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Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980.[2]
Constituencies[edit | edit source]
The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.
Contesting parties[edit | edit source]
There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, Charan Singh JNP(SC) and Raj Narain JNP(JP), Two state parties FBL and RSP, two registered unrecognised parties JKD and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I)[3] emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik became the Chief Minister and Sarata Deb (ଶରତ ଦେବ) became the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.
Results[edit | edit source]
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
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Indian National Congress (I) | 
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3,037,487 | 47.78 |  16.76
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147 | 118 | 92
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Janata Party (Secular) |
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1,238,745 | 19.49 | (new) | 110 | 13 | (new) | |
| - | Indian National Congress (U) | - | 446,818 | 7.03 | (new) | 98 | 2 | (new) | |
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Communist Party of India | 
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323,411 | 5.09 | 1.52
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27 | 4 | 3
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Janata Party |
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262,903 | 4.14 |  45.03
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31 | 3 | 107
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| - | Independents | - | 755,087 | 11.88 | 1.38
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248 | 7 | 2
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| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 6,357,005 | 45.70 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 192,069 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 6,549,074 | 47.08 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 7,360,041 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 13,909,115 | ||||||||
Elected members[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Chief Minister of Odisha". Cm.odisha.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections.in. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Orissa 1980 - Orissa - Election Commission of India". Eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections.in. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-13.