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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

117 seats · 62 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 1980 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 63 seatsShiromani Akali Dal — 37 seatsCommunist Party of India — 9 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 5 seatsIndependent — 2 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 1 seat59117of 117 seats
  • INC63
  • SAD37
  • CPI9
  • CPM5
  • IND2
  • BJP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress6354%28,25,82745.2%117
SADShiromani Akali Dal3732%16,83,26626.9%73
CPICommunist Party of India98%4,03,7186.5%18
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)54%2,53,9854.1%13
INDIndependent22%4,07,7996.5%376
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11%4,05,1066.5%41
JNPSCJNPSC00%1,30,3072.1%50
JNPJanata Party00%80,8051.3%8

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 1980 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 59

1980 · selected
Majority 59
INC63SAD37CPI9CPM5IND2BJP1
1977 · previous
Majority 59

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
33.6
45.2
31.4
26.9
6.6
6.5
3.5
4.1
9.6
6.5
0.0
6.5
15.0
1.3
INCSADCPICPMINDBJPJNP

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
17 → 63
+46
SAD
58 → 37
−21
CPI
7 → 9
+2
CPM
8 → 5
−3
IND
2 → 2
0
BJP
0 → 1
+1
JNP
25 → 0
−25

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
INC
33.6% → 45.2%
+11.6%
BJP
0.0% → 6.5%
+6.5%
JNPSC
0.0% → 2.1%
+2.1%
INCU
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
CPM
3.5% → 4.1%
+0.6%
IND
9.6% → 6.5%
−3.1%
SAD
31.4% → 26.9%
−4.5%
JNP
15.0% → 1.3%
−13.7%

Biggest INC–SAD swings

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

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

toward SADtoward INC
Malout
+95.6%
Rampura Phul
+93.0%
Shutrana
+86.6%
Dhariwal
+83.5%
Kot Kapura
+83.4%
Nihal Singh Wala
+73.0%
Kharar
+70.8%
Samrala
+69.5%
Ludhiana Rural
+60.3%
Khadoor Sahib
+57.6%
Dharamkot
+55.0%
Qila Raipur
+54.6%

Closest races · 1980

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

All constituencies · 1980

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