# 6th 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 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

* 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 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

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

## Cabinet

| 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 |