7th Lok Sabha

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 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.^[2]

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

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

See also: List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha

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)	353
2	Janata (S) (Janata (S))	41
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	37
4	Janata Party (Janata Party)	31
5	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	16
6	Communist Party of India (CPI)	10
7	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	2
8	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (Congress (S))	13
9	Unattached (Unattached)	7
10	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)	3
11	Independent (Ind.)	4
12	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)	4
13	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)	2
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)	0
19	Indian National Congress (Congress)	0
20	Janata Dal (Janata Dal)	1
21	Kerala Congress (KC)	1

Women Members

State	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
Andhra Pradesh	Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao		Indian National Congress
	Vijayawada	Vidya Chennupati
	Medak	Indira Gandhi
Bihar	Vaishali	Kishori Sinha		Janata Party
	Sheohar	Ram Dulari Sinha		Indian National Congress
	Purnea	Madhuri Singh
	Begusarai	Krishna Sahi
	Palamau (SC)	Kamla Kumari
Goa	Panaji	Sanyogita Rane		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Kerala	Alleppey	Suseela Gopalan		Communist Party of India
Madhya Pradesh	Sagar (SC)	Sahodrabai Rai		Indian National Congress
	Khajuraho	Vidyawati Chaturvedi
	Raigarh (ST)	Pushpa Devi Singh
Maharashtra	Bombay North Central	Pramila Dandavate		Janata Party
	Amravati	Usha Choudhari		Indian National Congress
	Beed	Kesharbai Kshirsagar
Punjab	Gurdaspur	Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
	Faridkot	Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Rajasthan	Chittorgarh	Prof. Nirmla Kumari Shaktawat
Uttar Pradesh	Sitapur	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
	Mohanlalganj (SC)	Kailash Pati
	Lucknow	Sheila Kaul
	Raebareli	Indira Gandhi
	Aligarh	Indra Kumari		Janata Party
	Meerut	Mohsina Kidwai		Indian National Congress
	Kairana	Gayatri Devi		Janata Party
West Bengal	Nabadwip (SC)	Bibha Ghosh Goswami		Communist Party of India
	Panskura	Geeta 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)^[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