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6th Lok Sabha
5th Lok Sabha 7th Lok Sabha
Overview
Legislative bodyIndian Parliament
Election1977 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 with the support of Indira Gandhi (Congress (I)); but resigned on 20 August 1979 since he was not ready to remove charges against Indira Gandhi and her family from the Emergency days and advised the President to dissolve the Lok Sabha. The Sixth Lok Sabha was dissolved on 22 August 1979 by the President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Charan Singh remained as the caretaker Prime Minister till 14 January 1980, the formation of the next 7th Lok Sabha following the 1980 Indian general election.

Leadership

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List of members by political party

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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

Women members

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State Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliation
Andhra Pradesh Bhadrachalam (ST) B. Radhabai Ananda Rao Indian National Congress
Assam Silchar Rashida Haque Choudhury
Gauhati Renuka Devi Barkataki Janata Party
Gujrat Amreli Jayaben Shah
Haryana Bhiwani Chandrawati
Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Ladakh Parvati Devi Indian National Congress
Karnataka Dharwad North Dr. Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi
Maharashtra Bombay North Central Ahilya Rangnekar Communist Party of India
Bombay North Mrinal Gore Janata Party
Karad Premala Chavan Indian National Congress
Nagaland Nagaland Rano M. Shaiza United Democratic Front
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Parvathi Krishnan Communist Party of India
Sivakasi Venkatasamy Jeyalakshmi Indian National Congress
Uttar Pradesh Sambhal Shanti Devi Janata Party
Phulpur Kamala Bahuguna
Jhansi Dr.Sushila Nayar
West Bengal Nabadwip (SC) Bibha Ghosh Goswami Communist Party of India
Panskura Abha Maiti Janata Party

Cabinet

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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

See also

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1977 Indian general election

References

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  1. ^ "General (6th Lok Sabha) Election Results India".
  2. ^ "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Sixth Lok Sabha Party wise list". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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