1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1980 Bihar legislative assembly election

324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jagannath Mishra Ram Sundar Das Party Indian National Congress (I) Janata Party Seats won 169 46
Chief Minister before election President's rule N/A Elected Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra INC(I)

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1980 was held in 1980 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.This is a list of the results of the 1980 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in India, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Jagannath Mishra was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar (8 June 1980- 14 August 1983), after Chandrashekhar Singh become the Chief Minister of Bihar from ( 14 August 1983-12 March 1985).

Party-wise performance

S. No.	Abbreviation	Party	Party Flag	Seats contested	Seats won
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party		-	21
2	CPI	Communist Party of India		-	23
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		-	6
4	INC(I)	Indian National Congress (I)		-	169
5	INC(U)	Indian National Congress (U)		-	14
6	JNP	Janata Party		-	14
7	JNP(SC)	Janata Party (Secular)		-	42
8	JNP(SR)	Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain		-	1
9	JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		-	11
10	SUC	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Suc)		-	1
11	IND	Independent		-	23