1980 Indian general election

none July 2023 July 2023 India parliamentary 1977 Indian general election 1977 1984 Indian general election 1984 3 and 6 January 1980 529 of the 531 seats in the Lok Sabhaseats Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and filled by presidential nomination 265 356,205,329 56.92% ( 5.55pp) 130x130px Indira Gandhi official portrait.png 120 120 150 0 0 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) 34.55%, 154 seats 353 199 84,455,313 42.69% 8.17pp Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular) – 41 New 18,574,696 9.39% New E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 E. M. S. Namboodiripad Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4.29%, 22 seats 37 15 12,352,331 6.24% 1.95pp Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Jagjivan Ram Janata Party 41.32%, 295 seats 31 264 37,530,228 18.97% 22.35pp എ.കെ._ആന്റണി.jpg 140 120 150 10 0 A. K. Antony Indian National Congress (U) – 13 New 10,449,859 5.28% New Wahlergebnisse Indien 1980.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular) Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha INC (I)+ LF JP+ General elections were held in India on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the seventh Lok Sabha. Indian National Congress (Indira), led by Indira Gandhi, won landslide victory in the election, winning 353 seats. Background The Janata Party alliance came into power in the 1977 general elections amidst public anger with the Indian National Congress (R) and the Emergency. However, its position was weak; the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. Bharatiya Lok Dal leaders Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram, who had quit the Congress, were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and Hindu nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Charan Singh and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned. Charan Singh, who had retained some partners of the Janata alliance, was sworn in as prime minister in June 1979. The Indian National Congress (Indira), which succeeded the Indian National Congress (Requisition) from 1978 promised to support Singh in parliament but later backed out just two days before the Government was scheduled to prove its majority on the floor of Lok Sabha. Charan Singh, forced to resign, called for elections in January 1980 and is the only prime minister of India never to have obtained the confidence of Parliament. In the run up to the general elections, Indira Gandhi's leadership faced a formidable political challenge from a galaxy of regional satraps and prominent leaders of Janata party like Satyendra Narayan Sinha and Karpuri Thakur in Bihar, Ramakrishna Hegde in Karnataka, Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra, Devi Lal in Haryana & Biju Patnaik in Orissa. Janata Party contested the election with Jagjivan Ram as its prime ministerial candidate.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830930-as-general-elections-loom-large-new-four-party-united-front-formed-to-counter-congi-771046-2013-07-18 As general elections loom large, new four-party United Front formed to counter Cong(I) Prabhu Chawla September 30, 2013 India Today 2019-09-23 Jagjivan Ram: Most experienced artful dodger of Indian politics https://web.archive.org/web/20210213012943/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800115-jagjivan-ram-most-experienced-artful-dodger-of-indian-politics-821731-2014-12-23 13 February 2021 India Today, 23 December 2014 However, internal feud between Janata Party leaders and the political instability in the country worked in favour of Indira Gandhi's Congress (I), that reminded voters of the strong government of Indira Gandhi during campaigning. Results 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 ECI Results by state/union territory +State/Union TerritorySeatsINC(I)JP(S)LFTJNPOTHA & N Islands110000Andhra Pradesh42410001Arunachal Pradesh220000Assam220000Bihar54305487Chandigarh110000Dadra and Nagar Haveli110000Goa, Daman and Diu200002Gujarat26250010Haryana1054010Himachal Pradesh440000Jammu & Kashmir610005Karnataka28270010Kerala2050807Lakshadweep100001Madhya Pradesh40350041Maharashtra48390081Manipur210100Meghalaya110000Mizoram100001Nagaland100001Delhi760010Orissa21201000Pondicherry110000Punjab13120001Rajasthan25182041Sikkim100001Tamil Nadu392000019Tripura200200Uttar Pradesh855129131West Bengal42403800Total52935341543150 NOTE: LFT (Left Front) consisted of CPI(M), CPI, RSP and AIFB See also List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha 1980 Indian general election by state or union territory Notes References General Category:General elections in India General India