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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980

288 seats · 174 changed party since 1978

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Party standings

Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 186 seatsINCU — 47 seatsJanata Party — 17 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 14 seatsIndependent — 10 seatsPWP — 9 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seats2 other parties — 3 seats145288of 288 seats
  • INC186
  • INCU47
  • JNP17
  • BJP14
  • IND10
  • PWP9
  • CPI2
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress18665%78,09,53344.5%285
INCUINCU4716%35,96,58220.5%192
JNPJanata Party176%15,11,0428.6%111
BJPBharatiya Janata Party145%16,45,7349.4%145
INDIndependent103%14,09,1778.0%612
PWPPWP93%7,26,3384.1%41
CPICommunist Party of India21%2,30,5701.3%17
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)21%1,62,6510.9%10
RPKRPK10%2,39,2861.4%42

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 145

1980 · selected
Majority 145
INC186INCU47JNP17BJP14IND10PWP9CPI2CPM2RPK1
1978 · previous
Majority 145

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1978 → 1980

1978 1980· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
43.7
44.5
0.0
20.5
28.0
8.6
0.0
9.4
14.1
8.0
5.5
4.1
INCINCUJNPBJPINDPWP

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1978 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
131 → 186
+55
INCU
0 → 47
+47
JNP
99 → 17
−82
BJP
0 → 14
+14
IND
28 → 10
−18
PWP
13 → 9
−4
CPI
1 → 2
+1
CPM
9 → 2
−7
RPK
2 → 1
−1
RPI
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1978 → 1980

share lostshare gained
INCU
0.0% → 20.5%
+20.5%
BJP
0.0% → 9.4%
+9.4%
INC
43.7% → 44.5%
+0.8%
RPI
1.1% → 0.8%
−0.3%
CPM
1.7% → 0.9%
−0.8%
FBL
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
PWP
5.5% → 4.1%
−1.4%
SHS
1.8% → 0.0%
−1.8%
IND
14.1% → 8.0%
−6.0%
JNP
28.0% → 8.6%
−19.4%

Biggest INC–INCU swings

Seats where the INC-vs-INCU vote gap moved most, 1978 → 1980. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward INCUtoward INC
Karad South
−105.1%
Baramati
−94.5%
Wai
−92.9%
Shirur
−85.7%
Mulshi
−85.7%
Niphad
−82.8%
Sinnar
−80.1%
Phaltan
−74.0%
Junnar
−70.8%
Karmala
−70.6%
Yavatmal
+68.5%
Karad North
−67.1%

Closest races · 1980

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

All constituencies · 1980

288 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1978