1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.33% ( 1.04%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Darbara Singh Harchand Singh Longowal Party INC SAD CPI Leader's seat Nakodar (won) Muktsar (won) - Seats won 63 37 9 Seat change 46 21 2 Popular vote 2,825,827 1,683,266 403,718 Percentage 45.19% 26.92% 6.46% Swing 11.6% 4.5% 0.2%
CM before election President's rule Elected CM Darbara Singh INC

In the 1980 elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, the Congress party achieved an overall majority.

Result

Source: ^[1]

Party		Contested	Seats won	Seats +/-	popular vote	%
	Indian National Congress	117	63	46	28,25,827	45.19%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	73	37	21	16,83,266	26.92%
	Communist Party of India	18	9	2	4,03,718	6.46%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	13	5	3	2,53,985	4.06%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	41	1	(new)	4,05,106	6.48%
	Independents	376	2		4,07,799	6.52%
	Others	84	0	-	2,73,215	4.36%
Total		722	117		62,52,916

Results by constituency

	AC Name [2]	AC No.	Type	Winning Candidate	Party	Total Electors	Total Votes	Poll%	Margin	Margin %
1	Fatehgarh	1	GEN	Santokh Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	75,796	55,815	73.6 %	1,960	3.5%
2	Batala	2	GEN	Gopal Krishan Chatrath	Indian National Congress (I)	80,752	53,888	66.7 %	5,616	10.4%
3	Qadian	3	GEN	Mohinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	90,402	62,212	68.8 %	1,612	2.6%
4	Srihargobindpur	4	GEN	Natha Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	73,449	51,062	69.5 %	4,844	9.5%
5	Kahnuwan	5	GEN	Ujagar Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	76,354	52,272	68.5 %	388	0.7%
6	Dhariwal	6	GEN	Raj Kumar	Communist Party Of India	80,151	50,147	62.6 %	9,106	18.2%
7	Gurdaspur	7	GEN	Rattan Lal	Indian National Congress (I)	82,283	50,227	61.0 %	2,517	5.0%
8	Dina Nagar	8	SC	Jai Muni	Indian National Congress (I)	81,266	46,781	57.6 %	12,724	27.2%
9	Narot Mehra	9	SC	Amar Nath	Indian National Congress (I)	67,834	42,403	62.5 %	10,512	24.8%
10	Pathankot	10	GEN	Ram Sarup	Indian National Congress (I)	75,242	46,359	61.6 %	1,767	3.8%
11	Sujanpur	11	GEN	Chaman Lal	Indian National Congress (I)	63,955	41,669	65.2 %	9,468	22.7%
12	Beas	12	GEN	Jiwan Singh Umranangal	Shiromani Akali Dal	92,591	63,441	68.5 %	1,692	2.7%
13	Majitha	13	GEN	Parkash Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,004	58,147	69.2 %	5,194	8.9%
14	Verka	14	SC	Sohan Singh	Communist Party Of India	90,115	51,691	57.4 %	346	0.7%
15	Jandiala	15	SC	Tara Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	87,032	49,077	56.4 %	137	0.3%
16	Amritsar North	16	GEN	Brij Bhushan Mehra	Indian National Congress (I)	94,509	49,371	52.2 %	9,120	18.5%
17	Amritsar West	17	GEN	Sewa Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	1,05,350	58,723	55.7 %	3,642	6.2%
18	Amritsar Central	18	GEN	Darbari Lal	Indian National Congress (I)	75,705	52,351	69.2 %	8,140	15.5%
19	Amritsar South	19	GEN	Pirthipal Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	90,945	54,956	60.4 %	1,761	3.2%
20	Ajnala	20	GEN	Harcharan Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	84,335	59,926	71.1 %	3,441	5.7%
21	Raja Sansi	21	GEN	Iqbal Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	77,006	51,603	67.0 %	1,228	2.4%
22	Attari	22	SC	Darshan Singh Chabal	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	71,189	39,554	55.6 %	8,563	21.6%
23	Tarn Taran	23	GEN	Prem Singh Lalpura	Shiromani Akali Dal	85,200	57,418	67.4 %	5,816	10.1%
24	Khadoor Sahib	24	SC	Lakha Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	81,129	38,545	47.5 %	2,015	5.2%
25	Naushahra Panwan	25	GEN	Surinder Singh Kairon	Indian National Congress (I)	77,884	55,304	71.0 %	241	0.4%
26	Patti	26	GEN	Naranjan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	90,180	54,647	60.6 %	9,227	16.9%
27	Valtoha	27	GEN	Major Singh Uboke	Shiromani Akali Dal	82,648	54,565	66.0 %	3,618	6.6%
28	Adampur	28	GEN	Kulwant Singh	Communist Party Of India	89,689	59,636	66.5 %	5,400	9.1%
29	Jullundur Cantonment	29	GEN	Ram Lal Chetti	Indian National Congress (I)	81,148	41,855	51.6 %	13,145	31.4%
30	Jullundur North	30	GEN	Gurdial Saini	Indian National Congress (I)	88,772	56,158	63.3 %	3,531	6.3%
31	Jullundur Central	31	GEN	Yash	Indian National Congress (I)	85,498	48,060	56.2 %	418	0.9%
32	Jullundur South	32	SC	Darshan Singh Kaypee	Indian National Congress (I)	74,249	44,300	59.7 %	15,122	34.1%
33	Kartarpur	33	SC	Jagjit Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	83,646	53,583	64.1 %	6,381	11.9%
34	Lohian	34	GEN	Balwant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	95,678	70,372	73.6 %	12,606	17.9%
35	Nakodar	35	GEN	Darbara Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	88,920	60,305	67.8 %	723	1.2%
36	Nur Mahal	36	GEN	Sarwan Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	86,702	61,844	71.3 %	4,213	6.8%
37	Banga	37	SC	Jagat Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	83,822	55,639	66.4 %	5,303	9.5%
38	Nawan Shahr	38	GEN	Dilbagh Singh	Independent	1,11,724	76,193	68.2 %	15,614	20.5%
39	Phillaur	39	SC	Sarwan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	89,876	51,876	57.7 %	2,121	4.1%
40	Bholath	40	GEN	Sukhjinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,306	52,897	71.2 %	4,784	9.0%
41	Kapurthala	41	GEN	Raghbir Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	66,208	42,317	63.9 %	2,921	6.9%
42	Sultanpur	42	GEN	Atma Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	68,577	50,393	73.5 %	6,642	13.2%
43	Phagwara	43	SC	Piara Ram Dhanowalia	Indian National Congress (I)	88,174	58,176	66.0 %	1,589	2.7%
44	Balachaur	44	GEN	Dalip Chand	Indian National Congress (I)	86,789	50,663	58.4 %	9,933	19.6%
45	Garhshankar	45	GEN	Sarwan Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	82,638	47,827	57.9 %	3,209	6.7%
46	Mahilpur	46	SC	Kartar Singh S/o Ranjha Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,736	40,774	54.6 %	5,976	14.7%
47	Hoshiarpur	47	GEN	Master Kundan Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	85,328	50,833	59.6 %	6,295	12.4%
48	Sham Chaurasi	48	SC	Hari Mittar Hans	Indian National Congress (I)	82,923	48,994	59.1 %	1,703	3.5%
49	Tanda	49	GEN	Surjit Kaur	Indian National Congress (I)	85,497	52,913	61.9 %	1,080	2.0%
50	Garhdiwala	50	SC	Joginder Nath	Indian National Congress (I)	85,605	44,648	52.2 %	126	0.3%
51	Dasuya	51	GEN	Gurbachan Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	83,493	47,535	56.9 %	10,305	21.7%
52	Mukerian	52	GEN	Kewal Krishan	Indian National Congress (I)	85,843	53,694	62.5 %	18,441	34.3%
53	Jagraon	53	GEN	Jagrup Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	97,482	61,983	63.6 %	6,109	9.9%
54	Raikot	54	GEN	Jagdev Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	90,237	57,743	64.0 %	2,595	4.5%
55	Dakha	55	SC	Basant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	1,03,688	61,147	59.0 %	4,447	7.3%
56	Qila Raipur	56	GEN	Arjan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	92,829	53,349	57.5 %	868	1.6%
57	Ludhiana North	57	GEN	Sardari Lal Kapur	Indian National Congress (I)	89,490	55,718	62.3 %	8,060	14.5%
58	Ludhiana West	58	GEN	Joginder Pall Pandey	Indian National Congress (I)	85,702	48,722	56.9 %	13,322	27.3%
59	Ludhiana East	59	GEN	Om Parkash Gupta	Indian National Congress (I)	79,629	51,338	64.5 %	11,552	22.5%
60	Ludhiana Rural	60	GEN	Bir Paul Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	1,07,620	58,927	54.8 %	12,735	21.6%
61	Payal	61	GEN	Beant Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	88,956	64,030	72.0 %	2,936	4.6%
62	Kum Kalan	62	SC	Daya Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	84,645	46,648	55.1 %	1,134	2.4%
63	Samrala	63	GEN	Karam Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	79,501	53,046	66.7 %	7,493	14.1%
64	Khanna	64	SC	Shamsher Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	81,049	56,632	69.9 %	3,431	6.1%
65	Nangal	65	GEN	Sarla Parasher	Indian National Congress (I)	76,800	48,920	63.7 %	2,492	5.1%
66	Anandpur Sahib - Ropar	66	GEN	Basant Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	77,765	48,729	62.7 %	3,585	7.4%
67	Chamkaur Sahib	67	SC	Satwant Kaur	Shiromani Akali Dal	75,868	44,831	59.1 %	5,075	11.3%
68	Morinda	68	GEN	Ravi Inder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	85,377	57,415	67.2 %	4,258	7.4%
69	Kharar	69	GEN	Jagat Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	87,201	50,158	57.5 %	5,262	10.5%
70	Banur	70	GEN	Vinod Kumar	Indian National Congress (I)	83,257	54,408	65.3 %	8,896	16.4%
71	Rajpura	71	GEN	Balwant Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	83,786	54,629	65.2 %	8,415	15.4%
72	Ghanaur	72	GEN	Jasdev Kaur	Shiromani Akali Dal	74,701	51,226	68.6 %	695	1.4%
73	Dakala	73	GEN	Lal Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	87,455	59,426	68.0 %	2,105	3.5%
74	Shutrana	74	SC	Baldev Singh	Communist Party Of India	83,699	49,101	58.7 %	7,162	14.6%
75	Samana	75	GEN	Sant Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	97,382	59,868	61.5 %	6,685	11.2%
76	Patiala Town	76	GEN	Bram Mohindra	Indian National Congress (I)	83,521	49,853	59.7 %	7,925	15.9%
77	Nabha	77	GEN	Gurdarshan Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	91,259	72,949	79.9 %	1,534	2.1%
78	Amloh	78	SC	Dilip Singh Pandhi	Shiromani Akali Dal	94,855	62,937	66.4 %	1,476	2.3%
79	Sirhind	79	GEN	Birdevinder Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	95,496	67,829	71.0 %	11,926	17.6%
80	Dhuri	80	GEN	Sant Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	86,464	58,398	67.5 %	3,733	6.4%
81	Malerkotla	81	GEN	Sajida Begum	Indian National Congress (I)	95,034	67,519	71.0 %	13,885	20.6%
82	Sherpur	82	SC	Chand Singh	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)	79,408	52,488	66.1 %	12,046	23.0%
83	Barnala	83	GEN	Surjit Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	79,757	60,040	75.3 %	3,310	5.5%
84	Bhadaur	84	SC	Kundan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	81,189	51,632	63.6 %	7,604	14.7%
85	Dhanaula	85	GEN	Rajinder Kaur	Indian National Congress (I)	76,104	56,514	74.3 %	2,149	3.8%
86	Sangrur	86	GEN	Sukhdev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	79,222	58,350	73.7 %	4,776	8.2%
87	Dirbha	87	GEN	Baldev Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	79,620	58,800	73.9 %	6,063	10.3%
88	Sunam	88	GEN	Gurbachan Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	82,589	51,876	62.8 %	13,217	25.5%
89	Lehra	89	GEN	Amar Singh	Communist Party Of India	79,012	46,250	58.5 %	8,137	17.6%
90	Balluana	90	SC	Ujagar Singh S/o Nadar Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	83,137	44,545	53.6 %	1,711	3.8%
91	Abohar	91	GEN	Sajjan Kumar	Indian National Congress (I)	90,309	57,821	64.0 %	9,033	15.6%
92	Fazilka	92	GEN	Kanshi Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	79,661	51,159	64.2 %	10,389	20.3%
93	Jalalabad	93	GEN	Manga Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	90,812	55,633	61.3 %	9,740	17.5%
94	Guru Har Sahai	94	GEN	Khushal Chand	Bharatiya Janta Party	88,153	63,083	71.6 %	1,441	2.3%
95	Firozepur	95	GEN	Bal Mukand	Indian National Congress (I)	86,366	54,222	62.8 %	7,069	13.0%
96	Firozepur Cantonment	96	GEN	Gurnaib Singh Brar	Indian National Congress (I)	80,707	58,422	72.4 %	1,610	2.8%
97	Zira	97	GEN	Harcharan Singh Hero	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,267	60,549	71.9 %	2,938	4.9%
98	Dharamkot	98	SC	Sarwan Singh	Communist Party Of India	82,938	42,447	51.2 %	14,313	33.7%
99	Moga	99	GEN	Nachattar Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	86,547	52,735	60.9 %	5,774	10.9%
100	Bagha Purana	100	GEN	Tej Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	86,334	56,456	65.4 %	123	0.2%
101	Nihal Singh Wala	101	SC	Saghar Singh	Communist Party Of India	81,034	53,822	66.4 %	4,036	7.5%
102	Panjgrain	102	SC	Gurdev Singh Badal	Shiromani Akali Dal	84,372	44,610	52.9 %	17,077	38.3%
103	Kot Kapura	103	GEN	Bhagwan Dass	Indian National Congress (I)	90,453	59,985	66.3 %	11,611	19.4%
104	Faridkot	104	GEN	Jasmat Singh Dhillon	Independent	88,537	65,002	73.4 %	6,298	9.7%
105	Muktsar	105	GEN	Harchand Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	89,981	61,541	68.4 %	403	0.7%
106	Giddar Baha	106	GEN	Parksah Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	88,699	67,388	76.0 %	10,683	15.9%
107	Malout	107	SC	Matu Ram	Indian National Congress (I)	85,292	47,671	55.9 %	157	0.3%
108	Lambi	108	GEN	Hardipinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	88,502	56,747	64.1 %	10,681	18.8%
109	Talwandi Sabo	109	GEN	Avtar Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	71,195	56,537	79.4 %	11,100	19.6%
110	Pakka Kalan	110	SC	Bhagat Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	78,509	49,008	62.4 %	3,583	7.3%
111	Bhatinda	111	GEN	Surinder Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	97,493	61,439	63.0 %	970	1.6%
112	Nathana	112	SC	Gulzar Singh	Indian National Congress (I)	78,100	51,237	65.6 %	3,677	7.2%
113	Rampura Phul	113	GEN	Babu Singh	Communist Party Of India	79,165	56,158	70.9 %	3,666	6.5%
114	Joga	114	GEN	Baldev Singh Khiala	Shiromani Akali Dal	76,598	56,879	74.3 %	7,682	13.5%
115	Mansa	115	GEN	Buta Singh	Communist Party Of India	80,717	54,318	67.3 %	8,632	15.9%
116	Budhlada	116	GEN	Parshotam Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	78,779	56,135	71.3 %	2,025	3.6%
117	Sardulgarh	117	GEN	Balwinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	75,775	58,932	77.8 %	9,867	16.7%

Bye Elections

#	AC Name	No	Winning Candidate	Party
1	Faridkot	104	J.Kaur(W)	SAD
2	Nangal	65	R.P.Kalsera	INC

See also

Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Elections in Punjab

References

1. Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.
2. ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਿਜਲਟ ੧੯੮੦.