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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|8th lower house of the Parliament of India}}<br />
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{{Infobox legislative term<br />
| name = 8th Lok Sabha <br />
| image = New Delhi government block 03-2016 img3.jpg<br />
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| caption = [[Parliament House (India)|Sansad Bhavan]], [[Sansad Marg]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| body = [[Indian Parliament]]<br />
| election = [[1984 Indian general election]]<br />
| before = ''[[7th Lok Sabha]]'' <br />
| after = ''[[9th Lok Sabha]]''<br />
}}<br />
The '''8th [[Lok Sabha]]''' ran from 31 December 1984 to 27 November 1989. Politicians were [[1984 Indian general election|elected in December 1984]], taking office by the end of the month. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the bicameral [[Parliament of India]]. 9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 8th Lok Sabha after the [[1984 Indian general election|Indian general election, in 1984]].<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><br />
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[[Rajiv Gandhi]] of Indian National Congress continued as Prime Minister till 2 December 1989. In this '''8th Lok Sabha''', INC party had 30 more seats than previous [[7th Lok Sabha]].<br />
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The next [[9th Lok Sabha]] was formed on 2 December 1989, after the [[1989 Indian general election]].<br />
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== Important members ==<br />
* '''Speaker:'''<br />
**[[Balram Jakhar]] from 16 January 1985 to 18 December 1989<br />
* '''Deputy Speaker:'''<br />
**[[M. Thambi Durai]] from 22 January 1985 to 27 November 1989<br />
*'''Secretary General:'''<br />
**[[Subhash C Kashyap]] from 31 December 1983 to 20 August 1990<br />
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==List of members by political party==<br />
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{{see also|List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha}}<br />
Members of the political party in 8th Lok Sabha are given below: <br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!S.No.<br />
!Party Name<br />
!Number of MPs<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)<br />
|426<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP)<br />
|30<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M))<br />
|23<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Janata Party]] (Janata Party)<br />
|16<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK)<br />
|12<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|Independent (Ind.)<br />
|9<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Akali Dal]] (Akali Dal)<br />
|7<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]] (AGP)<br />
|7<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)<br />
|6<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Congress (S)]] (Congress (S))<br />
|5<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|[[Lok Dal]](Lok Dal)<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|[[Unattached]] (Unattached)<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] (JKN)<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|14<br />
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]] (RSP)<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|15<br />
|[[All India Forward Bloc]] (AIFB)<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|18<br />
|[[Kerala Congress(M)]] (KC(M))<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|19<br />
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]] (IUML)<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|[[Nominated]] (NM)<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://loksabha.nic.in/ Lok Sabha website]<br />
{{Parliament of India}}<br />
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[[Category: Terms of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:1984 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1989 disestablishments in India]]</div>UpdateBot