| 6th Lok Sabha | |||||
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| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Election | 1977 Indian general election | ||||
The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in theParliament of India. The6thLok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 waselected in February and March 1977.[1] 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the1971 Indian general election.[2]
Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 afterJanata alliance won 295 seats, 242 more than the previous5th Lok Sabha.
Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 with the support ofIndira 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 PresidentNeelam Sanjiva Reddy and Charan Singh remained as the caretaker Prime Minister till 14 January 1980, the formation of the next7th Lok Sabha following the1980 Indian general election.
Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below[3]-
| S.No. | Party Name | Number of MPs |
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| 1 | Janta Party (Janta 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 Bhushan | 1977-1979 1979 |
| Railways | Madhu Dandavate | 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 |
| Education | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 |
