The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

. The 6th

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

, 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 General elections were held in India between 1 and 10 March 1971 to elect members of the 5th Lok Sabha. They were the fifth general elections since independence in 1947. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constit ...

Morarji desai Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 to 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his ...

became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous

5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 — 18 January 1977) elected February–March 1971.The term of the House was extended two times by one year at a time. However, the House was dissolved after having been in existence for a ...

. Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 till 14 January 1980, till the formation of next

7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) elected December 1979 – January 1980. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India nine sitting members from Rajya Sabha were el ...

after the

1980 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the 7th Lok Sabha. The Janata Party alliance came into power in the 1977 general elections amidst public anger with the Indian National Congress (INC) and the ...

Important members

* Speaker: ** N. Sanjiva Reddy from 26 March 1977 to 13 July 1977 **

K. S. Hegde Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde (11 June 1909 – 24 May 1990) was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India and later as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Hegde founded the Nitte Education Trust. He is the father o ...

from 21 July 1977 to 21 January 1980 * Deputy Speaker: **

Godey Murahari Godey Murahari (20 May 1926 – 1982) in Jamshedpur was former Deputy Speaker of 6th Lok Sabha and Member of Lok Sabha, Parliament of India The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It i ...

from 1 April 1977 to 22 August 1979 *Secretary General: **

Avtar Singh Rikhy Avtar Singh Rikhy (born 23 December 1923) was an Indian civil servant who was the former Secretary-General of the 6th Lok Sabha and 7th Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament of India). He succeeded Shri S. L. Shakdhar S. L. Shakdher (1918� ...

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-

Cabinet

References

External links

6th Lok Sabha Members Official listings

Lok Sabha website
{{Parliament of India Terms of the Lok Sabha India MPs 1977–1979 1977 establishments in India 1980 disestablishments in India

Important members

List of members by political party

Cabinet

See also

References

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