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-pas ...

, 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

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became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after

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won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha.

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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 th ...

Important members

* Speaker: **

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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-

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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