7th Lok Sabha

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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

Overview

Legislative body

Indian Parliament

Election

1980 Indian general election

The 7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) was elected in 1980 Indian general election. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India nine sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 7th Lok Sabha after the 1980 Indian general election.^[1] Indira Gandhi became the Prime minister on 14 January 1980, after INC and alliances won 373 seats, 286 seats more than previous 6th Lok Sabha. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime minister on 31 October 1984 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The next 8th Lok Sabha was formed on 31 December 1984 after the 1984 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]

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Speaker

Dr.Balram Jakhar = 22/1/1980 - 15/1/1985

Deputy Speaker

Shri G.Lakshmanan - 1/12/1980 - 31/12/1984

Secretary-General

Shri Avtar Singh Rikhy - 10-01-1980 - 31-12-1983 Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap - 31-12-1983 - 31-12-1984

List of members by political party

Members of the political party in the 7th Lok Sabha are given below:

S.No.	Party Name	Number of MPs
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	377
2	Janata (S) (Janata (S))	43
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	39
4	Janata Party (Janata Party)	17
5	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	16
6	Communist Party of India (CPI)	14
7	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	2
8	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (Congress (S))	10
9	Unattached (Unattached)	7
10	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)	5
11	Independent (Ind.)	4
12	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)	4
13	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)	3
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)	1
19	Indian National Congress (Congress)	1
20	Janata Dal (Janata Dal)	1
21	Kerala Congress (KC)	1

Cabinet

The Indira Gandhi (7th Lok Sabha)^[3] Cabinet
Office	Name	Term
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