6th Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977. 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election.Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 295 seats, 242 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha.
Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 with the support of Indira Gandhi ; but resigned on 20 August 1979 since he was not ready to remove charges against Indira Gandhi and her family from the Emergency days and advised the President to dissolve the Lok Sabha. The Sixth Lok Sabha was dissolved on 22 August 1979 by the President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Charan Singh remained as the caretaker Prime Minister till 14 January 1980, the formation of the next 7th Lok Sabha following the 1980 Indian general election.

Leadership

Members by political party in 6th Lok Sabha are given below-

S.No.	Party name	Number of MPs
1	Janta Party	295
2	Indian National Congress	154
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	22
4	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18
5	Akali Dal	9
6	Independent	9
7	Communist Party	7
8	Unattached	5
9	Peasants and Workers Party of India	5
10	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	4
11	All India Forward Bloc	3
12	Kerala Congress	2
13	Indian Union Muslim League	2
14	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	2
15	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2
16	Jharkhand Party	1
17	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	1
	TOTAL	542

24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979