1980 elections in India

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General Elections



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	84,455,313	42.69	353	+199
	Janata Party	37,530,228	18.97	31	–264
	Janata Party (Secular)	18,574,696	9.39	41	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12,352,331	6.24	37	+15
	Indian National Congress (Urs)	10,449,859	5.28	13	New
	Communist Party of India	4,927,342	2.49	10	+3
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,674,064	2.36	2	–16
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,236,537	2.14	16	+14
	Shiromani Akali Dal	1,396,412	0.71	1	–8
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,285,517	0.65	4	0
	All India Forward Bloc	1,011,564	0.51	3	0
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	493,143	0.25	3	+1
	Indian Union Muslim League	475,507	0.24	2	0
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	470,567	0.24	0	–5
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	383,022	0.19	0	–2
	Kerala Congress	356,997	0.18	1	–1
	Republican Party of India	351,987	0.18	0	0
	Socialist Unity Centre of India	307,224	0.16	0	0
	Jharkhand Party	254,520	0.13	1	+1
	All India Muslim League	196,820	0.10	0	0
	United Democratic Front	140,210	0.07	0	–1
	Shiv Sena	129,351	0.07	0	New
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,188	0.06	1	0
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	111,953	0.06	0	0
	People's Party of Arunachal	69,810	0.04	0	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	61,161	0.03	0	0
	Peoples Conference	53,891	0.03	0	New
	Manipur Peoples Party	49,277	0.02	0	0
	Indian Socialist Party	39,399	0.02	0	New
	Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)	38,226	0.02	0	0
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	31,750	0.02	1	New
	Muslim Majlis	26,363	0.01	0	New
	All India Labour Party	14,720	0.01	0	0
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	13,058	0.01	0	New
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	11,632	0.01	0	New
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	5,125	0.00	0	New
	Independents	12,717,510	6.43	9	0
Appointed Anglo-Indians				2	0
Total		197,824,274	100.00	531	–13

Valid votes		197,824,274	97.57
Invalid/blank votes		4,928,619	2.43
Total votes		202,752,893	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		356,205,329	56.92
Source: EIC

Legislative Assembly elections

Goa, Daman and Diu

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Indian National Congress (Urs)	134,651	38.36	20	New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,714	36.36	7	–8
Janata Party	14,431	4.11	0	–3
Indian National Congress	12,338	3.51	0	–10
Janata Party (Secular)	6,045	1.72	0	New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,089	0.31	0	New
Independents	54,773	15.60	3	+1
Invalid/blank votes	12,232	–	–	–
Total	363,273	100	30	+1
Registered voters/turnout	522,652	69.51	–	–
Source: Election Commission of India

Madhya Pradesh

Sources:^[1]^[2]

SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	% 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

Manipur



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (I)	158,127	21.63	13	New
	Janata Party	144,112	19.71	10	New
	Indian National Congress (U)	69,319	9.48	6	New
	Communist Party of India	53,055	7.26	5	–1
	Manipur Peoples Party	48,196	6.59	4	–16
	Janata Party (Secular)	20,667	2.83	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	20,600	2.82	2	–
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4,168	0.57	1	+1
	Janata Party (JP)	924	0.13	0	New
	Independents	211,855	28.98	19	+14
Total		731,023	100.00	60	0

Valid votes		731,023	97.55
Invalid/blank votes		18,381	2.45
Total votes		749,404	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		909,268	82.42
Source: ECI^[3]

Odisha

Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[4]
Political Party	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 ( 7)	Voters	1,39,09,115	Turnout	65,49,074 (47.08%)

Punjab


Party	contested	Seats won	change in 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

Rajasthan



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	3,975,315	42.96	133	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,721,321	18.60	32	New
	Janata Party (Secular)	883,926	9.55	7	New
	Janata Party	679,193	7.34	8	New
	Indian National Congress (Urs)	516,887	5.59	6	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	111,476	1.20	1	0
	Communist Party of India	89,382	0.97	1	0
	Janata Party (Secular - Raj Narain)	63,321	0.68	0	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	1,558	0.02	0	0
	Republican Party of India	55	0.00	0	New
	Indian Union Muslim League	35	0.00	0	0
	Independents	1,210,295	13.08	12	+7
Total		9,252,764	100.00	200	0

Valid votes		9,252,764	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		169,206	1.80
Total votes		9,421,970	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,452,344	51.06
Source: ECI^[6]

Tamil Nadu

Summary of the 1980 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results
Alliance/Party	Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %^‡
AIADMK+ alliance	162	+14	9,328,839	48.9%
AIADMK	129	-1	7,303,010	38.8%	50.4%
CPI(M)	11	-1	596,406	3.2%	47.6%
CPI	9	+4	501,032	2.7%	43.9%
GKC	6	+6	322,440	1.7%	44.1%
IND	6	+6	488,296	2.6%
FBL	1	–	65,536	0.4%	44.6%
INC(U)	0	–	52,119	0.3%	29.3%
DMK+ alliance	69	-6	8,371,718	44.4%
DMK	37	-11	4,164,389	22.1%	45.7%
INC(I)	31	+4	3,941,900	20.9%	43.4%
IND	1	+1	265,429	1.4%
Others	3	-8	1,144,449	6.1%
JNP(JP)	2	-8	522,641	2.8%	6.9%
IND	1	–	598,897	3.2%	–
Total	234	–	18,845,006	100%	–

‡: 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^[7] and Keesing's Report^[8]

Party Name	Seats
Indian National Congress (INC)	309
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP (SC))	59
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))	13
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	11
Communist Party of India (CPI)	6
Janata Party (JNP(JP))	4
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP(SR))	4
Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) (SSD)	1
Independent	17
Total	425

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References

↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "Orissa 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Keesing's Statistical Report

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[1] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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

[5] Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[7] Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Keesing's Statistical Report

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