6th 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 - 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.

Important members

Speaker:
- N. Sanjiva Reddy from 26 March 1977 to 13 July 1977
- K. S. Hegde from 21 July 1977 to 21 January 1980
Deputy Speaker:
- Godey Murahari from 1 April 1977 to 22 August 1979
Secretary General:
- Avtar Singh Rikhy from 18 June 1977 to 31 December 1983

Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below^[1]-

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

Prime Minister	Morarji Desai	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 Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	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 Morarji Desai	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 Hans Raj Khanna	1977-1979 1979
Railways	Madhu Dandavate	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Education	Pratap Chandra Chunder	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

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