| 7th Lok Sabha | |||||
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| Legislative body | Indian Parliament | ||||
| Election | 1980 Indian general election | ||||
The7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) was elected in1980 Indian general election. TheLok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in theParliament of India nine sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 7th Lok Sabha after the1980 Indian general election.[1]Indira Gandhi became the Prime minister on 14 January 1980, after INC and alliances won 353 seats, 199 seats more than previous6th Lok Sabha.Rajiv Gandhi became Prime minister on 31 October 1984 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The next8th Lok Sabha was formed on 31 December 1984 after the1984 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]
Dr.Balram Jakhar =22/1/1980 - 15/1/1985
ShriG.Lakshmanan -1/12/1980 - 31/12/1984
Shri Avtar Singh Rikhy -10-01-1980 - 31-12-1983Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap -31-12-1983 - 31-12-1984
Members of the political party in the 7th Lok Sabha are given below:
| S.No. | Party Name | Number of MPs |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 353 |
| 2 | Janata (S) (Janata (S)) | 41 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 37 |
| 4 | Janata Party (Janata Party) | 31 |
| 5 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) | 16 |
| 6 | Communist Party of India (CPI) | 10 |
| 7 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2 |
| 8 | Indian National Congress (Socialist) (Congress (S)) | 13 |
| 9 | Unattached (Unattached) | 7 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN) | 3 |
| 11 | Independent (Ind.) | 4 |
| 12 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP) | 4 |
| 13 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | 2 |
| 14 | All India Forward Bloc(AIFB) | 3 |
| 15 | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 2 |
| 16 | Nominated (NM) | 2 |
| 17 | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) | 2 |
| 18 | All Party Hill Leaders' Conference (APHLC) | 0 |
| 19 | Indian National Congress (Congress) | 0 |
| 20 | Janata Dal (Janata Dal) | 1 |
| 21 | Kerala Congress (KC) | 1 |
Remarkably, the Lok Sabha had 3 couples -Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress MP fromAurangabad) & his wifeKishori (Congress MP fromVaishali), former PMCharan Singh (JP(S) MP fromBaghpat) & his wifeGayatri (JP(S) MP fromKairana) andMadhu Dandavate (Janata Party MP fromRajapur) & wifePramila (Janata Party MP fromBombay North Central).
| Office | Name | Term |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi | 1980–1984 |
| Deputy Prime Minister | vacant | |
| Ministry of | ||
| Office | Name | Term |
| Agriculture | Rao Birendra Singh | 1980–1984 |
| External Affairs | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1980–1984 |
| Finance | R. Venkataraman | 1980–1984 |
| Home Affairs | Zail Singh | 1980–1984 |
| Information and Broadcasting | Vasant Sathe | 1980–1984 |
| Law and Justice | P. Shiv Shankar | 1980–1984 |
| Railways | Kamlapati Tripathi | 1980–1984 |
| Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways | Anant Prasad Sharma | 1980–1984 |
| Tourism | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 1980–1984 |
