Sixth_Lok_Sabha

6th Lok Sabha

6th Lok Sabha

6th lower house of the Parliament of India

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 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.[1] 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election.[2]

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Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha.

Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 with the support of Indira 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 President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Charan Singh remained as the caretaker Prime Minister till 14 January 1980, the formation of the next 7th Lok Sabha following the 1980 Indian general election.

Leadership

List of members by political party

See also: List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha

Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below[3]-

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Cabinet

Prime Minister Morarji Desai 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Leader of the Opposition C.M. Stephen 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
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See also

1977 Indian general election

References

  1. [1]
    "General (6th Lok Sabha) Election Results India".
  2. [2]
    "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Sixth Lok Sabha Party wise list". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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