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6th Lok Sabha

Lower house Members elected in 1977

Lower house Members elected in 1977

FieldValue
name6th Lok Sabha
imageNew Delhi government block 03-2016 img3.jpg
captionOld Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India
bodyIndian Parliament
election[1977 Indian general election](1977-indian-general-election)
before*[5th Lok Sabha](5th-lok-sabha)*
after*[7th Lok Sabha](7th-lok-sabha)*

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. 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election.Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 295 seats, 242 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

  • 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

List of members by political party

Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below-

S.No.Party nameNumber of MPs
1Janta Party (Janta Party)295
2Indian National Congress (INC)154
3Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))22
4All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)18
5Akali Dal (Akali Dal)9
6Independent (Ind.)9
7Communist Party (CP)7
8Unattached (Unattached)5
9Peasants and Workers Party of India (PAWPI)5
10Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)4
11All India Forward Bloc(AIFB)3
12Kerala Congress (KC)2
13Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)2
14Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)2
15Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)2
16Jharkhand Party (Jharkhand)1
17Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)1
TOTAL542

Women members

StateConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation
Andhra PradeshBhadrachalam (ST)B. Radhabai Ananda Rao
AssamSilcharRashida Haque Choudhury
GauhatiRenuka Devi Barkataki
GujratAmreliJayaben Shah
HaryanaBhiwaniChandrawati
Jammu & KashmirSrinagarBegum Akbar Jahan Abdullah
LadakhParvati Devi
KarnatakaDharwad NorthDr. Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi
MaharashtraBombay North CentralAhilya Rangnekar
Bombay NorthMrinal Gore
KaradPremala Chavan
NagalandNagalandRano M. Shaiza
Tamil NaduCoimbatoreParvathi Krishnan
SivakasiVenkatasamy Jeyalakshmi
Uttar PradeshSambhalShanti Devi
PhulpurKamala Bahuguna
JhansiDr.Sushila Nayar
West BengalNabadwip (SC)Bibha Ghosh Goswami
PanskuraAbha Maiti

Cabinet

Prime MinisterMorarji Desai24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Leader of the OppositionC.M. Stephen24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
MinistryMinisterTerm
AgricultureSurjit Singh Barnala1977–1979
DefenceJagjivan Ram24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
External AffairsAtal Bihari Vajpayee26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
FinanceHaribhai M. Patel24 March 1977 – 24 January 1979
Home AffairsCharan Singh24 March 1977 – 1 July 1978
Information and BroadcastingL.K.Advani1977-1979
Law and JusticeShanti Bhushan1977-1979
RailwaysMadhu Dandavate24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
EducationPratap Chandra Chunder24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

References

References

  1. "General (6th Lok Sabha) Election Results India".
  2. (2014). "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
  3. "Sixth Lok Sabha Party wise list".
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