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India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

529 seats · vs 1977 (542-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 55.7%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1980 · 18 parties won seats

Derived
INCI — 352 seatsJNPS — 41 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 37 seatsJanata Party — 31 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 15 seatsINCU — 13 seatsCommunist Party of India — 12 seats11 other parties — 28 seats265529of 529 seats
  • INCI352
  • JNPS41
  • CPM37
  • JNP31
  • DMK15
  • INCU13
  • CPI12
  • Others28

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIINCI35267%8,54,62,57542.7%498
JNPSJNPS418%1,86,43,8629.3%294
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)377%1,23,52,3316.2%64
JNPJanata Party316%3,75,85,69518.8%434
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam153%44,53,5572.2%17
INCUINCU132%1,04,49,8595.2%212
CPICommunist Party of India122%54,47,2162.7%49
INDIndependent92%1,27,80,3606.4%2858
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party41%12,85,5170.6%8
FBLFBL31%10,11,5640.5%21
JKNJKN31%4,93,1430.2%4
ADKAnna Dravidar Kazhagam20%49,46,1232.5%25
MULMUL20%4,75,5070.2%5
SADShiromani Akali Dal10%13,96,4120.7%7
KECKerala Congress10%3,56,9970.2%2
JKDJKD10%2,54,5200.1%22
MAGMAG10%1,27,1880.1%2
SJPSamajwadi Jan Parishad10%31,7500.0%1

+ 21 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 265

1980 · selected
Majority 265
INCI352JNPS41CPM37JNP31DMK15INCU13CPI12IND9RSP4FBL3+8 more · 12 seats
1977 · previous
Majority 272

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1980

1977 1980· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.0
42.7
0.0
9.3
4.3
6.2
0.0
18.8
0.0
5.2
5.5
6.4
41.3
0.0
INCIJNPSCPMJNPINCUINDBLD

Seat change

1980 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
INCI
0 → 352
+352
JNPS
0 → 41
+41
CPM
22 → 37
+15
JNP
0 → 31
+31
DMK
2 → 15
+13
INCU
0 → 13
+13
CPI
7 → 12
+5
IND
9 → 9
0
RSP
4 → 4
0
FBL
3 → 3
0

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1980

share lostshare gained
INCI
0.0% → 42.7%
+42.7%
JNP
0.0% → 18.8%
+18.8%
JNPS
0.0% → 9.3%
+9.3%
INCU
0.0% → 5.2%
+5.2%
CPM
4.3% → 6.2%
+1.9%
IND
5.5% → 6.4%
+0.9%
DMK
1.8% → 2.2%
+0.5%
PWP
0.5% → 0.2%
−0.3%
RPK
0.5% → 0.2%
−0.3%
ADK
2.9% → 2.5%
−0.4%

Biggest INCI–BLD swings

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

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

toward BLDtoward INCI
Garhwal
Uttar Pradesh
+134.6%
Keonjhar
Odisha
+128.8%
Nawada
Bihar
+126.0%
Palamau
Bihar
+125.8%
Jalore
Rajasthan
+125.3%
Salumber
Rajasthan
+123.1%
East Delhi
Delhi
+122.9%
Surguja
Madhya Pradesh
+122.6%
Banaskantha
Gujarat
+122.5%
Jhabua
Madhya Pradesh
+122.1%
Puri
Odisha
+122.1%
Darbhanga
Bihar
+121.7%

Closest races · 1980

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

All constituencies · 1980

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