1	Janata Party (Janata Party)	295
2	Indian National Congress (INC)	154
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	22
4	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)	18
5	Akali Dal (Akali Dal)	9
6	Independent (Ind.)	9
7	Communist Party (CP)	7
8	Unattached (Unattached)	5
9	Peasants and Workers Party of India (PAWPI)	5
10	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)	4
11	All India Forward Bloc(AIFB)	3
12	Kerala Congress (KC)	2
13	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	2
14	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)	2
15	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	2
16	Jharkhand Party (Jharkhand)	1
17	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)	1
	TOTAL	542

Prime Minister	Morarji Desai	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

Leader of the Opposition	C.M. Stephen	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

Ministry	Minister	Term
Agriculture	Surjit Singh Barnala	1977–1979
Defence	Jagjivan Ram	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
External Affairs	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 28 July 1979 – 13 January 1980
Finance	Haribhai M. Patel	24 March 1977 – 24 January 1979
Home Affairs	Charan Singh Morarji Desai	24 March 1977 – 1 July 1978 1 July 1978 – 28 July 1979
Information and Broadcasting	L.K.Advani	1977-1979
Law and Justice	Shanti Bhushan Hans Raj Khanna	1977-1979 1979
Railways	Madhu Dandavate	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Education	Pratap Chandra Chunder	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

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^ "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Sixth Lok Sabha Party wise list". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.