1980 elections in India

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1980
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General Elections

Main article: 1980 Indian general election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (Indira)84,455,31342.69353+199
Janata Party37,530,22818.9731–264
Janata Party (Secular)18,574,6969.3941New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)12,352,3316.2437+15
Indian National Congress (Urs)10,449,8595.2813New
Communist Party of India4,927,3422.4910+3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,674,0642.362–16
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,236,5372.1416+14
Shiromani Akali Dal1,396,4120.711–8
Revolutionary Socialist Party1,285,5170.6540
All India Forward Bloc1,011,5640.5130
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference493,1430.253+1
Indian Union Muslim League475,5070.2420
Peasants and Workers Party of India470,5670.240–5
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)383,0220.190–2
Kerala Congress356,9970.181–1
Republican Party of India351,9870.1800
Socialist Unity Centre of India307,2240.1600
Jharkhand Party254,5200.131+1
All India Muslim League196,8200.1000
United Democratic Front140,2100.070–1
Shiv Sena129,3510.070New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party127,1880.0610
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti111,9530.0600
People's Party of Arunachal69,8100.040New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad61,1610.0300
Peoples Conference53,8910.030New
Manipur Peoples Party49,2770.0200
Indian Socialist Party39,3990.020New
Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)38,2260.0200
Sikkim Janata Parishad31,7500.021New
Muslim Majlis26,3630.010New
All India Labour Party14,7200.0100
All Party Hill Leaders Conference13,0580.010New
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)11,6320.010New
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress5,1250.000New
Independents12,717,5106.4390
Appointed Anglo-Indians20
Total197,824,274100.00531–13
Valid votes197,824,27497.57
Invalid/blank votes4,928,6192.43
Total votes202,752,893100.00
Registered voters/turnout356,205,32956.92
Source: EIC

Overall Result

Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
28 May 1980 Tamil Nadu President's Rule All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. G. Ramachandran
Goa President's Rule Indian National Congress (Urs) Pratapsingh Rane
Manipur President's Rule Indian National Congress Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh
Arunachal Pradesh President's Rule Indian National Congress Gegong Apang
Bihar President's Rule Indian National Congress Jagannath Mishra
Maharashtra President's Rule Indian National Congress A. R. Antulay
Madhya Pradesh President's Rule Indian National Congress Arjun Singh
Uttar Pradesh President's Rule Indian National Congress Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Odisha President's Rule Indian National Congress Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Rajasthan President's Rule Indian National Congress Jagannath Pahadia
Gujarat President's Rule Indian National Congress Madhav Singh Solanki
Pondicherry President's Rule Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. D. R. Ramachandran
Kerala President's Rule Left Democratic Front E. K. Nayanar
Punjab President's Rule Indian National Congress Darbara Singh

Legislative Assembly elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Main article: 1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (Indira)72,73442.5813New
People's Party of Arunachal70,00640.9813Increase5
Indian National Congress (Urs)8,3614.890New
Independents19,71611.544Decrease1
Total170,817100.00300
Valid votes170,81794.87
Invalid/blank votes9,2355.13
Total votes180,052100.00
Registered voters/turnout258,11269.76
Source: ECI[1]

Bihar

Main article: 1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress7,690,22534.20169
Janata Party (Secular)3,515,68415.6342
Communist Party of India2,051,9629.1223
Bharatiya Janata Party1,891,3258.4121
Indian National Congress (U)1,649,6957.3414
Janata Party (JP)1,620,7547.2113
Communist Party of India (Marxist)394,0131.756
Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain362,3881.611
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha380,8911.6911
Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)128,5170.57–
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)49,4070.221
Jharkhand Party31,9520.14–
Revolutionary Socialist Party11,9630.05–
Lokdal6,7440.03–
Janata Party6,7330.03–
All India Forward Bloc5,3090.02–
Bharatiya Socialist Party1,1020.00–
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad7290.00–
Republican Party of India5680.00–
Independent2,688,94711.9623
Total22,488,908100.00324
Valid votes22,488,90898.62
Invalid/blank votes315,4961.38
Total votes22,804,404100.00
Registered voters/turnout39,815,51057.28

Goa, Daman and Diu

Main article: 1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Indian National Congress (Urs) 134,651 38.36 20 New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 127,714 36.36 7 –8
Janata Party 14,431 4.11 0 –3
Indian National Congress 12,338 3.51 0 –10
Janata Party (Secular) 6,045 1.72 0 New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,089 0.31 0 New
Independents 54,773 15.60 3 +1
Invalid/blank votes 12,232 – – –
Total 363,273 100 30 +1
Registered voters/turnout 522,652 69.51 – –
Source: Election Commission of India

Gujarat

Main article: 1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (I)3,971,23851.04141New
Janata Party1,771,85322.7721New
Bharatiya Janata Party1,090,65214.029New
Janata Party (Secular)49,2780.631New
Others122,2991.5700
Independents775,8139.9710Decrease6
Total7,781,133100.001820
Valid votes7,781,13397.48
Invalid/blank votes200,8622.52
Total votes7,981,995100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,501,32848.37
Source: ECI[2]

Kerala

Main article: 1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Party Wise Results[3]
Party Seats Alliance
Communist Party of India (CPI) 17 Left Democratic Front
Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM) 35
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U)) 21
Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP) 1
Kerala Congress (M) (KCM) 8
All India Muslim League (AIMUL) 5
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 6
Indian National Congress (I) (INC (I)) 17 United Democratic Front
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 14
Kerala Congress (J) (KEC) 6
Janata Party (JNP) 5
National Democratic Party (NDP) 3
Praja Socialist Party (PSP) 1
Independent (IND) 1 N/A
Total 140 LDF-93, UDF-46, IND-1

Madhya Pradesh

Main article: 1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Sources:[4][5]

SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		Seats
Changed 		%
Votes
1 Indian National Congress (I) 320 246 47.52%
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 310 60 30.34%
3 Communist Party of India 46 2 1.50%
4 Janata Party 124 2 2.88%
5 Janata Party (Secular) 204 1 4.82%
6 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 13 1 0.33%
6 Independent 288 8 10.26%
Total 320

Maharashtra

Main article: 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980[6]
Political Party Candidates Seats won Seat +/- Votes Vote % Vote % +/-
Indian National Congress (Indira)
186 / 288 (65%)
 286 186 Increase 124 7,809,533 44.50% Increase 26.16%
Indian National Congress (Urs)
47 / 288 (16%)
 192 47 Decrease 22 (from INC seats) 3,596,582 20.49% Decrease 4.84% (from INC vote share)
Janata Party
17 / 288 (6%)
 111 17 Decrease 82 1,511,042 8.61% Decrease 19.38%
Bharatiya Janata Party
14 / 288 (5%)
 145 14 Increase 14 1,645,734 9.38% Increase 9.38% (New Party)
Peasants and Workers Party of India
9 / 288 (3%)
 41 9 Decrease 4 726,338 4.14% Decrease 1.40%
Communist Party of India
2 / 288 (0.7%)
 17 2 Increase 1 230,570 1.31% Decrease 0.17%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2 / 288 (0.7%)
 10 2 Decrease 7 162,651 0.93% Decrease 0.76%
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)
1 / 288 (0.3%)
 42 1 Decrease 1 239,286 1.36% Decrease 0.05%
Republican Party of India 36 0 Decrease 2 132,798 0.76% Decrease 0.30%
All India Forward Bloc 1 0 Decrease3 5,598 0.03% Decrease0.79%
Independents
10 / 288 (3%)
 612 10 Decrease 18 1,409,177 8.03% Decrease 6.03%
Total 1537 288 Steady 17,548,655 53.30% Decrease 14.29%

Manipur

Main article: 1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (I)158,12721.6313New
Janata Party144,11219.7110New
Indian National Congress (U)69,3199.486New
Communist Party of India53,0557.265–1
Manipur Peoples Party48,1966.594–16
Janata Party (Secular)20,6672.830New
Kuki National Assembly20,6002.822–
Communist Party of India (Marxist)4,1680.571+1
Janata Party (JP)9240.130New
Independents211,85528.9819+14
Total731,023100.00600
Valid votes731,02397.55
Invalid/blank votes18,3812.45
Total votes749,404100.00
Registered voters/turnout909,26882.42
Source: ECI[7]

Odisha

Main article: 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[8]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress (I) 147 118 "NEW" 80.27 30,37,487 47.78 "NEW"
Indian National Congress (U) 98 2 "NEW" 1.36 4,46,818 10.49 "NEW"
Bharatiya Janata Party 28 0 NA 0 86,421 7.09 NA
Communist Party of India 27 4 Steady 0 3.57 2,33,971 2.72 Decrease 3.4
Independent 248 7 N/A 4.76 7,55,087 15.77 N/A
Total Seats 147 (Increase 7) Voters 1,39,09,115 Turnout 65,49,074 (47.08%)

Puducherry

Main article: 1980 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam68,03027.7314Increase11
Indian National Congress (Indira)58,68023.9210Increase8
Janata Party22,8929.333Decrease4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)4,9442.021Increase1
Others64,77826.4000
Independents26,00110.602Decrease1
Total245,325100.00300
Valid votes245,32595.60
Invalid/blank votes11,2784.40
Total votes256,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,13780.41
Source: ECI[9]

Punjab

Main article: 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980[10]
Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Indian National Congress 117 63 Increase46 28,25,827 45.19%
Shiromani Akali Dal 73 37 Decrease21 16,83,266 26.92%
Communist Party of India 18 9 Increase2 4,03,718 6.46%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13 5 Decrease3 2,53,985 4.06%
Bharatiya Janata Party 41 1 (new) 4,05,106 6.48%
Independents 376 2 Steady 4,07,799 6.52%
Others 84 0 - 2,73,215 4.36%
Total 722 117 62,52,916

Rajasthan

Main article: 1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (Indira)3,975,31542.96133New
Bharatiya Janata Party1,721,32118.6032New
Janata Party (Secular)883,9269.557New
Janata Party679,1937.348New
Indian National Congress (Urs)516,8875.596New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)111,4761.2010
Communist Party of India89,3820.9710
Janata Party (Secular - Raj Narain)63,3210.680New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad1,5580.0200
Republican Party of India550.000New
Indian Union Muslim League350.0000
Independents1,210,29513.0812+7
Total9,252,764100.002000
Valid votes9,252,76498.20
Invalid/blank votes169,2061.80
Total votes9,421,970100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,452,34451.06
Source: ECI[11]

Tamil Nadu

Main article: 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Summary of the 1980 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results
Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance 162 +14 9,328,839 48.9%
AIADMK 129 -1 7,303,010 38.8% 50.4%
CPI(M) 11 -1 596,406 3.2% 47.6%
CPI 9 +4 501,032 2.7% 43.9%
GKC 6 +6 322,440 1.7% 44.1%
IND 6 +6 488,296 2.6%
FBL 1 – 65,536 0.4% 44.6%
INC(U) 0 – 52,119 0.3% 29.3%
DMK+ alliance 69 -6 8,371,718 44.4%
DMK 37 -11 4,164,389 22.1% 45.7%
INC(I) 31 +4 3,941,900 20.9% 43.4%
IND 1 +1 265,429 1.4%
Others 3 -8 1,144,449 6.1%
JNP(JP) 2 -8 522,641 2.8% 6.9%
IND 1 – 598,897 3.2% –
Total 234 – 18,845,006 100% –

‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[12] and Keesing's Report[13]

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Party Name Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) 309
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP (SC)) 59
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U)) 13
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 11
Communist Party of India (CPI) 6
Janata Party (JNP(JP)) 4
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP(SR)) 4
Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) (SSD) 1
Independent 17
Total 425

References

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  2. ^ "Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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  4. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Orissa 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ^ Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.
  11. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ^ Keesing's Statistical Report
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