4th Lok Sabha

4th lower house of the Parliament of India

4th Lok Sabha

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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

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Election| 1967 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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## Important members

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* Speaker:
* Neelam Sanjiva Reddy from 17 March 1967 to 19 July 1969
* Gurdial Singh Dhillon from 8 August 1969 to 19 March 1971
* Deputy Speaker:
* Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar from 28 March 1967 to 1 November 1969
* George Gilbert Swell from 9 December 1969 to 27 December 1970
* Secretary General:
* S. L. Shakdhar from 2 September 1964 to 18 June 1977[2]

## Membership by political party

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See also: List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha

4th Lok Sabha
Party Name | Code  | Number of MP's
(total 520)

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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

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State  | Constituency  | Name of Elected M.P.  | Party affiliation

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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

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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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