1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly ; 74 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Vacant; President's rule	Elected Chief Minister ; Janaki Ballabh Patnaik ; Indian National Congress (I) Contents Constituencies ; Contesting parties ; Results ; Elected members ; References ;

Last updated April 02, 2023

Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980.

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, JNP(SC) and JNP(SR), Two stateparties FBL and RSP two registered unrecognised party JKD and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I)^[2] emerged as the winner by winning 118^[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Results

Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[4]

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	0	3.57	2,33,971	2.72	3.4
Independent		248	7	N/A	4.76	7,55,087	15.77	N/A
		Total Seats	147	Voters	1,39,09,115	Turnout	65,49,074 (47.08%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Karanjia	ST	Raghunath Hembram	Janata Party
Jashipur	ST	Sundar Mohan Majhi	Indian National Congress
Bahalda	ST	Rama Chandra Hansdah	Indian National Congress
Rairangpur	ST	Sidhalal Murmu	Indian National Congress
Bangriposi	ST	Kangoi Singh	Indian National Congress
Kuliana	ST	Saraswati Hembram	Indian National Congress
Baripada	None	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Indian National Congress
Baisinga	ST	Kuanria Majhi	Indian National Congress
Khunta	ST	Ramesh Soren	Indian National Congress
Udala	ST	Rauaneswar Madhei	Indian National Congress
Bhograi	None	Kartikeswar Patra	Indian National Congress
Jaleswar	None	Gadadhar Giri	Janata Party
Basta	None	Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Balasore	None	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
Soro	None	Pitambar Panda	Communist Party of India
Simulia	None	Parsuram Panigrahi	Janata Party
Nilgiri	None	Akshaya Kumar Acharya	Indian National Congress
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Purusottam Sethi	Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik	Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Jagannath Rout	Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Netrananda Mallick	Indian National Congress
Basudevpur	None	Jagabandhu Das	Indian National Congress
Sukinda	None	Sarat Rout	Indian National Congress
Korai	None	Ashok Kumar Das	Janata Party
Jajpur	SC	Niranjan Jena	Indian National Congress
Dharamsala	None	Kangali Panda	Independent
Barchana	None	Sitakanta Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Bari-derabisi	None	Srikanta Kumar Jena	Janata Party
Binjharpur	SC	Naba Kishore Mallik	Indian National Congress
Aul	None	Sarat Deb	Janata Party
Patamundai	SC	Biswanath Mallik	Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Nalinikanta Mohanty	Janata Party
Kendrapara	None	Indramani Rout	Indian National Congress
Patkura	None	Biju Patnaik	Janata Party
Tirtol	None	Basant Kumar Biswal	Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Damodar Rout	Janata Party
Balikuda	None	Basudev Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Krushna Chandra Mallik	Indian National Congress
Kissannagar	None	Surendranath Patnaik	Independent
Mahanga	None	Sk. Matlub Ali	Indian National Congress
Salepur	SC	Mayadhar Sethi	Indian National Congress
Gobindpur	None	Antarjyami Pradhan	Janata Party
Cuttack Sadar	None	Dolagobinda Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Cuttack City	None	Srikant Panda	Indian National Congress
Choudwar	None	Kanhu Charan Lanka	Indian National Congress
Banki	None	Akshaya Kumar Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Athgarh	None	Rasananda Sahoo	Indian National Congress
Baramba	None	Samir Kumar Routray	Indian National Congress
Balipatna	SC	Basanta Behera	Indian National Congress
Bhubaneswar	None	Rama Krushna Pati	Communist Party of India
Jatni	None	Suresh Kumar Routray	Indian National Congress
Pipli	None	Bipin Das	Indian National Congress
Nimapara	SC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	Indian National Congress
Kakatpur	None	Baikunthanath Swain	Indian National Congress
Satyabadi	None	Rabindra Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Gadadhar Mishra	Indian National Congress
Brahmagiri	None	Gangadhar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Debendranath Mansingh	Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	Prasanna Kumar Patsani	Indian National Congress
Begunia	None	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Ramakant Mishra	Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Bansidhar Sahoo	Indian National Congress
Khandapara	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj	Independent
Daspalla	None	Harihar Karan	Indian National Congress
Jaganathprasad	SC	Sribatcha Naik	Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	Somnath Rath	Indian National Congress
Suruda	None	Gantayat Swain	Indian National Congress
Aska	None	Raghaba Parida	Indian National Congress
Kavisuryanagar	None	Radha Govinda Sahu	Indian National Congress
Kodala	None	Kanhu Charan Naik	Indian National Congress
Khallikote	None	Trinath Samantary	Indian National Congress
Chatrapur	None	Biswanath Sahu	Communist Party of India
Hinjili	None	Brundaban Nayak	Janata Party
Gopalpur	SC	Ghanashyam Behera	Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	Krushna Charan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Chikati	None	Chintamani Dyan Samatra	Independent
Mohana	None	Udaya Narayan Dev	Janata Party
Ramagiri	ST	Gorsanga Savara	Indian National Congress
Parlakhemundi	None	Bijoy Kumar Jena	Independent
Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Gamango	Indian National Congress
Bissam-cuttack	ST	Dambarudhar Ulaka	Indian National Congress
Rayagada	ST	Ulaka Ramchandra	Indian National Congress
Lakshmipur	ST	Anantaram Majhi	Indian National Congress
Pottangi	ST	Chandrama Santa	Indian National Congress
Koraput	None	Nrusinghananda Brahma	Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Naka Laxmaya	Indian National Congress
Chitrakonda	ST	Gangadhar Madi	Indian National Congress
Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi	Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	None	Habibulla Khan	Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Domberu Majhi	Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Phulamani Santa	Indian National Congress
Umarkote	ST	Parama Pujari	Indian National Congress
Nawapara	None	Bhanu Prakash Joshi	Indian National Congress
Khariar	None	Anup Singh Deo	Independent
Dharamgarh	SC	Gajanan Nayak	Indian National Congress
Koksara	None	Monmohan Mathur	Indian National Congress
Junagarh	None	Maheswar Barad	Indian National Congress
Bhawanipatna	SC	Dayanidhi Naik	Indian National Congress
Narla	ST	Tejraj Majhi	Indian National Congress
Kesinga	None	Bhupinder Singh	Indian National Congress
Balliguda	ST	Sahura Mallik	Indian National Congress
Udayagiri	ST	Nagarjun Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Phulbani	SC	Chandra Sekhar Behera	Indian National Congress
Boudh	None	Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi	Indian National Congress
Titilagarh	SC	Lalit Mohan Gandhi	Indian National Congress
Kantabanji	None	Prasanna Kumar Pal	Indian National Congress
Patnagarh	None	Brajamohan Thakur	Indian National Congress
Saintala	None	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	Indian National Congress
Loisingha	None	Balgopal Mishra	Independent
Bolangir	None	Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan	Indian National Congress
Sonepur	SC	Dhaneswar Kumbhar	Indian National Congress
Binka	None	Pradipt Hota	Indian National Congress
Birmaharajpur	None	Hrushikesh Hota	Indian National Congress
Athmallik	None	Bhajaman Behera	Indian National Congress
Angul	None	Santosh Kumar Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Hindol	SC	Trinath Nayak	Janata Party
Dhenkanal	None	Nandini Satpathy	Indian National Congress
Gondia	None	Haladhar Mishra	Indian National Congress
Kamakhyanagar	None	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Pallahara	None	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	Indian National Congress
Talcher	SC	Brundaban Bahera	Janata Party
Padampur	None	Satya Bhusan Sahu	Indian National Congress
Melchhamunda	None	Prakash Chandra Debata	Indian National Congress
Bijepur	None	Rajib Lochan Hota	Indian National Congress
Bhatli	SC	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	Jadumani Padhan	Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	None	Aswini Kumar Guru	Indian National Congress
Brajarajnagar	None	Upendra Dixit	Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda	None	Birendra Pandey	Indian National Congress
Laikera	ST	Hemananda Biswal	Indian National Congress
Kuchinda	ST	Jagateswar Mirdha	Indian National Congress
Rairakhol	SC	Abhimanyu Kumar	Indian National Congress
Deogarh	None	Aswini Kumar Behera	Indian National Congress
Sundargarh	None	Kishore Chandra Patal	Indian National Congress
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi	Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Mukharam Naik	Indian National Congress
Biramitrapur	ST	Jumus Bilung	Indian National Congress
Rourkela	None	Gurupada Nanda	Indian National Congress
Raghunathpali	ST	Nelson Soreng	Indian National Congress
Bonai	ST	Basanta Kumar Dandapat	Indian National Congress
Champua	ST	Saharei Oram	Janata Party
Patna	ST	Hrusikesh Naik	Janata Party
Keonjhar	ST	Jogendra Naik	Indian National Congress
Telkoi	ST	Chandrasen Nayak	Indian National Congress
Ramchandrapur	None	Niranjan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Anandapur	SC	Jayadeb Jena	Indian National Congress

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References

↑ "Chief Minister of Odisha". Cm.odisha.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
↑ "Orissa 1980 - Orissa - Election Commission of India". Eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections.in. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
↑ "Orissa 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-28.

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[1] "Chief Minister of Odisha". Cm.odisha.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

[2] "Orissa 1980 - Orissa - Election Commission of India". Eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections.in. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

[4] "Orissa 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-28.

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