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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

324 seats · 256 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1980 · 11 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 169 seatsJNPSC — 42 seatsIndependent — 23 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 21 seatsINCU — 14 seatsJanata Party — 13 seats4 other parties — 19 seats163324of 324 seats
  • INC169
  • JNPSC42
  • IND23
  • CPI23
  • BJP21
  • INCU14
  • JNP13
  • Others19

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress16952%76,90,22534.2%311
JNPSCJNPSC4213%35,15,68415.6%254
INDIndependent237%26,88,94712.0%1347
CPICommunist Party of India237%20,51,9629.1%135
BJPBharatiya Janata Party216%18,91,3258.4%246
INCUINCU144%16,49,6957.3%185
JNPJanata Party134%16,27,4877.2%242
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha113%3,80,8911.7%31
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)62%3,94,0131.8%27
JNPSRJNPSR10%3,62,3881.6%153
SUCSUC10%49,4070.2%7

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 163

1980 · selected
Majority 163
INC169JNPSC42IND23CPI23BJP21INCU14JNP13JMM11CPM6JNPSR1+1 more · 1 seats
1977 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
23.6
34.2
0.0
15.6
23.7
12.0
7.0
9.1
0.0
8.4
0.0
7.3
42.7
7.2
INCJNPSCINDCPIBJPINCUJNP

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
57 → 169
+112
JNPSC
0 → 42
+42
IND
24 → 23
−1
CPI
21 → 23
+2
BJP
0 → 21
+21
INCU
0 → 14
+14
JNP
214 → 13
−201
JMM
0 → 11
+11
CPM
4 → 6
+2
JNPSR
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
JNPSC
0.0% → 15.6%
+15.6%
INC
23.6% → 34.2%
+10.6%
BJP
0.0% → 8.4%
+8.4%
INCU
0.0% → 7.3%
+7.3%
CPI
7.0% → 9.1%
+2.1%
JMM
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
JNPSR
0.0% → 1.6%
+1.6%
CPM
0.9% → 1.8%
+0.8%
JKP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
IND
23.7% → 12.0%
−11.8%

Biggest INC–JNP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-JNP vote gap moved most, 1977 → 1980. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − JNP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward JNP.

toward JNPtoward INC
Muzaffarpur
+122.3%
Latehar
+115.5%
Patepur
+113.7%
Mahua
+112.1%
Imamganj
+111.4%
Simaria
+110.4%
Ghanshyampur
+109.1%
Sakra
+107.2%
Barachatti
+103.6%
Borio
+101.1%
Darbhanga
+100.7%
Lalganj
+100.6%

Closest races · 1980

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1980

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1977