1980 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1979 elections in India 1979 1980 1982 elections in India 1982 General Elections 1980 Indian general election 350px Indian National Congress (Indira) 84455313 353 +199 Janata Party 37530228 31 –264 Janata Party (Secular) 18574696 41 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12352331 37 +15 Indian National Congress (Urs) 10449859 13 New Communist Party of India 4927342 10 +3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4674064 2 –16 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4236537 16 +14 Shiromani Akali Dal 1396412 1 –8 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1285517 4 0 All India Forward Bloc 1011564 3 0 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 493143 3 +1 Indian Union Muslim League 475507 2 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 470567 0 –5 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 383022 0 –2 Kerala Congress 356997 1 –1 Republican Party of India 351987 0 0 Socialist Unity Centre of India 307224 0 0 Jharkhand Party 254520 1 +1 All India Muslim League 196820 0 0 United Democratic Front 140210 0 –1 Shiv Sena 129351 0 New Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 127188 1 0 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 111953 0 0 People's Party of Arunachal 69810 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 61161 0 0 Peoples Conference 53891 0 New Manipur Peoples Party 49277 0 0 Indian Socialist Party 39399 0 New Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) 38226 0 0 Sikkim Janata Parishad 31750 1 New Muslim Majlis 26363 0 New All India Labour Party 14720 0 0 All Party Hill Leaders Conference 13058 0 New Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) 11632 0 New Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 5125 0 New Independents 12717510 9 0 Appointed Anglo-Indians 2 0 4928619 –13 356205329 EIC Overall result Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps28 May 1980 Tamil Nadu 100% SabadellPresident's Rule All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. G. Ramachandran 50pxGoaPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (Urs)Indian National Congress (Urs)Pratapsingh Rane50pxManipurPresident's Rule Indian National CongressRaj Kumar Dorendra Singh50pxArunachal PradeshPresident's Rule Indian National CongressGegong Apang50px BiharPresident's Rule Indian National CongressJagannath Mishra50pxMaharashtraPresident's Rule Indian National CongressA. R. Antulay50px Madhya PradeshPresident's Rule Indian National Congress Arjun Singh 50px Uttar PradeshPresident's Rule Indian National CongressVishwanath Pratap Singh 50pxOdishaPresident's Rule Indian National Congress Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 50px RajasthanPresident's Rule Indian National Congress Jagannath Pahadia 50pxGujaratPresident's Rule Indian National CongressMadhav Singh Solanki 50pxPondicherryPresident's Rule Dravida Munnetra KazhagamM. D. R. Ramachandran50pxKeralaPresident's Rule Left Democratic Front (Kerala)E. K. Nayanar50px PunjabPresident's Rule Indian National CongressDarbara Singh 50px Legislative Assembly elections Arunachal Pradesh 1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Indian National Congress (Indira) 72734 13 New People's Party of Arunachal 70006 13 5 Indian National Congress (Urs) 8361 0 New Independents 19716 4 1 0 9235 258112 ECIElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200705/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportArunachal%20Pradesh%201980.pdf 27 January 2013 Bihar 1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Indian National Congress 169 7690225 Janata Party (Secular) 3515684 42 Communist Party of India 2051962 23 Bharatiya Janata Party 21 1891325 Indian National Congress (U) 1649695 14 Janata Party (JP) 1620754 13 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 394013 6 Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain 362388 1 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 11 380891 Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) 128517 Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 49407 1 Jharkhand Party 31952 Revolutionary Socialist Party 11963 Lokdal 6744 Janata Party 6733 All India Forward Bloc 5309 Bharatiya Socialist Party 1102 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 729 Republican Party of India 568 Independent 23 2688947 315496 39815510 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 Election Commission of India 11 February 2021 Goa, Daman and Diu 1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election PartyVotes%Seats+/–Indian National Congress (Urs)134,65138.3620NewMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party127,71436.367–8Janata Party14,4314.110–3Indian National Congress12,3383.510–10Janata Party (Secular)6,0451.720NewCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1,0890.310NewIndependents54,77315.603+1Invalid/blank votes12,232–––Total363,27310030+1Registered voters/turnout522,65269.51––Source: Election Commission of India Gujarat 1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Indian National Congress (I) 3971238 141 New Janata Party 1771853 21 New Bharatiya Janata Party 1090652 9 New Janata Party (Secular) 49278 1 New Others 122299 0 0 Independents 775813 10 6 0 200862 16501328 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3832-gujarat-1980/ Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Election Commission of India 1 August 2022 Kerala 1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election +Party Wise Resultshttps://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature History of Kerala legislature - Government of Kerala, India kerala.gov.in 2019-05-26 history-of-kerala-legislature 14 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200814235820/https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature deadFile:India Kerala Legislative Assembly 1980.svgPartySeatsAllianceCommunist Party of India (CPI)17 Left Democratic FrontCommunist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM)35Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))21Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)1Kerala Congress (M) (KCM)8All India Muslim League (AIMUL)5Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)6Indian National Congress (I) (INC (I))17 United Democratic FrontIndian Union Muslim League (IUML)14Kerala Congress (J) (KEC)6Janata Party (JNP)5National Democratic Party (NDP)3Praja Socialist Party (PSP)1Independent (IND)1N/ATotal140LDF-93, UDF-46, IND-1 Madhya Pradesh 1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Sources:STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3733-madhya-pradesh-1980/ Election Commission of India 14 June 2018Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/History%20web/OldElectionResults/1980.pdf Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer 9 December 2020 SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon 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 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3845-goa-1980/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa Election Commission of India yes !colspan=10|File:India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1980.svg |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=2|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat +/- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote % !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote % +/- |- | Indian National Congress (Indira) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)186 288 Indian National Congress (Indira) darkgray 1||286||186|| 124||7,809,533||44.50%|| 26.16% |- | Indian National Congress (Urs) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Urs)47 288 Indian National Congress (Urs) darkgray 1||192||47|| 22 (from INC seats)||3,596,582||20.49%|| 4.84% (from INC vote share) |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party17 288 Janata Party darkgray 1||111||17|| 82||1,511,042||8.61%|| 19.38% |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party14 288 Bharatiya Janata Party darkgray 1||145||14|| 14||1,645,734||9.38%|| 9.38% (New Party) |- | Peasants and Workers Party of India |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India9 288 Peasants and Workers Party of India darkgray 1||41||9|| 4||726,338||4.14%|| 1.40% |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India2 288 Communist Party of India darkgray 1||17||2|| 1||230,570||1.31%|| 0.17% |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)2 288 Communist Party of India (Marxist) darkgray 1||10||2|| 7||162,651||0.93%|| 0.76% |- | Republican Party of India (Khobragade) |align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)1 288 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) darkgray 1||42||1|| 1||239,286||1.36%|| 0.05% |- |Republican Party of India |36 |0 | 2 |132,798 |0.76% | 0.30% |- |All India Forward Bloc |1 |0 |3 |5,598 |0.03% |0.79% |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents10 288 Independent darkgray 1||612||10|| 18||1,409,177||8.03%|| 6.03% |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |align="left"|Total||1537||288||||17,548,655||53.30%|| 14.29% |- |} Manipur 1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Indian National Congress (I) 158127 13 New Janata Party 144112 10 New Indian National Congress (U) 69319 6 New Communist Party of India 53055 5 –1 Manipur Peoples Party 48196 4 –16 Janata Party (Secular) 20667 0 New Kuki National Assembly 20600 2 – Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4168 1 +1 Janata Party (JP) 924 0 New Independents 211855 19 +14 0 18381 909268 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3705-manipur-1980/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur Election Commission of India 22 October 2021 Odisha 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly electionOrissa 1980 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3624-orissa-1980/ 2021-05-28 Election Commission of India en-IN yes |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress (I) | | 147 || 118 || "NEW" || 80.27 || 30,37,487 || 47.78 || "NEW" |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress (U) | | 98 || 2 || "NEW" || 1.36 || 4,46,818 || 10.49 || "NEW" |- | Bharatiya Janata Party | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party | | 28 || 0 || NA || 0|| 86,421 || 7.09 || NA |- | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 27 || 4 || 0|| 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 2.72 || 3.4 |- | Independent politician | | 248 || 7 || N/A || 4.76 || 7,55,087 || 15.77 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 147 ( 7) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,39,09,115 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|65,49,074 (47.08%) |} Puducherry 1980 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 68030 14 11 Indian National Congress (Indira) 58680 10 8 Janata Party 22892 3 4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4944 1 1 Others 64778 0 0 Independents 26001 2 1 0 11278 319137 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3428-puducherry-1980/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Punjab 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.Partycontested Seats wonchange in seats popular vote %Indian National Congress117634628,25,82745.19%Shiromani Akali Dal73372116,83,26626.92%Communist Party of India18924,03,7186.46%Communist Party of India (Marxist)13532,53,9854.06%Bharatiya Janata Party411(new)4,05,1066.48%Independents37624,07,7996.52%Others 840 -2,73,2154.36%Total72211762,52,916 Rajasthan 1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980.svg Indian National Congress (Indira) 3975315 133 New Bharatiya Janata Party 1721321 32 New Janata Party (Secular) 883926 7 New Janata Party 679193 8 New Indian National Congress (Urs) 516887 6 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 111476 1 0 Communist Party of India 89382 1 0 Janata Party (Secular - Raj Narain) 63321 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 1558 0 0 Republican Party of India 55 0 New Indian Union Muslim League 35 0 0 Independents 1210295 12 +7 0 169206 18452344 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 27 December 2021 Tamil Nadu 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election thumb|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 |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party !style="width:4px" | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡ |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: AIADMK" | | 162 | +14 | 9,328,839 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 48.9% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | | 129 | -1 | 7,303,010 | 38.8% | 50.4% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | | 11 | -1 | 596,406 | 3.2% | 47.6% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | | 9 | +4 | 501,032 | 2.7% | 43.9% |- |GKC ! style="background-color: teal" | | 6 | +6 | 322,440 | 1.7% | 44.1% |- |IND ! style="background-color: olive" | | 6 | +6 | 488,296 | 2.6% | |- |FBL ! style="background-color: #800000" | | 1 | – | 65,536 | 0.4% | 44.6% |- |INC(U) ! style="background-color:" | | 0 | – | 52,119 | 0.3% | 29.3% |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: DMK" | | 69 | -6 | 8,371,718 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 44.4% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | | 37 | -11 | 4,164,389 | 22.1% | 45.7% |- |INC(I) ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | | 31 | +4 | 3,941,900 | 20.9% | 43.4% |- |IND ! style="background-color: lime" | | 1 | +1 | 265,429 | 1.4% | |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | | 3 | -8 | 1,144,449 | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 6.1% |- |JNP(JP) ! style="background-color: #FFFF00" | | 2 | -8 | 522,641 | 2.8% | 6.9% |- |IND ! style="background-color: #666666" | | 1 | – | 598,897 | 3.2% | – |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – | 18,845,006 | 100% | style="text-align:center;" | – |- |} ‡: 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 Election Commission of India 1980 Election Statistical Report http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 19 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 6 Oct 2010 and Keesing's ReportKeesing's Statistical ReportJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot Uttar Pradesh 1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Party nameSeats Indian National Congress (INC)309Janata Party (Secular) (JNP (SC)) 59Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))13 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)11Communist Party of India (CPI)6Janata Party (JNP(JP)) 4Janata Party (Secular) (JNP(SR)) 4Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) (SSD)1Independent17Total425 References 2 External links Election Commission of India Category:1980 elections in India India Category:1980 in India Category:Elections in India by year