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	{{Infobox Indian political party		{{Infobox Indian political party
	\|party_name = Janata Party (Secular)		\|party_name = Janata Party (Secular)
	\|colorcode = {{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}		\|colorcode = {{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}
	\|foundation = July, 1979		\|abbreviation = JP(S)
	\|founder = [[Raj Narain]]		\|foundation = July 1979
	\|split=[[Janata Party]]\|merged=[[Janata Dal]]\|~~abbreviation~~=JP(S)}}		\|founder = [[Raj Narain]]
			\|split = [[Janata Party]]
			\|merged = [[Lokdal]] (1980)<br>[[Janata Dal]] (1988)
			\|ideology = [[Social democracy]]
			\|position = [[Centre-left politics\|Centre-left]]
			}}
			The '''Janata Party (Secular)''' was an [[List of political parties in India\|Indian political party]] founded by [[Raj Narain]] in July 1979.

	The '''Janata Party (Secular)''' ({{lang-hi\|जनता पार्टी (पंथनिरपेक्ष)}}) was an [[List of political parties in India\|Indian political party]] founded by [[Raj Narain]] in July, 1979. On 16 July 1979, [[Charan Singh]] assumed its leadership and became the [[Prime Minister of India]] on 28 July 1979 with the support of the [[Indian National Congress (I)]] but resigned on 20 August 1979 after their withdrawal of support. The Janata Party led by Charan Singh was later renamed as [[Lok Dal]] before the [[1980 Indian general election]]<ref>{{cite book\|last=Jaffrelot\|first=Christophe\|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of The Low Castes in North Indian Politics \|publisher=Orient Longman\|location=Delhi\|year=2003\|pages=327\|isbn=81-7824-080-7\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC&q=Lok+Dal+%2B+1980&pg=PA327}}</ref> but officially contested in the elections under its previous name. In the elections for the [[7th Lok Sabha]] in 1980, the party won 41 seats and received 9.39% of the total votes polled.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf \|title=Statistical Report on General elections, 1980 to the 7th Lok Sabha, Volume I \|publisher=Election Commission of India website \|page=83 \|access-date=12 April 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf \|archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>		On 16 July 1979, [[Charan Singh\|Chaudhary Charan Singh]] assumed its leadership and became the [[Prime Minister of India]] on 28 July 1979 with the support of the [[Indian National Congress (I)]] but resigned on 20 August 1979 after their withdrawal of support. The Janata Party led by Charan Singh was later renamed as [[Lok Dal]] before the [[1980 Indian general election]]<ref>{{cite book\|last=Jaffrelot\|first=Christophe\|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of The Low Castes in North Indian Politics \|publisher=Orient Longman\|location=Delhi\|year=2003\|pages=327\|isbn=81-7824-080-7\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC&q=Lok+Dal+%2B+1980&pg=PA327}}</ref> but officially contested the elections under its previous name. In the elections for the [[7th Lok Sabha]] in 1980, the party won 41 seats and received 9.39% of the total votes polled.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf \|title=Statistical Report on General elections, 1980 to the 7th Lok Sabha, Volume I \|publisher=Election Commission of India website \|page=83 \|access-date=12 April 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf \|archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

			In 1980 the party was merged into the Lok Dal, that would form, along with other parties, the [[Janata Dal]] in 1988.{{fact\|date=January 2025}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Janata Party]]		* [[Janata Party]]
	* [[~~Lok Dal~~]]		* [[Lokdal]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Janata Party (Secular)
|colorcode = {{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}
|foundation = July, 1979
|founder = [[Raj Narain]]
|split=[[Janata Party]]|merged=[[Janata Dal]]|abbreviation=JP(S)}}

The '''Janata Party (Secular)''' ({{lang-hi|जनता पार्टी (पंथनिरपेक्ष)}}) was an [[List of political parties in India|Indian political party]] founded by [[Raj Narain]] in July, 1979. On 16 July 1979, [[Charan Singh]] assumed its leadership and became the [[Prime Minister of India]] on 28 July 1979 with the support of the [[Indian National Congress (I)]] but resigned on 20 August 1979 after their withdrawal of support. The Janata Party led by Charan Singh was later renamed as [[Lok Dal]] before the [[1980 Indian general election]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of The Low Castes in North Indian Politics |publisher=Orient Longman|location=Delhi|year=2003|pages=327|isbn=81-7824-080-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC&q=Lok+Dal+%2B+1980&pg=PA327}}</ref> but officially contested in the elections under its previous name. In the elections for the [[7th Lok Sabha]] in 1980, the party won 41 seats and received 9.39% of the total votes polled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General elections, 1980 to the 7th Lok Sabha, Volume I |publisher=Election Commission of India website |page=83 |access-date=12 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Janata Party]]
* [[Lok Dal]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties with year of disestablishment missing]]
[[Category:Janata Party (Secular)]]