4th Lok Sabha

4th Lok Sabha
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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India
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Legislative bodyIndian Parliament
Election1967 Indian general election

The 4th Lok Sabha was in session from 4 March 1967 to 27 December 1970. Its members were elected in February and March 1967. 13 sitting members from the Rajya Sabha were elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in the general election.[1]

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Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 3rd Lok Sabha. Her premiership would continue into the following Lok Sabha, the 5th, which was constituted after the 1971 Indian general election.

Important members

Membership by political party

See also: List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha
4th Lok Sabha
Party Name 		Code Number of MP's
(total 520)
Indian National Congress INC 283
Swatantra Party SP 44
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 35
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 25
Samyukta Socialist Party SSP 23
Communist Party of India CPI 23
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 19
Praja Socialist Party PSP 13
Bangla Congress BC 5
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh ADS 3
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 2
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 2
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 2
Republican Party of India RPI 1
United Goans (Sequiera Group) UG(S) 1
Jana Kranti Dal JKD 1
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 1
Independents - 35
Nominated Anglo-Indians - 2

Women Members

State Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliation
Andhra Pradesh Bhadrachalam (ST) B. Radhabai Ananda Rao Indian National Congress
Medak Sangam Laxmi Bai
Khammam T. Lakshmi Kantamma
Bihar Barh Tarkeshwari Sinha
Chatra Vijaya Raje Independent politician
Dhanbad Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi
Palamau (SC) Kamla Kumari Indian National Congress
Gujrat Amreli Jayaben Shah
Kerala Ambalapuzha Suseela Gopalan Communist Party of India
Madhya Pradesh Guna Vijaya Raje Scindia Swatantra Party
Shahdol (ST) Girja Kumari Indian National Congress
Raigarh (ST) Rajni Devi
Janjgir Minimata Agam Dass Guru
Rajnandgaon Padmawati Devi
Madras Karur C. Muthuswamy Gounder Swatantra Party
Maharashtra Ratnagiri Sharda Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Hatkanangale Maharani Vijayamala Bhonsle Peasants and Workers Party of India
Punjab Patiala Mohinder Kaur Indian National Congress
Sangrur Nirlep Kaur Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh
Rajasthan Jaipur Gayatri Devi Swatantra Party
Uttar Pradesh Aonla Savitri Shyam Indian National Congress
Mohanlalganj (SC) Ganga Devi
Rae Bareli Indira Nehru Gandhi
Kaiserganj Shakuntala Nayar Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Gonda Sucheta Kriplani Indian National Congress
Phulpur Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Bilhaur Sushila Rohatgi
West Bengal Darjeeling Maitreyee Bose Independent politician
Malda Uma Roy Indian National Congress

For the first time in India's parliamentary history, a couple was elected to the Lok Sabha - A. K. Gopalan (CPI MP from Palghat) & his wife Suseela (CPI MP from Ambalapuzha).

References

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Fourth Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
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