| 6th Lok Sabha | |
| Body: | Indian Parliament |
| Election: | 1977 Indian general election |
| Before: | 5th Lok Sabha |
| After: | 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.[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.
See also: List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha. 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 |
| State | Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Bhadrachalam (ST) | B. Radhabai Ananda Rao | ||
| Assam | Silchar | Rashida Haque Choudhury | ||
| Gauhati | Renuka Devi Barkataki | |||
| Gujrat | Amreli | Jayaben Shah | ||
| Haryana | Bhiwani | Chandrawati | ||
| Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar | Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah | ||
| Ladakh | Parvati Devi | |||
| Karnataka | Dharwad North | Dr. Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi | ||
| Maharashtra | Bombay North Central | Ahilya Rangnekar | ||
| Bombay North | Mrinal Gore | |||
| Karad | Premala Chavan | |||
| Nagaland | Nagaland | Rano M. Shaiza | ||
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | Parvathi Krishnan | ||
| Sivakasi | Venkatasamy Jeyalakshmi | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | Sambhal | Shanti Devi | ||
| Phulpur | Kamala Bahuguna | |||
| Jhansi | Dr.Sushila Nayar | |||
| West Bengal | Nabadwip (SC) | Bibha Ghosh Goswami | ||
| Panskura | Abha Maiti | |||
| 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 | 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 | 24 March 1977 – 1 July 1978 1 July 1978 – 28 July 1979 |
| Information and Broadcasting | L.K.Advani | 1977-1979 |
| Law and Justice | Shanti BhushanHans Raj Khanna | 1977-19791979 |
| Railways | Madhu Dandavate | 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 |
| Education | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 |