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{{Infobox election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1977 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1977
| next_election = 1984 Indian general election
| next_year = 1984
| election_date = 3 and 6 January 1980
| 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
| registered = 356,205,329
| turnout = 56.92% ({{decrease}} 5.55[[Percentage point|pp]])
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=15|oTop=5}}
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| last_election1 = 34.55%, 154 seats
| seats1 = '''353'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 199
| popular_vote1 = '''84,455,313'''
| percentage1 = '''42.69%'''
| 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}}
| leader2 = [[Charan Singh]]
| party2 = Janata Party (Secular)
| last_election2 = –
| seats2 = 41
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| popular_vote2 = 18,574,696
| percentage2 = 9.39%
| swing2 = ''New''
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}
| leader3 = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| party3 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| last_election3 = 4.29%, 22 seats
| seats3 = 37
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 15
| popular_vote3 = 12,352,331
| percentage3 = 6.24%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.95[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|bSize=115|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=05|oTop=5}}
| leader4 = [[Jagjivan Ram]]
| party4 = Janata Party
| last_election4 = 41.32%, 295 seats
| seats4 = 31
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 264
| popular_vote4 = 37,530,228
| percentage4 = 18.97%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 22.35[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=A. K. Antony.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=08}}
| leader5 = [[A. K. Antony]]
| party5 = Indian National Congress (U)
| last_election5 = –
| seats5 = 13
| seat_change5 = ''New''
| popular_vote5 = 10,449,859
| percentage5 = 5.28%
| swing5 = ''New''

| map_image = Wahlergebnisse Indien 1980.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency

| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Charan Singh]]
| before_party = Janata Party (Secular)
| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha
| 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|seventh]] [[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 (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(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==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1980.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=84455313|seats1=353|sc1=+199
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=37530228|seats2=31|sc2=–264
|party3=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes3=18574696|seats3=41|sc3=New
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=12352331|seats4=37|sc4=+15
|party5=[[Indian National Congress (U)|Indian National Congress (Urs)]]|votes5=10449859|seats5=13|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=4927342|seats6=10|sc6=+3
|party7=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes7=4674064|seats7=2|sc7=–16
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=4236537|seats8=16|sc8=+14
|party9=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes9=1396412|seats9=1|sc9=–8
|party10=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes10=1285517|seats10=4|sc10=0
|party11=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes11=1011564|seats11=3|sc11=0
|party12=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes12=493143|seats12=3|sc12=+1
|party13=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes13=475507|seats13=2|sc13=0
|party14=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes14=470567|seats14=0|sc14=–5
|party15=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes15=383022|seats15=0|sc15=–2
|party16=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes16=356997|seats16=1|sc16=–1
|party17=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes17=351987|seats17=0|sc17=0
|party18=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes18=307224|seats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes19=254520|seats19=1|sc19=+1
|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
|party22=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes22=129351|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes23=127188|seats23=1|sc23=0
|party24=[[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]|votes24=111953|seats24=0|sc24=0
|party25=[[People's Party of Arunachal]]|votes25=69810|seats25=0|sc25=New
|party26=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes26=61161|seats26=0|sc26=0
|party27=Peoples Conference|votes27=53891|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes28=49277|seats28=0|sc28=0
|party29=[[Indian Socialist Party]]|votes29=39399|seats29=0|sc29=New
|party30=Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)|votes30=38226|seats30=0|sc30=0
|party31=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes31=31750|seats31=1|sc31=New
|party32=[[All India Muslim Majlis (Dr. Faridi)|Muslim Majlis]]|votes32=26363|seats32=0|sc32=New
|party33=All India Labour Party|votes33=14720|seats33=0|sc33=0
|party34=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes34=13058|seats34=0|sc34=New
|party35=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes35=11632|seats35=0|sc35=New
|party36=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes36=5125|seats36=0|sc36=New
|party37=Independents|votes37=12717510|seats37=9|sc37=0
|row38=Appointed [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats38=2|sc38=0
|invalid=4928619
|total_sc=–13
|electorate=356205329
|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)}}" |'''78,989'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''14,800'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''138,126'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''34,635'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''68,326'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''29,123'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''162,977'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''118,491'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''121,090'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''157,968'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''183,335'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''134,336'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''98,702'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''70,350'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''157,336'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''151,741'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''84,296'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''151,175'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''227,251'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''155,306'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''59,847'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''41,401'''
|-
| 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)}}" |'''50,546'''
|}

==See also==
*[[List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha]]
*[[:Category:1980 Indian general election by state or union territory]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian elections}}

[[Category:1980 Indian general election| ]]
[[Category:1980 elections in India|General]]
[[Category:General elections in India]]
[[Category:January 1980 in India|General]]
[[Category:1980 elections in Asia|India]]

1980 Indian general election - Revision history

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