7th Lok Sabha

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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. 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.

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:

Women Members

Remarkably, the Lok Sabha had 3 couples - Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress MP from Aurangabad) & his wife Kishori (Congress MP from Vaishali), former PM Charan Singh (JP(S) MP from Baghpat) & his wife Gayatri (JP(S) MP from Kairana) and Madhu Dandavate (Janata Party MP from Rajapur) & wife Pramila (Janata Party MP from Bombay North Central).

Cabinet

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