The 7th Lok Sabha (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) was elected in the 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 353 seats, 199 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.
Members
Speaker: Balram Jakhar, 22 January 1980 – 15 January 1985 Deputy Speaker: G. Lakshmanan, 1 December 1980 – 31 December 1984 Secretary General: Avtar Singh Rikhy, 10 January 1980 – 31 December 1983Subhash C. Kashyap, 31 December 1983 – 31 December 1984
List of members by political party
Members of the political party in the 7th Lok Sabha are given below: S.No.Party nameNumber of MPs1Indian National Congress (INC)3532Janata (S) (Janata (S))413Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))374Janata Party (Janata Party)315Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)166Communist Party of India (CPI)107Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)28Indian National Congress (Socialist) (Congress (S))139Unattached (Unattached)710Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)311Independent (Ind.)412Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)413All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)214All India Forward Bloc(AIFB)315Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)216Nominated (NM)217Telugu Desam Party (TDP)218All Party Hill Leaders' Conference (APHLC)019Indian National Congress (Congress)020Janata Dal (Janata Dal)121Kerala Congress (KC)1
Women Members State Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliationAndhra PradeshBhadrachalam (ST)B. Radhabai Ananda RaoVijayawada Vidya ChennupatiMedak Indira GandhiBiharVaishali Kishori SinhaSheohar Ram Dulari SinhaPurnea Madhuri SinghBegusarai Krishna SahiPalamau (SC) Kamla KumariGoaPanaji Sanyogita RaneKeralaAlleppeySuseela GopalanMadhya PradeshSagar (SC)Sahodrabai RaiKhajurahoVidyawati ChaturvediRaigarh (ST)Pushpa Devi SinghMaharashtraBombay North CentralPramila DandavateAmravatiUsha ChoudhariBeedKesharbai KshirsagarPunjabGurdaspurSukhbans Kaur BhinderFaridkotGurbinder Kaur BrarRajasthanChittorgarhProf. Nirmla Kumari ShaktawatUttar PradeshSitapurRajendra Kumari BajpaiMohanlalganj (SC)Kailash PatiLucknowSheila KaulRaebareli Indira GandhiAligarhIndra KumariMeerutMohsina KidwaiKairanaGayatri DeviWest BengalNabadwip (SC)Bibha Ghosh GoswamiPanskuraGeeta Mukherjee 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 + The Indira Gandhi (7th Lok Sabha) 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
References
External links
7th Lok Sabha Members Official listings Lok Sabha website