title: 1980 elections in India
text: # 1980 elections in India
  
  ## General Elections
  
  | | 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 | Appointed Anglo-Indians | | | 2 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 197,824,274 | 100.00 | 531 | –13 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 197,824,274 | 97.57 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,928,619 | 2.43 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 202,752,893 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | 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:
  
  | 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
  
  | | 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 | Total | 731,023 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 731,023 | 97.55 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 18,381 | 2.45 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 749,404 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 909,268 | 82.42 | | |
  | Source: ECI ||||||
  
  ### Odisha
  
  Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election :
  
  | 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%) | 65,49,074 (47.08%) |
  
  ### Punjab
  
  Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980 :
  
  | 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
  
  | | 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 | Total | 9,252,764 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,252,764 | 98.20 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 169,206 | 1.80 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 9,421,970 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 18,452,344 | 51.06 | | |
  | Source: ECI ||||||
  
  ### 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% | 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% | 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% | 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 and Keesing's Report
  
  ### Uttar Pradesh
  
  | 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 |
  