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{{Short description|General election in India}}
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1980 Indian general election
| country = India
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
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| next_year = 1984
| next_year = 1984
| election_date = 3 and 6 January 1980
| election_date = 3 and 6 January 1980
| seats_for_election = 529 of the 531 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| seats_for_election = 529 of the 531 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]{{efn|name=seats|Two seats were reserved for [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha|Anglo-Indians]] and filled by presidential nomination}}
| majority_seats = 265
| majority_seats = 265
| registered = 356,205,329
| turnout = 56.92% ({{decrease}} 5.55[[Percentage point|pp]])
| image_size = 130x130px
| image_size = 130x130px
 
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=15|oTop=5}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Indira Gandhi 2017 stamp.png|bSize = 123 |cWidth = 113 |cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]]
| last_election1 = 34.55%, 154 seats
| seats1 = '''353'''
| seats1 = '''353'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 199
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 199
| popular_vote1 = '''84,455,313'''
| popular_vote1 = '''84,455,313'''
| percentage1 = '''42.69%'''
| percentage1 = '''42.69%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.17pp
| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.17[[Percentage point|pp]]
 
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Prime minister Charan Singh (cropped).jpg|bSize=115|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=11|oTop=0}}  
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Charan Singh.jpg|bSize = 113 |cWidth = 113 |cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader2 = [[Charan Singh]]
| leader2 = [[Charan Singh]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]]
| party2 = Janata Party (Secular)
| party2 = Janata Party (Secular)
| last_election2 = –
| seats2 = 41
| seats2 = 41
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| popular_vote2= 18,574,696
| popular_vote2 = 18,574,696
| percentage2 = 9.39%
| percentage2 = 9.39%
| swing2 = ''New''
| swing2 = ''New''
 
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}  
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|bSize = 113 |cWidth = 113 |cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader3 = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| leader3 = [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| party3 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat3 = [[Ballia]]
| last_election3 = 4.29%, 22 seats
| party3 = Janata Party
| seats3 = 37
| seats3 = 31
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 15
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 264
| popular_vote3 = 12,352,331
| popular_vote3 = 37,530,228
| percentage3 = 6.24%
| percentage3 = 18.97%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.95[[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 22.35pp
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|bSize=115|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=05|oTop=5}}  
 
| leader4 = [[Jagjivan Ram]]
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =EMS Namboodiripad 2001 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|bSize = 113 |cWidth = 113 |cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| party4 = Janata Party
| leader4 = [[E.M.S. Namboodiripad]]
| last_election4 = 41.32%, 295 seats
| leaders_seat4 =  
| seats4 = 31
| party4 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 264
| seats4 = 37
| popular_vote4 = 37,530,228
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 15
| percentage4 = 18.97%
| popular_vote4 = 12,352,331
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 22.35[[Percentage point|pp]]
| percentage4 = 6.24%
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=A. K. Antony.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=08}}  
| swing4 = 1.95pp {{increase}}  
| leader5 = [[A. K. Antony]]
 
| party5 = Indian National Congress (U)
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Devarajaurs 1 small.PNG |bSize = 113 |cWidth = 113 |cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| last_election5 = –
| leader5 = [[D. Devaraj Urs]]
| leaders_seat5 =
| party5 = Indian National Congress (Urs)
| seats5 = 13
| seats5 = 13
| seat_change5 = ''New''  
| seat_change5 = ''New''
| popular_vote5 = 10,449,859
| popular_vote5 = 10,449,859
| percentage5 = 5.28%
| percentage5 = 5.28%
| swing5 = ''New''  
| swing5 = ''New''
 
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse Indien 1980.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency


| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Charan Singh]]
| before_election = [[Charan Singh]]
| before_party = Janata Party (Secular)
| before_party = Janata Party (Secular)
| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress  
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1980.svg|300px|lang=en]]
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha
| turnout = 56.92%
| elected_members = List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha
| alliance1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC (I)+]]
| alliance3 = [[List of communist parties in India|LF]]
| alliance4 = [[Janata alliance|JP+]]
}}
}}


'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the [[7th Lok Sabha]]. The [[Janata Party]] alliance came into power in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general elections]] amidst public anger with the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]]. However, its position was weak; the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] leaders [[Charan Singh]] and [[Jagjivan Ram]], who had quit the INC, were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister [[Morarji Desai]]. The tribunals the government had set up to investigate human rights abuses during the Emergency appeared vindictive.
General elections were held in [[India]] on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the [[7th Lok Sabha|seventh]] [[Lok Sabha]].  


The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned. Charan Singh, who had retained some partners of the Janata alliance, was sworn in as Prime Minister in June 1979. the INC promised to support Singh in parliament but later backed out just two days before the Govt was scheduled to prove its majority on the floor of Lok Sabha. Charan Singh, forced to resign, called for elections in January 1980 and is the only Prime Minister of India never to have obtained the confidence of Parliament. In the run up to the general elections, [[Indira Gandhi]]'s leadership faced a formidable political challenge from a galaxy of regional satraps and prominent leaders of Janata party like [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]] and [[Karpuri Thakur]] in Bihar, [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] in Karnataka, [[Sharad Pawar]] in Maharashtra, [[Devi Lal]] in Haryana & [[Biju Patnaik]] in Orissa. Janata Party contested the election with Jagjivan Ram as its Prime Ministerial candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830930-as-general-elections-loom-large-new-four-party-united-front-formed-to-counter-congi-771046-2013-07-18|title=As general elections loom large, new four-party United Front formed to counter Cong(I) |first=Prabhu |last=Chawla|date=September 30, 2013|website=[[India Today]] |access-date=2019-09-23 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800115-jagjivan-ram-most-experienced-artful-dodger-of-indian-politics-821731-2014-12-23 Jagjivan Ram: Most experienced artful dodger of Indian politics] India Today, 23 December 2014</ref> However, internal feud between Janata Party leaders and the political instability in the country worked in favour of Indira Gandhi's [[Congress (I)]], that reminded voters of the strong government of Indira Gandhi during campaigning.
The [[Janata Party]] alliance came into power in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general elections]] amidst public anger with the [[Indian National Congress (R)]] and the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]]. However, its position was weak; the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] leaders [[Charan Singh]] and [[Jagjivan Ram]], who had quit the Congress, were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister [[Morarji Desai]]. The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and Hindu nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Charan Singh and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned. Charan Singh, who had retained some partners of the Janata alliance, was sworn in as prime minister in June 1979. The [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]], which succeeded the Indian National Congress (Requisition) from 1978 promised to support Singh in parliament but later backed out just two days before the Government was scheduled to prove its majority on the floor of Lok Sabha. Charan Singh, forced to resign, called for elections in January 1980 and is the only prime minister of India never to have obtained the confidence of Parliament. In the run up to the general elections, [[Indira Gandhi]]'s leadership faced a formidable political challenge from a galaxy of regional satraps and prominent leaders of Janata party like [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]] and [[Karpuri Thakur]] in Bihar, [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] in Karnataka, [[Sharad Pawar]] in Maharashtra, [[Devi Lal]] in Haryana & [[Biju Patnaik]] in Orissa. Janata Party contested the election with Jagjivan Ram as its prime ministerial candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830930-as-general-elections-loom-large-new-four-party-united-front-formed-to-counter-congi-771046-2013-07-18|title=As general elections loom large, new four-party United Front formed to counter Cong(I) |first=Prabhu |last=Chawla|date=September 30, 2013|website=[[India Today]] |access-date=2019-09-23 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800115-jagjivan-ram-most-experienced-artful-dodger-of-indian-politics-821731-2014-12-23 Jagjivan Ram: Most experienced artful dodger of Indian politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213012943/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800115-jagjivan-ram-most-experienced-artful-dodger-of-indian-politics-821731-2014-12-23 |date=13 February 2021 }} India Today, 23 December 2014</ref> However, internal feud between Janata Party leaders and the political instability in the country worked in favour of Indira Gandhi's Congress (I), that reminded voters of the strong government of Indira Gandhi during campaigning.


In the ensuing elections, the INC won 353 seats and the Janata Party just 31 seats, with Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) taking 41. The Janata Party alliance continued to split over the subsequent years.
In the ensuing elections the INC(I) won 353 seats and the Janata Party just 31 seats, with Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) taking 41. The Janata Party alliance continued to split over the subsequent years.


==Results==
==Results==
{{Election results
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1980.svg|350px]]
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1980.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=84455313|seats1=353|sc1=+199
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=84455313|seats1=353|sc1=+199
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=37530228|seats2=31|sc2=–264
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=37530228|seats2=31|sc2=–264
|party3=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes3=18574696|seats3=41|sc3=New
|party3=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes3=18574696|seats3=41|sc3=New
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|party20=[[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League]]|votes20=196820|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party20=[[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League]]|votes20=196820|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]|votes21=140210|seats21=0|sc21=–1
|party21=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]|votes21=140210|seats21=0|sc21=–1
|party22=[[Shiv Sena]]|votes22=129351|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party22=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes22=129351|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes23=127188|seats23=1|sc23=0
|party23=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes23=127188|seats23=1|sc23=0
|party24=[[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]|votes24=111953|seats24=0|sc24=0
|party24=[[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]|votes24=111953|seats24=0|sc24=0
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|total_sc=–13
|total_sc=–13
|electorate=356205329
|electorate=356205329
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf EIC]
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf ECI]
}}
}}
===Results by state===
====Andhra Pradesh====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" | Assembly Constituency
! colspan="5" | Winner
! colspan="5" | Runner-up
! rowspan="2" | Margin
|-
! #
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! '''%'''
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! '''%'''
|-
| 1
| Srikakulam
| Rajagopalarao Boddepalli
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 197,336
| 49.33
| Gouthu Latchanna
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
| JNP(S)
| 118,347
| 29.58
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''78,989'''</span>
|-
| 2
| Parvathipuram (ST)
| K.C. Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| INC(U)
| 173,179
| 49.03
| Narsimha Rao Viswasrai
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 158,379
| 44.84
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''14,800'''</span>
|-
| 3
| Bobbili
| P.V. Gajapathi Raju
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 189,163
| 64.34
| Gedela Prasada Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 51,037
| 17.36
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''138,126'''</span>
|-
| 4
| Visakhapatnam
| Appalaswamy Kommuru
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 206,581
| 50.50
| Bhattam Srirama Murthy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| INC(U)
| 171,946
| 42.04
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''34,635'''</span>
|-
| 5
| Bhadrachalam (ST)
| B. Radhabai Ananda Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 147,534
| 53.35
| Karam Chandraiah
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| CPI
| 79,208
| 28.64
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''68,326'''</span>
|-
| 6
| Anakapalli
| Appala Naidu S.R.A.S.
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 178,139
| 46.89
| Anand Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
| JNP(S)
| 149,016
| 39.23
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''29,123'''</span>
|-
| 7
| Kakinada
| Sanjeevi Rao M.S.
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 242,901
| 61.93
| Vaddi Mutyala Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 79,924
| 20.38
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''162,977'''</span>
|-
| 8
| Rajahmundry
| S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 249,377
| 53.18
| Gadam Kamaladevi
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| INC(U)
| 130,886
| 27.91
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''118,491'''</span>
|-
| 9
| Amalapuram (SC)
| Kusuma Krishnamurthi
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 244,283
| 61.63
| Iswari Bai
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 123,193
| 31.08
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''121,090'''</span>
|-
| 10
| Narasapur
| Alluri Subhaschandra Bose
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 272,124
| 61.56
| Uddaraju Ramam
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPM
| 114,156
| 25.82
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''157,968'''</span>
|-
| 11
| Eluru
| Chittoori Subbarao Chowdary
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 266,805
| 59.15
| K. Suryanarayana
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 83,470
| 18.50
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''183,335'''</span>
|-
| 12
| Machilipatnam
| Ankineedu Maganti
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 249,444
| 53.93
| Buragadda Niranjana Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 115,108
| 24.89
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''134,336'''</span>
|-
| 13
| Vijayawada
| Vidya Chennupati
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 240,622
| 46.39
| K.L. Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 141,920
| 27.36
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''98,702'''</span>
|-
| 14
| Tenali
| Meduri Nageswara Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 214,807
| 48.62
| Lavu Balagangadhara Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPM
| 144,457
| 32.70
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''70,350'''</span>
|-
| 15
| Guntur
| N.G. Ranga
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 252,961
| 57.60
| K. Sadasiva Rao
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (S)}}" |
| JNP(S)
| 95,625
| 21.77
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''157,336'''</span>
|-
| 16
| Bapatla
| Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 258,116
| 53.99
| Sambaiah Pallaprolu
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (S)}}" |
| JNP(S)
| 106,375
| 22.25
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''151,741'''</span>
|-
| 17
| Narasaraopet
| K. Bramhananda Reddy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 238,854
| 54.87
| Popuri Brahmanandam
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |
| IND
| 154,558
| 35.50
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''84,296'''</span>
|-
| 18
| Ongole
| Venkata Reddi Puli
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 266,831
| 57.19
| A. Bhakthavastala Reddy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 115,656
| 24.79
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''151,175'''</span>
|-
| 19
| Nellore (SC)
| D. Kamakshaiah
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 294,326
| 71.05
| T. P. Bhanu Raju
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| CPM
| 67,075
| 16.19
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''227,251'''</span>
|-
| 20
| Tirupathi (SC)
| Pasala Penchalaiah
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 241,965
| 68.66
| Balakrishnaiah Tambura
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 86,659
| 24.59
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''155,306'''</span>
|-
| 21
| Chittoor
| P. Rajagopal Naidu
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 232,249
| 51.55
| N. P. Chengalraya Nayudu
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 172,402
| 38.27
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''59,847'''</span>
|-
| 22
| Rajampet
| P. Parthasarathy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 189,311
| 52.51
| Rathnasabapathy Bandaru
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| INC(U)
| 147,910
| 41.02
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''41,401'''</span>
|-
| 23
| Cuddapah
| K. Obul Reddy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| INC(I)
| 256,204
| 50.88
| P. V. S. Murthy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| JNP
| 205,658
| 40.85
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''50,546'''</span>
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha]]
*[[1977 Indian presidential election]]
*[[:Category:1980 Indian general election by state or union territory]]
 
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1980 elections in India|General election]]
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Latest revision as of 03:46, 22 April 2026


1980 Indian general election
← 1977 3 and 6 January 1980 1984 →
529 of the 531 seats in the Lok Sabha[lower-alpha 1]
265 seats needed for a majority
Registered356,205,329
Turnout56.92% (Decrease 5.55pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Indira Gandhi official portrait.png
Prime minister Charan Singh (cropped).jpg
E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg
Leader Indira Gandhi Charan Singh E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Party Indian National Congress (Indira) Janata Party (Secular) CPI (M)
Alliance INC (I)+ LF
Last election 34.55%, 154 seats – 4.29%, 22 seats
Seats won 353 41 37
Seat change Increase 199 New Increase 15
Popular vote 84,455,313 18,574,696 12,352,331
Percentage 42.69% 9.39% 6.24%
Swing Increase 8.17pp New Increase 1.95pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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A. K. Antony.jpg
Leader Jagjivan Ram A. K. Antony
Party JP Indian National Congress (U)
Alliance JP+
Last election 41.32%, 295 seats –
Seats won 31 13
Seat change Decrease 264 New
Popular vote 37,530,228 10,449,859
Percentage 18.97% 5.28%
Swing Decrease 22.35pp New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Charan Singh
Janata Party (Secular)

Elected Prime Minister

Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress (Indira)

General elections were held in India on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the seventh Lok Sabha.

The Janata Party alliance came into power in the 1977 general elections amidst public anger with the Indian National Congress (R) and the Emergency. However, its position was weak; the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. Bharatiya Lok Dal leaders Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram, who had quit the Congress, were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and Hindu nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Charan Singh and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned. Charan Singh, who had retained some partners of the Janata alliance, was sworn in as prime minister in June 1979. The Indian National Congress (Indira), which succeeded the Indian National Congress (Requisition) from 1978 promised to support Singh in parliament but later backed out just two days before the Government was scheduled to prove its majority on the floor of Lok Sabha. Charan Singh, forced to resign, called for elections in January 1980 and is the only prime minister of India never to have obtained the confidence of Parliament. In the run up to the general elections, Indira Gandhi's leadership faced a formidable political challenge from a galaxy of regional satraps and prominent leaders of Janata party like Satyendra Narayan Sinha and Karpuri Thakur in Bihar, Ramakrishna Hegde in Karnataka, Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra, Devi Lal in Haryana & Biju Patnaik in Orissa. Janata Party contested the election with Jagjivan Ram as its prime ministerial candidate.[1][2] However, internal feud between Janata Party leaders and the political instability in the country worked in favour of Indira Gandhi's Congress (I), that reminded voters of the strong government of Indira Gandhi during campaigning.

In the ensuing elections the INC(I) won 353 seats and the Janata Party just 31 seats, with Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) taking 41. The Janata Party alliance continued to split over the subsequent years.

Results[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (Indira)84,455,31342.69353+199
Janata Party37,530,22818.9731–264
Janata Party (Secular)18,574,6969.3941New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)12,352,3316.2437+15
Indian National Congress (Urs)10,449,8595.2813New
Communist Party of India4,927,3422.4910+3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,674,0642.362–16
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,236,5372.1416+14
Shiromani Akali Dal1,396,4120.711–8
Revolutionary Socialist Party1,285,5170.6540
All India Forward Bloc1,011,5640.5130
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference493,1430.253+1
Indian Union Muslim League475,5070.2420
Peasants and Workers Party of India470,5670.240–5
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)383,0220.190–2
Kerala Congress356,9970.181–1
Republican Party of India351,9870.1800
Socialist Unity Centre of India307,2240.1600
Jharkhand Party254,5200.131+1
All India Muslim League196,8200.1000
United Democratic Front140,2100.070–1
Shiv Sena129,3510.070New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party127,1880.0610
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti111,9530.0600
People's Party of Arunachal69,8100.040New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad61,1610.0300
Peoples Conference53,8910.030New
Manipur Peoples Party49,2770.0200
Indian Socialist Party39,3990.020New
Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)38,2260.0200
Sikkim Janata Parishad31,7500.021New
Muslim Majlis26,3630.010New
All India Labour Party14,7200.0100
All Party Hill Leaders Conference13,0580.010New
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)11,6320.010New
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress5,1250.000New
Independents12,717,5106.4390
Appointed Anglo-Indians20
Total197,824,274100.00531–13
Valid votes197,824,27497.57
Invalid/blank votes4,928,6192.43
Total votes202,752,893100.00
Registered voters/turnout356,205,32956.92
Source: ECI

Results by state[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Srikakulam Rajagopalarao Boddepalli INC(I) 197,336 49.33 Gouthu Latchanna JNP(S) 118,347 29.58 78,989
2 Parvathipuram (ST) K.C. Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla INC(U) 173,179 49.03 Narsimha Rao Viswasrai INC(I) 158,379 44.84 14,800
3 Bobbili P.V. Gajapathi Raju INC(I) 189,163 64.34 Gedela Prasada Rao JNP 51,037 17.36 138,126
4 Visakhapatnam Appalaswamy Kommuru INC(I) 206,581 50.50 Bhattam Srirama Murthy INC(U) 171,946 42.04 34,635
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) B. Radhabai Ananda Rao INC(I) 147,534 53.35 Karam Chandraiah CPI 79,208 28.64 68,326
6 Anakapalli Appala Naidu S.R.A.S. INC(I) 178,139 46.89 Anand Gajapathi Raju Pusapati JNP(S) 149,016 39.23 29,123
7 Kakinada Sanjeevi Rao M.S. INC(I) 242,901 61.93 Vaddi Mutyala Rao JNP 79,924 20.38 162,977
8 Rajahmundry S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao INC(I) 249,377 53.18 Gadam Kamaladevi INC(U) 130,886 27.91 118,491
9 Amalapuram (SC) Kusuma Krishnamurthi INC(I) 244,283 61.63 Iswari Bai JNP 123,193 31.08 121,090
10 Narasapur Alluri Subhaschandra Bose INC(I) 272,124 61.56 Uddaraju Ramam CPM 114,156 25.82 157,968
11 Eluru Chittoori Subbarao Chowdary INC(I) 266,805 59.15 K. Suryanarayana JNP 83,470 18.50 183,335
12 Machilipatnam Ankineedu Maganti INC(I) 249,444 53.93 Buragadda Niranjana Rao JNP 115,108 24.89 134,336
13 Vijayawada Vidya Chennupati INC(I) 240,622 46.39 K.L. Rao JNP 141,920 27.36 98,702
14 Tenali Meduri Nageswara Rao INC(I) 214,807 48.62 Lavu Balagangadhara Rao CPM 144,457 32.70 70,350
15 Guntur N.G. Ranga INC(I) 252,961 57.60 K. Sadasiva Rao JNP(S) 95,625 21.77 157,336
16 Bapatla Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati INC(I) 258,116 53.99 Sambaiah Pallaprolu JNP(S) 106,375 22.25 151,741
17 Narasaraopet K. Bramhananda Reddy INC(I) 238,854 54.87 Popuri Brahmanandam IND 154,558 35.50 84,296
18 Ongole Venkata Reddi Puli INC(I) 266,831 57.19 A. Bhakthavastala Reddy JNP 115,656 24.79 151,175
19 Nellore (SC) D. Kamakshaiah INC(I) 294,326 71.05 T. P. Bhanu Raju CPM 67,075 16.19 227,251
20 Tirupathi (SC) Pasala Penchalaiah INC(I) 241,965 68.66 Balakrishnaiah Tambura JNP 86,659 24.59 155,306
21 Chittoor P. Rajagopal Naidu INC(I) 232,249 51.55 N. P. Chengalraya Nayudu JNP 172,402 38.27 59,847
22 Rajampet P. Parthasarathy INC(I) 189,311 52.51 Rathnasabapathy Bandaru INC(U) 147,910 41.02 41,401
23 Cuddapah K. Obul Reddy INC(I) 256,204 50.88 P. V. S. Murthy JNP 205,658 40.85 50,546

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and filled by presidential nomination

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Chawla, Prabhu (30 September 2013). "As general elections loom large, new four-party United Front formed to counter Cong(I)". India Today. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Jagjivan Ram: Most experienced artful dodger of Indian politics Archived 13 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine India Today, 23 December 2014
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