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{{Politics of India}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 6th Lok Sabha
| image = New Delhi government block 03-2016 img3.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = [[Parliament House (India)|Sansad Bhavan]], [[Sansad Marg]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| body = [[Indian Parliament]]
| election = [[1977 Indian general election]]
| before = ''[[5th Lok Sabha]]''
| after = ''[[7th 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 to 22 August 1979 was [[1977 Indian general election|elected in February and March 1977]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=General (6th Lok Sabha) Election Results India}}</ref> 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the [[1971 Indian general election]].<ref name="rs">{{cite web|title=RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)|url= http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/rsstatis_inf52-03.pdf |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|access-date= 29 August 2017|page=12 |date=2014}}</ref>

[[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 till 14 January 1980, till the formation of next [[7th Lok Sabha]] after the [[1980 Indian general election]].

==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

==List of members by political party==
Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/partyar.aspx?lsno=6 |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060654/http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/partyar.aspx?lsno=6 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>-
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 of India|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
|}

==Cabinet==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]

|[[Morarji Desai]]

|24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Leader of the Opposition (India)#Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha|Leader of the Opposition]]

|[[C.M. Stephen]]

|24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ministry
! Minister
! Term
|-
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Agriculture]]
|[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
|1977–1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Defence]]
|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
|24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
|-
|[[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]

[[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra]]
|26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

28 July 1979 – 13 January 1980
|-
|[[Ministry of Finance (India)|Finance]]
|[[Haribhai M. Patel]]
|24 March 1977 – 24 January 1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Affairs]]
|[[Charan Singh]]

[[Morarji Desai]]
|24 March 1977 – 1 July 1978

1 July 1978 – 28 July 1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]]
|[[L.K.Advani]]
|1977-1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Law and Justice]]
|[[Shanti Bhushan]]
[[Hans Raj Khanna]]
|1977-1979
1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]]
|[[Madhu Dandavate]]
|24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
|-
|[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Education]]
|[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
|24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
|-
|}

== See also ==
[[1977 Indian general election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok06/lok06.htm 6th Lok Sabha Members Official listings]
* [http://loksabha.nic.in/ Lok Sabha website]
{{Parliament of India}}

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[[Category:1977 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1980 disestablishments in India]]

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