1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Bihar legislative assembly election
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  1977 31 May 1980 1985  

324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
 Majority partyMinority party
  Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg
Leader Jagannath Mishra Ram Sundar Das
Party INC Janata Party (Secular)
Seats won16946
Popular vote7,690,2253,515,684
Percentage34.20%15.63%

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Jagannath Mishra
INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in 1980, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. [1] [2] After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Jagannath Mishra was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Chandrashekhar Singh became the Chief Minister from 14 August 1983 to 12 March 1985.

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The elections were held after President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ordered the imposition of President's rule in the state on the advice of the Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry, which acted on basis that the victory of the Indian National Congress in the 1980 Indian general election proved that the government no longer reflected the will of the pepule. [3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress 7,690,22534.20169
Janata Party (Secular) 3,515,68415.6342
Communist Party of India 2,051,9629.1223
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,891,3258.4121
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 Narain 362,3881.611
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 380,8911.6911
Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)128,5170.57
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 49,4070.221
Jharkhand Party 31,9520.14
Revolutionary Socialist Party 11,9630.05
Lokdal 6,7440.03
Janata Party 6,7330.03
All India Forward Bloc 5,3090.02
Bharatiya Socialist Party1,1020.00
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 7290.00
Republican Party of India 5680.00
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

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
DhanahaNoneHardeo Prasad Indian National Congress
BaghaSCTriloki Harijan Indian National Congress
RamnagarNoneArjun Vikram Shah Indian National Congress
ShikarpurSCSita Ram Prasad Indian National Congress
SiktaNoneDharmesh Prasad VermaJanata Party
LauriaNoneVishwamohan Sharma Indian National Congress
ChanpatiaNoneVirbal Sharma Communist Party of India
BettiahNoneGauri Shankar Pandey Indian National Congress
NautanNoneKamla Devi Indian National Congress
RaxaulNoneSagir Ahmad Indian National Congress
SugauliNoneRamashray Singh Communist Party of India
MotihariNonePrabhawati Gupta Indian National Congress
AdapurNoneSharmim Udin Hasmi Janata Party
DhakaNoneMotiur Rahman Indian National Congress
GhorasahanNoneRajendra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
MadhubanNoneVraj Kishore Singh Indian National Congress
PipraSCNand Lal Chaudhary Indian National Congress
KesariyaNoneRai Harishankar SharmaJanata Party
HarsidhiNoneMd. Hadaytullah Khan Indian National Congress
GobindganjNoneRamashankar Pandey Indian National Congress
KateyaNoneSihaswar Sahi Indian National Congress
BhoreSCAlagu Ram Indian National Congress
MirganjNoneRaj Mangal MishraJanata Party
GopalganjNoneKali Prasad Pandey Independent
BarauliNoneAbdul Ghafoor Indian National Congress
BaikunthpurNoneBraj Kishore Narain SinghJanata Party
BasantpurNoneManik Chand Roy Janata Party
GoreakothiNoneAjit Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
SiwanNoneJanardan Tiwary Bharatiya Janata Party
MairwaSCRam Narain Ram Indian National Congress
DarauliNoneChandrika Pandey Indian National Congress
ZiradeiNoneRaghav Prasad Janata Party
MaharajganjNoneUmashankar Singh (sawan Bigrah)Janata Party
RaghunathpurNoneVijay Shankar Dubey Indian National Congress
ManjhiNoneRameshwar Dutta Sharma Indian National Congress
BaniapurNoneUma Pandey Indian National Congress
MasrakhNoneRam Deo Singh Indian National Congress
TaraiyaNonePrabhu Nath Singh Indian National Congress
MarhauraNoneBhishma Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
JalalpurNoneKumar Kalika Singh Indian National Congress
ChapraNoneJanak Yadav Janata Party
GarkhaSCRaghu Nandan Manji Indian National Congress
ParsaNoneDaroga Prasad Rai Indian National Congress
SonepurNone Lalu Yadav Janata Party
HajipurNoneJagannath Pd. Rai Indian National Congress
RaghopurNoneUdey Na. Rai Janata Party
MahnarNoneMunshilal Rai Janata Party
JandahaNoneBirendra Singh Independent
PatepurSCShiv Nandan Pawan Janata Party
MahuaSCDesai Chaudhary Janata Party
LalganjNoneLaliteshwar Prasad Shahi Indian National Congress
VaishaliNoneBrishna Patel Janata Party
ParuNoneNitishwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
SahebganjNoneNawal Kishore Singh Indian National Congress
BarurajNoneJamuna Singh Indian National Congress
KantiNoneNailini Ranjan Singh Socialist Unity Centre of India
KurhaniNoneRam Praikshan Sah Janata Party
SakraSCFakirchand Ram Indian National Congress
MuzaffarpurNoneRaghunath Pandey Indian National Congress
BochahaSCRamai RamJanata Party
GaighattiNoneJitendra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
AuraiNoneGanesh Prasad Yadav Janata Party
MinapurNoneJankdhari Prasad Kushwaha Communist Party of India
RunisaidpurNoneVivekanand Giri Indian National Congress
BelsandNoneRaghubans Prasad Singh Janata Party
SheoharNoneRaghunath Jha Indian National Congress
SitamurhiNonePir Mohammad Ansari Indian National Congress
BathnahaNoneSuryadeo Rai Indian National Congress
MajorganjSCRam Briksha Ram Indian National Congress
SonbarsaNoneM. Anwarul Haque Indian National Congress
SursandNoneNagendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
PupriNoneRambriksha Choudhary Indian National Congress
BenipattiNoneYugeshwar Jha Indian National Congress
BisfiNoneRajkumar Purbey Communist Party of India
HarlakhiNoneMithilesh Kumar Pandey Indian National Congress
KhajauliSCRam Lakhan Ram Raman Communist Party of India
BabubarhiNoneMahendra Narain Jha Indian National Congress
MadhubaniNoneRaj Kumar Mahaseth Janata Party
PandaulNoneKumud Ranjan Jha Indian National Congress
JhanjharpurNoneJagannath Mishra Indian National Congress
PhulparasNoneSurendra Yadav Janata Party
LaukahaNoneLal Bihari Yadav Communist Party of India
MadhepurNoneRadhanandan Jha Indian National Congress
ManigachhiNoneNagendra Jha Indian National Congress
BaheraNoneParma Nand Jha Indian National Congress
GhanshyampurNoneMahendra Narain Jha Indian National Congress
BaheriNoneRama Kant Jha Indian National Congress
Darbhanga RuralSCJagdish Choudhary Janata Party
DarbhangaNoneAbdul Sami Nadvi Indian National Congress
KeotiNoneShamaole Nabi Indian National Congress
JaleNoneAbdul Salam Communist Party of India
HayaghatNoneMadan Mohan Choudhary Indian National Congress
KalyanpurNoneRam Sukumari Devi Indian National Congress
WarisnagarSCPitambar Paswan Janata Party
SamastipurNoneKarpoori Thakur Janata Party
SarairanjanNoneRam Bilas Mishra Janata Party
Mohiuddin NagarNoneRam Chandra Rai Indian National Congress
DalsinghsaraiNoneJagdish Prasad Choudhary Indian National Congress
BibhutpurNoneRamdeo Verma Communist Party of India
RoseraNoneRamashary Rai Indian National Congress
SinghiaSCRamjatan Paswan Communist Party of India
HasanpurNoneGajendra Prasad Himansu Janata Party
BaliaNoneSrinarhyan Yadav Janata Party
MatihaniNonePramod Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress
BegusaraiNoneBhola Singh Indian National Congress
BarauniNoneRameshwar Singh Communist Party of India
BachwaraNoneRamdeo Roy Indian National Congress
Cheria BariarpurNoneSukhdeo Mahto Communist Party of India
BakhriSCRamchandra Paswan Communist Party of India
RaghopurNoneAmrendra Mishra Indian National Congress
KishanpurNoneVishwanath Gurmaita Indian National Congress
SupaulNoneUma Shankar Singh Indian National Congress
TribeniganjNoneJagdish Mandal Indian National Congress
ChhatapurSCKumbh Narin Sardar Indian National Congress
KumarkhandSCNawal Kishore Bharti Janata Party
SingheshwarNoneJai Kumar Singh Janata Party
SaharsaNoneRamesh Jha Indian National Congress
MahishiNoneLahtan Chaudhry Indian National Congress
Simiri-bakhtiarpurNoneChaudhry Md. Salahuadin Indian National Congress
MadhepuraNoneRadha Kant Yadav Janata Party
SonbarsaNoneSurya Na. Yadav Indian National Congress
KishanganjNoneSingheshwar Mehta Indian National Congress
AlamnagarNoneBirendra Kumar Janata Party
RupauliNoneDinesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
DhamdahaNoneSurja Narayan Singh Yadav Janata Party
BanmankhiSCJaikant Paswan Indian National Congress
RaniganjSCYamuna Prasad Ram Indian National Congress
NarpatganjNoneJanardan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
ForbesganjNoneSaryu Mishra Indian National Congress
ArariaNoneMoh. Tasilmuddin Janata Party
SiktiNoneShital Pd. Gupta Indian National Congress
JokihatNoneMoidur Rehman Indian National Congress
BahadurganjNoneNajumuddin Indian National Congress
ThakurganjNoneMoh. Hussain Azad Indian National Congress
KishanganjNoneMoh. Mustaque Janata Party
AmourNoneM. Moijuddin Minshi Indian National Congress
BaisiNoneSayad Moinuddin Independent
KasbaNoneMd. Yasin Indian National Congress
PurneaNoneAjit Chand Sarkar Communist Party of India
KorhaSCVishwanath Rishi Indian National Congress
BarariNoneKaruneshwar Singh Indian National Congress
KatiharNoneSitaram Chamaria Indian National Congress
KadwaNoneMangan Insan Independent
BarsoiNoneBeula Doza Indian National Congress
PranpurNoneMohammad Sakur Indian National Congress
ManihariNoneRam Sipahi YadavJanata Party
RajmahalNoneDhrub Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
BorioSTJohn Hemrom Indian National Congress
BarhaitSTThomas Hansda Indian National Congress
LitiparaSTSaimon Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PakaurNoneAbdul Hakim Communist Party of India
MaheshpurSTDevidhan Basera Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
SikariparaSTDavid Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
NalaNoneBisheshwar Khan Communist Party of India
JamtaraNoneArun Kumar Bose Communist Party of India
SarathNoneAshaya Charan Lal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
MadhupurNoneKrishna Nand Jha Indian National Congress
DeogharSCBaidya Nath Das Indian National Congress
JarmundiNoneJawahar Parsad Singh Independent
DumkaSTStephan Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JamaSTDewan Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PoreyahatNoneSuraj Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GoddaNoneHemant Kumar Jha Indian National Congress
MahagamaNoneAwadh Bihari Singh Indian National Congress
PirpaintiNoneDilip Kumar Sinha Indian National Congress
ColgongNoneSadanand Singh Indian National Congress
NathnagarNoneTalib Ansari Indian National Congress
BhagalpurNoneSheo Chandra Jha Indian National Congress
GopalpurNoneMadan Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BihpurNoneRajendra Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress
SultanganjSCNand Kumar Manjhi Indian National Congress
AmarpurNoneNil Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
DhuraiyaSCNaresh Das Communist Party of India
BankaNoneThakur Kamakhays Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BelharNoneChandra Mauleshwar Singh (lallan) Independent
KatoriaNoneSuresh Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
ChakaiNoneFalguni Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
JhajhaNoneShiv Nandan Prasad Indian National Congress
TarapurNoneNarayan Yadav Communist Party of India
KharagpurNoneJai Pra. Na. Yadav Janata Party
ParbattaNoneRam Chandra Mishra Indian National Congress
ChauthamNoneGhanshyam Singh Indian National Congress
KhagariaNoneRam Sharan Yadav Janata Party
AlauliSCMishri Sada Indian National Congress
MonghyrNoneRamdeo Singh Yadav Janata Party
JamalpurNoneUpendra Prasad Verma Janata Party
SurajgarhaNoneRamji Prasad Mahto Indian National Congress
JamuiNoneHardeo Prasad Independent
SikandraSCRameshwar Paswan Independent
LakhisaraiNoneAshwani Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress
SheikhpuraNoneRajo Singh Indian National Congress
BarbighaSCMahabir Choudhary Indian National Congress
AsthawanNoneAyodhya Prasad Indian National Congress
BiharsharifNone Deo Nath Prasad Communist Party of India
RajgirSCSatyadeo Narayan Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
NalandaNoneRam Naresh Singh Independent
IslampurNonePankaj Kumar Sinha Indian National Congress
HilsaNoneJagdish Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
ChandiNoneRamraj Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
HarnautNoneArun Kumar Singh Independent
MokamahNoneShyam Sunder Singh Indian National Congress
BarhNoneVishwa Mohan Choudhry Independent
BakhtiarpurNoneRam Lakhan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
FatwaSCPunit Rov Janata Party
MasaurhiNoneGanesh Prasad Singh Janata Party
Patna WestNoneRanjeet Sinha Indian National Congress
Patna CentralNone Shailendra Nath Shrivastava Bharatiya Janata Party
Patna EastNoneSarad Kumar Jain Indian National Congress
DanapurNoneBudh Deo Singh Indian National Congress
ManerNoneRam Nagina Singh Independent
PhulwariSCSanjeev Prasad Tony Indian National Congress
BikramNoneRam Nath Yadav Communist Party of India
PaliganjNoneRam Lakhan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
SandeshNoneSidh Nath Rai Indian National Congress
BarharaNoneRamjee Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
ArrahNoneS.m. Isa Indian National Congress
ShahpurNoneAnand Sharma Indian National Congress
BrahmpurNoneRishi Kesh Tiwari Indian National Congress
BuxarNoneJag Narain Trivedi Indian National Congress
RajpurSCChaturi Ram Indian National Congress
DumraonNoneRaja Ram Arya Indian National Congress
JagdishpurNoneBir Bahadur Singh Independent
PiroNoneMuni Singh Indian National Congress
SaharSCDineshwar Prasad Janata Party
KarakatNoneTulsi Singh Janata Party
BikramganjNoneAkhlaque AhmadJanata Party
DinaraNoneLakshman Rai Indian National Congress
RamgarhNonePrabhavati Singh Indian National Congress
MohaniaSCMahavir Paswani Indian National Congress
BhabhuaNoneShyam Narayan Pandey Indian National Congress
ChainpurNoneLal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party
SasaramNoneRam Sewak Singh Janata Party
ChenariSCDudnath Paswan Indian National Congress
NokhaNoneJangi Singh Choudhary Janata Party
DehriNoneMohammad Ilias Hussain Janata Party
NabinagarNoneRadhubansh Pd. Singh Indian National Congress
DeoSCDilkeshwar Ram Indian National Congress
AurangabadNoneRam Naresh Singh Independent
RafiganjNoneVijay Kumar SinghJanata Party
ObraNoneVirendra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
GohNoneRam Saran Yadav Communist Party of India
ArwalNoneKrishnandan Pd. Singh Independent
KurthaNoneSakdeo Prasad Yadav Janata Party
MakhdumpurNoneRameshrey Pradhan Singh Indian National Congress
JahanabadNoneTara Gupta Indian National Congress
GhosiNoneJagdish Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
BelaganjNoneShatrughna Sharan Singh Indian National Congress
KonchNoneRaj Kumari Devi Indian National Congress
Gaya MuffasilNoneAwadhesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
Gaya TownNoneJai Kumar Palit Indian National Congress
ImamganjSCShrichand Singh Indian National Congress
GuruaNoneMd. Shahjan Indian National Congress
Bodh GayaSCBalik Ram Communist Party of India
BarachattiSCG. S. Ramchandra Dass Indian National Congress
FatehpurSCJitan Ram Manjhi Indian National Congress
AtriNoneSurendra Prasad Indian National Congress
NawadaNoneGanesh Shankar Vidyarthi Communist Party of India
RajauliSCBanwari RamJanata Party
GobindpurNoneGayatri Devi Indian National Congress
WarsaliganjNoneBandi Shankar Singh Indian National Congress
HisuaNoneAtiya Singh Independent
KodarmaNoneRajendra Nath Dawn Indian National Congress
BarhiNoneNiranjan Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
ChatraSCMahesh Ram Indian National Congress
SimariaSCIshwari Ram Paswan Indian National Congress
BarkagaonNoneRamendra Kumar Communist Party of India
RamgarhNoneArjun Ram Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
ManduNoneRamnika Gupta Janata Party
HazaribaghNoneRaghunandan Prasad Indian National Congress
BarkathaNoneBhuwaneshwar Prasad Mehta Communist Party of India
DhanwarNoneTilakdhari Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BagodarNoneKharagdhari Narayan Singh Independent
JamuaSCTaneshwar Azad Indian National Congress
GandeyNoneSarfaraz Ahmad Indian National Congress
GiridihNoneUrmila Debi Indian National Congress
DumriNoneShiba Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GomiaNoneChhatru Ram Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party
BermoNoneRamdas Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BokaroNoneAklu Ram Mahto Janata Party
TundoNoneBinod Bihari Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
BaghmaraNoneShankar Dayal Singh Indian National Congress
SindriNoneAnand Mahto Independent
NirsaNoneKripa Shankar Chatterjee Independent
DhanbadNoneYogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Indian National Congress
JhariaNoneSuryadeo SinghJanata Party
ChandankiyariSCHaru Rajiwar Independent
BaharagoraNoneDevi Pada Upadhyaya Communist Party of India
GhatsilaSTTikaram Majhi Communist Party of India
PotkaSTSanatan Sardar Bharatiya Janata Party
JugsalaiSCTulsi Rajak Communist Party of India
Jamshedpur EastNoneDinanath Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
Jamshedpur WestNoneMd. Samsuddin Khan Indian National Congress
IchagarhNoneGhanshyam Mahato Independent
SeraikellaSTKade Majhi Bharatiya Janata Party
ChaibasaSTMuktidani Sambrui Independent
MajhgaonSTDevendra Nath Champia Indian National Congress
JagannathpurSTMangal Singh Lamai Independent
ManoharpurSTRatnakar Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
ChakradharpurSTDevendra Manjhi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
KharswanSTDebi Lal Matisoy Bharatiya Janata Party
TamarSTTiru Muchirai Munda Indian National Congress
TorpaSTLeyandar Tiru Indian National Congress
KhuntiSTSamu Pahan Indian National Congress
SilliNoneRajendra Singh Communist Party of India
KhijriSTUmraon Sadho Kujur Indian National Congress
RanchiNoneGyan Rangan Indian National Congress
HatiaNoneSubodh Kant SahayJanata Party
KankeSCRam Ratan Ram Indian National Congress
MandarSTKaram Chand Bhagat Indian National Congress
SisaiSTBandi Oraon Indian National Congress
KolebiraSTS. K. Bage Indian National Congress
SimdegaSTMirmal Kumar Desra Bharatiya Janata Party
GumlaSTBairagi Oraon Indian National Congress
BishnupurSTDhukhla Bhagat Indian National Congress
LohardagaSTIndra Nath Bhagat Indian National Congress
LateharSCIndra Nath Bhahgat Indian National Congress
ManikaSTYamuna Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
PankiNoneSankteshwar Singh Indian National Congress
DaltonganjNoneInder Singh Namdhari Bharatiya Janata Party
GarhwaNoneYugal Kishore Pandey Indian National Congress
BhawanathpurNoneShankar Pratap Deo Indian National Congress
BishrampurNoneVinodh SinghJanata Party
ChhatarpurSCRadha Krishna Kishore Indian National Congress
HussainabadNoneHarihar Singh Indian National Congress

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The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam.

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in June 1977 to elect members of the 425 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Ram Naresh Yadav was appointed the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The number of constituencies was set as 425 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

References

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