4th Lok Sabha explained

4th Lok Sabha
Body:Indian Parliament
Election:1967 Indian general election
Before:3rd Lok Sabha
After:5th Lok Sabha

The 4th Lok Sabha was in session from 4 March 1967 to 27 December 1970. Its members were elected in February and March 1967. 13 sitting members from the Rajya Sabha were elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in the general election.[1] Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 3rd Lok Sabha. Her premiership would continue into the following Lok Sabha, the 5th, which was constituted after the 1971 Indian general election.

Important members

Membership by political party

See also: List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha.

4th Lok Sabha
CodeNumber of MP's
Indian National CongressINC283
Swatantra PartySP44
Bharatiya Jana SanghBJS35
Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK25
Samyukta Socialist PartySSP23
Communist Party of IndiaCPI23
Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)19
Praja Socialist PartyPSP13
Bangla CongressBC5
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh SinghADS3
All India Forward BlocAIFB2
Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUML2
Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaPWPI2
Republican Party of IndiaRPI1
United Goans (Sequiera Group)UG(S)1
Jana Kranti DalJKD1
Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceNC1
Independents-35
Nominated Anglo-Indians-2

Women Members

StateConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation
Andhra PradeshBhadrachalam (ST)B. Radhabai Ananda Rao
MedakSangam Laxmi Bai
KhammamT. Lakshmi Kantamma
BiharBarhTarkeshwari Sinha
ChatraVijaya Raje
DhanbadRani Lalita Rajya Laxmi
Palamau (SC)Kamla Kumari
GujratAmreliJayaben Shah
KeralaAmbalapuzhaSuseela Gopalan
Madhya PradeshGunaVijaya Raje Scindia
Shahdol (ST)Girja Kumari
Raigarh (ST)Rajni Devi
JanjgirMinimata Agam Dass Guru
RajnandgaonPadmawati Devi
MadrasKarurC. Muthuswamy Gounder
MaharashtraRatnagiriSharda Mukherjee
HatkanangaleMaharani Vijayamala Bhonsle
PunjabPatialaMohinder Kaur
SangrurNirlep Kaur
RajasthanJaipurGayatri Devi
Uttar PradeshAonlaSavitri Shyam
Mohanlalganj (SC)Ganga Devi
Rae BareliIndira Nehru Gandhi
KaiserganjShakuntala Nayar
GondaSucheta Kriplani
PhulpurVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
BilhaurSushila Rohatgi
West BengalDarjeelingMaitreyee Bose
MaldaUma Roy
For the first time in India's parliamentary history, a couple was elected to the Lok Sabha - A. K. Gopalan (CPI MP from Palghat) & his wife Suseela (CPI MP from Ambalapuzha).

References

  1. Web site: RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 29 August 2017. 12 . 2014.
  2. Web site: Fourth Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 12 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021123410/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/lokprelist.aspx?lsno=4. 21 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.