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#REDIRECT [[1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]


{{Infobox election
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| election_name = 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1977'''
| next_election = 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1985'''
| election_date = 1980
| seats_for_election = All 147 seats in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.JPG
| leader1 = [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Athagarh]]
| seats1 = 118
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 87
| popular_vote1 = 30,37,487
| percentage1 = 47.78
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 13.0
| image2 =
| leader2 = Sarat Deb
| leaders_seat2 = [[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul]]
| party2 = [[Janata Party (Secular)-CH.Charan Singh|JNP(SC)]]
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 = "New"
| popular_vote2 = 12,38,745
| percentage2 = 25.92
| swing2 ="New"
| title = [[Chief Minister of Odisha|Chief Minister]]
| before_election =Vacant
| before_party = [[President's rule]]
| after_election = [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cm.odisha.gov.in/former-cms |title=Chief Minister of Odisha |publisher=Cm.odisha.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2021-05-13}}</ref>
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| majority_seats = 74
}}
}}
Elections to the 8th [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] were held 1980.
==Constituencies==
The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.
==Contesting parties==
There are eight national parties [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Indian National Congress (I)|INC(I)]], [[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], [[Janata Party|JNP]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]], [[Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh|JNP(SC)]] and [[Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain|JNP(SR)]], Two stateparties [[All India Forward Bloc|FBL]] and [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] two registered unrecognised party [[Jharkhand Party|JKD]] and [[Socialist Unity Centre of India|SUC]] and some [[Independent Politician]]took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3624-orissa-1980/ |title=Orissa 1980 - Orissa - Election Commission of India |publisher=Eci.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2021-05-13}}</ref> emerged as the winner by winning 118<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |title=Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980 |publisher=Elections.in |date=2020-04-29 |accessdate=2021-05-13}}</ref>  seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the [[Chief Minister]] and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.
==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1980|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3624-orissa-1980/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|
| 147 || 118 || "NEW" || 80.27 || 30,37,487 || 47.78 || "NEW"
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress (U)]]
|
| 98 || 2 || "NEW" || 1.36 || 4,46,818 || 10.49 || "NEW"
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
| 28 || 0 || NA || 0|| 86,421 || 7.09 || NA
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|
| 27 || 4 || {{steady}} 0|| 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 2.72 || {{decrease}} 3.4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 248 || 7 || N/A || 4.76 || 7,55,087 || 15.77 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 147 ({{increase}} 7) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,39,09,115 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|65,49,074 (47.08%)
|}
==References==
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{{Odisha elections}}
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