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1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
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| Turnout | 53.30% ( 14.29%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1980, to elect the 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results[edit]
Indian National Congress (Indira) won majority seats in the Assembly, Abdul Rehman Antulay became Chief Minister, Sharad Shankar Dighe became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition.[2]
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 286 | 186 | 7,809,533 | 44.50% | |
| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 192 | 47 | 3,596,582 | 20.49% | |
| Janata Party (Secular) | 111 | 17 | 1,511,042 | 8.61% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 145 | 14 | 1,645,734 | 9.38% | |
| Shiv Sena | 8 | 0 | 726,338 | 4.14% | |
| Communist Party of India | 17 | 2 | 230,570 | 1.31% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10 | 2 | 162,651 | 0.93% | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 42 | 1 | 239,286 | 1.36% | |
| Independents | 612 | 10 | 1,409,177 | 8.03% | |
| Total | 1537 | 288 | 17,548,655 |
List of winning candidates[edit]
The following is the list of candidates who won:[3]
| Constituency Name | Member of Legislative Assembly | Political party | Votes polled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achalpur | Sudan Deshmukh | CPI | |
| Amgaon | Mahadevrao Shivankar | BJP | |
| Baramati | Sharad Pawar | INC(U) | 54,919 |
| Borivali | Ram Naik | BJP | |
| Chandgad | V. K. Chavan Patil | INC(I) | 38,695 |
| Chembur | Hashu Advani | BJP | |
| Dadar | Sharayu Thakur | Congress(I) | |
| Edlabad | Pratibha Patil | Congress(I) | |
| Kalyan | Ram Kapse | BJP | 39066 |
| Kasba Peth | Arvind Lele | BJP | 28,851 |
| Khamgaon | Pandurang Phundkar | BJP | |
| Khetwadi | Premkumar Shankardatt Sharma | BJP | |
| Kurla | Datta Samant | Independent | |
| Mahim | Fred Pinto | Janata Party | |
| Malkapur | Kisanlal Sancheti | BJP | |
| Matunga | V Subramanyam | Congress(I) | |
| Mumbadevi | Nanubhai S. Patel (K. S. Patel) | BJP | 15643 |
| Nagpur East | Satish Chaturvedi | Congress(I) | |
| Nagpur West | Gev Avari | Congress(I) | |
| Nagpur North | Suryakant Dongare | RPI (Khobragade) | |
| Nagpur South | Banwarilal Purohit | Congress(I) | |
| Nagpur Central | Mohd. Yakub Kamar Khan | Congress(I) | |
| Nehrunagar | Babasaheb Bhosale | Congress(I) | |
| Opera House | Jaywantiben Mehta | BJP | |
| Ratnagiri | Kusum Abhyankar | BJP | |
| Renapur | Gopinath Munde | BJP | |
| Sangameshwar | Jagannathrao Jadhav | JNP(JP) | |
| Sangli | Shalinitai Patil | Congress(I) | |
| Satara | Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle | Congress(I) | |
| Sawantwadi | Shivram Sawant Bhonsale | Congress (I) | 21,156 votes |
| Shahada | Annasaheb P. K. Patil | JNP(JP) | 32,102 |
| Shivajinagar | Anna Joshi | BJP | |
| Shrivardhan | Ravindra Raut (Later, Antulay in bypoll) | Congress (Indira) | |
| Ulhasnagar | Sitaldas Khubchand Harchndani | BJP | |
| Vile Parle | Pranlal Vora | Janata Party |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help)Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ([1]) - ↑ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help)Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ([2]) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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