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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

320 seats · 232 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980 · 7 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 246 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 60 seatsIndependent — 8 seatsJanata Party — 2 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seatsJNPSC — 1 seatRPK — 1 seat161320of 320 seats
  • INC246
  • BJP60
  • IND8
  • JNP2
  • CPI2
  • JNPSC1
  • RPK1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress24677%57,41,07747.5%320
BJPBharatiya Janata Party6019%36,65,20130.3%310
INDIndependent83%12,39,93110.3%840
JNPJanata Party21%3,48,0302.9%124
CPICommunist Party of India21%1,81,2391.5%46
JNPSCJNPSC10%5,82,7694.8%204
RPKRPK10%40,0920.3%13
INCUINCU00%1,66,2811.4%78

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 161

1980 · selected
Majority 161
INC246BJP60IND8JNP2CPI2JNPSC1RPK1
1977 · previous
Majority 161

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
35.9
47.5
0.0
30.3
15.4
10.3
47.3
2.9
0.0
4.8
INCBJPINDJNPJNPSC

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
84 → 246
+162
BJP
0 → 60
+60
IND
5 → 8
+3
JNP
230 → 2
−228
CPI
0 → 2
+2
JNPSC
0 → 1
+1
RPK
0 → 1
+1
RRP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
BJP
0.0% → 30.3%
+30.3%
INC
35.9% → 47.5%
+11.6%
JNPSC
0.0% → 4.8%
+4.8%
INCU
0.0% → 1.4%
+1.4%
JNPSR
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CPI
1.0% → 1.5%
+0.5%
RPK
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
IND
15.4% → 10.3%
−5.1%
JNP
47.3% → 2.9%
−44.4%

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
Pal
+115.6%
Keslur
+109.3%
Petlawad
+104.0%
Bichhia
+103.8%
Mandla
+100.8%
Bhopal South
+100.0%
Shahpura
+97.3%
Ambikapur
+95.5%
Bijapur
+95.1%
Deosar
+93.7%
Pilkha
+92.8%
Nainpur
+92.5%

Closest races · 1980

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

All constituencies · 1980

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