7th Lok Sabha explained

7th Lok Sabha
Body:Indian Parliament
Election:1980 Indian general election
Before:6th Lok Sabha
After:8th Lok Sabha

The 7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) was elected in 1980 Indian general election. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India nine sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 7th Lok Sabha after the 1980 Indian general election.[1] Indira Gandhi became the Prime minister on 14 January 1980, after INC and alliances won 373 seats, 286 seats more than previous 6th Lok Sabha. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime minister on 31 October 1984 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The next 8th Lok Sabha was formed on 31 December 1984 after the 1984 Indian general election. With roughly 9.3% of total MPs being Muslims, the 7th Lok Sabha had more Muslim MPs than any other in Indian history.[2]

Speaker

Dr.Balram Jakhar =22/1/1980 - 15/1/1985

Deputy Speaker

Shri G.Lakshmanan -1/12/1980 - 31/12/1984

Secretary-General

Shri Avtar Singh Rikhy -10-01-1980 - 31-12-1983Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap -31-12-1983 - 31-12-1984

List of members by political party

See also: List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha. Members of the political party in the 7th Lok Sabha are given below:

S.No.Party NameNumber of MPs
1Indian National Congress (INC)377
2Janata (S) (Janata (S))43
3Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))39
4Janata Party (Janata Party)17
5Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)16
6Communist Party of India (CPI)14
7Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2
8Indian National Congress (Socialist) (Congress (S))10
9Unattached (Unattached)7
10Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)5
11Independent (Ind.)4
12Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)4
13All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)3
14All India Forward Bloc(AIFB)3
15Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)2
16Nominated (NM)2
17Telugu Desam Party (TDP)2
18All Party Hill Leaders' Conference (APHLC)1
19Indian National Congress (Congress)1
20Janata Dal (Janata Dal)1
21Kerala Congress (KC)1

Women Members

StateConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation
Andhra PradeshBhadrachalam (ST)B. Radhabai Ananda Rao
VijayawadaVidya Chennupati
MedakIndira Gandhi
BiharVaishaliKishori Sinha
SheoharRam Dulari Sinha
PurneaMadhuri Singh
BegusaraiKrishna Sahi
Palamau (SC)Kamla Kumari
GoaPanajiSanyogita Rane
KeralaAlleppeySuseela Gopalan
Madhya PradeshSagar (SC)Sahodrabai Rai
KhajurahoVidyawati Chaturvedi
Raigarh (ST)Pushpa Devi Singh
MaharashtraBombay North CentralPramila Dandavate
AmravatiUsha Choudhari
BeedKesharbai Kshirsagar
PunjabGurdaspurSukhbans Kaur Bhinder
FaridkotGurbinder Kaur Brar
RajasthanChittorgarhProf. Nirmla Kumari Shaktawat
Uttar PradeshSitapurRajendra Kumari Bajpai
Mohanlalganj (SC)Kailash Pati
LucknowSheila Kaul
RaebareliIndira Gandhi
AligarhIndra Kumari
MeerutMohsina Kidwai
KairanaGayatri Devi
West BengalNabadwip (SC)Bibha Ghosh Goswami
PanskuraGeeta Mukherjee
Remarkably, the Lok Sabha had 3 couples - Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress MP from Aurangabad) & his wife Kishori (Congress MP from Vaishali), former PM Charan Singh (JP(S) MP from Baghpat) & his wife Gayatri (JP(S) MP from Kairana) and Madhu Dandavate (Janata Party MP from Rajapur) & wife Pramila (Janata Party MP from Bombay North Central).

Cabinet

The Indira Gandhi (7th Lok Sabha)[3] Cabinet
Office Name Term
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi1980 - 1984
Deputy Prime Ministervacant
Ministry of
Office Name Term
AgricultureRao Birendra Singh1980 - 1984
External AffairsP. V. Narasimha Rao1980 - 1984
FinanceR. Venkataraman1980 - 1984
Home AffairsZail Singh1980 - 1984
Information and BroadcastingVasant Sathe1980 - 1984
Law and JusticeP. Shiv Shankar1980 - 1984
RailwaysKamlapati Tripathi1980 - 1984
Shipping, Road Transport, and HighwaysAnant Prasad Sharma1980 - 1984
TourismJanaki Ballabh Patnaik1980 - 1984

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014. RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013). 29 August 2017. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 12.
  2. Web site: Das. Shaswati. 18 May 2014. Poll data shows large number of Muslims voted for Modi. 23 May 2014. India Today. New Delhi.
  3. Web site: Keesing's - World News Archive.