Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1980

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Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1980, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. [1]

India Country in South Asia

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Maharashtra State in western India

Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan plateau. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west, and Madhya Pradesh to the north. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity. It was formed by merging the western and south-western parts of the Bombay State, Berar and Vidarbha, and the north-western parts of the Hyderabad State and splitting Saurashtra by the States Reorganisation Act. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population around 18 million making it the most populous urban area in India. Nagpur hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Pune is known as 'Oxford of the East' due to the presence of several well-known educational institutions.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies and one member is nominated. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad are indirectly elected through an electoral college.

Results

Indian National Congress (Indira) won majority seats in the Assembly, Abdul Rehman Antulay became Chief Minister. Sharad Shankar Dighe became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition. [2]

Sharad Pawar Indian politician

Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where he leads the NCP delegation. He holds a position of prominence in national politics as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra.

e  •  d  Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980 [1]
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress (Indira) 2861867,809,53344.50%
Indian National Congress (Urs) 192473,596,58220.49%
Janata Party (Secular) 111171,511,0428.61%
Bharatiya Janata Party 145141,645,7349.38%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 419726,3384.14%
Communist Party of India 172230,5701.31%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 102162,6510.93%
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 421239,2861.36%
Independents 612101,409,1778.03%
Total153728817,548,655

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References

  1. 1 2 "Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India".Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India  ()
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre".Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre  ()


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