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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1979 elections in India
| previous_year = 1979
| election_date = 1980
| next_election = 1982 elections in India
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==General Elections==
{{Main|1980 Indian general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1980.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress|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]]|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 EIC]
}}

==Overall result==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date(s)
!State
!colspan="2"|Government before
!Chief Minister before
! colspan="2"|Government after
!Elected Chief Minister
!Maps
|-
|28 May 1980
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| [[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Goa]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|[[Pratapsingh Rane]]
|[[File:IN-GA.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh]]
|[[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Gegong Apang]]
|[[File:IN-AR.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
|[[File:IN-BR.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|Maharashtra]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[A. R. Antulay]]
|[[File:IN-MH.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Arjun Singh (Congress politician)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
| [[File:IN-UP.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| [[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Jagannath Pahadia]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Pondicherry]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[M. D. R. Ramachandran]]
|[[File:IN-PY.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Darbara Singh]]
| [[File:IN-PB.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===[[Arunachal Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=72734|seats1=13|sc1=New
|party2=[[People's Party of Arunachal]]|votes2=70006|seats2=13|sc2={{increase}}5
|party3=[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]|votes3=8361|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=19716|seats11=4|sc11={{decrease}}1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=9235
|electorate=258112
|source=ECI<ref name="eci"/>
}}

===[[Bihar]]===
{{Main|1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election results
|image=[[File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|seats1=169|votes1=7690225
|party2= [[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes2=3515684|seats2=42
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=2051962|seats3=23
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats4=21|votes4=1891325
|party5=[[Indian National Congress (U)]]|votes5=1649695|seats5=14
|party6=[[Janata Party]] (JP)|votes6=1620754|seats6=13
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=394013 |seats7=6
|party8=[[Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain]]|votes8=362388|seats8=1
|party9=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|seats9=11|votes9=380891
|party10=Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)|votes10=128517
|party11=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]|votes11=49407|seats11=1
|party12=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes12=31952
|party13=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes13=11963
|party14=[[Lokdal]]|votes14=6744
|party15=[[Janata Party]]|votes15=6733
|party16=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes16=5309
|party17=Bharatiya Socialist Party|votes17=1102
|party18=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes18=729
|party19=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes19=568
|party20=Independent|seats20=23|votes20=2688947
|invalid=315496
|electorate=39815510
|Source= ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>}}

===[[Goa, Daman and Diu]]===
{{Main|1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]||134,651||38.36||20||New
|-
|align=left|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||127,714||36.36||7||–8
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Party]]||14,431||4.11||0||–3
|-
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress]]||12,338||3.51||0||–10
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]||6,045||1.72||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||1,089||0.31||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||54,773||15.60||3||+1
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||12,232||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''363,273'''||'''100'''||'''30'''||'''+1'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||522,652||69.51||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Goa.pdf Election Commission of India]
|}

===[[Gujarat]]===
{{Main|1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (I)]]|votes1=3971238|seats1=141|sc1=New
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=1771853|seats2=21|sc2=New
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=1090652|seats3=9|sc3=New
|party4=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes4=49278|seats4=1|sc4=New
|party20=Others|votes20=122299|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=775813|seats21=10|sc21={{decrease}}6
|total_sc=0
|invalid=200862
|electorate=16501328
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3832-gujarat-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Kerala]]===
{{Main|1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Party Wise Results'''<ref name=":0" />
!colspan=10|[[File:India Kerala Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|-
!Party
!Seats
!Alliance
|----
|----
|[[Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India (CPI)]]
|17
| rowspan="7" style="background:#f00; color:black;" | Left Democratic Front
|----
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM)]]
|35
|-
|[[Indian National Congress (U)|Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))]]
|21
|----
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)]]
|1
|----
|[[Kerala Congress (M)|Kerala Congress (M) (KCM)]]
|8
|----
|All India Muslim League (AIMUL)
|5
|----
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)]]
|6
|----
|[[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress (I) (INC (I))]]
|17
| rowspan="6" style="background:skyblue; color:black;" | United Democratic Front
|----
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)]]
|14
|----
|[[Kerala Congress (Joseph)|Kerala Congress (J) (KEC)]]
|6
|----
|[[Janata Party|Janata Party (JNP)]]
|5
|----
|National Democratic Party (NDP)
|3
|-
|[[Praja Socialist Party|Praja Socialist Party (PSP)]]
|1
|----
|[[Independent politician|Independent (IND)]]
|1
|''N/A''
|----
!Total
!140
!LDF-93, UDF-46, IND-1
|----
|}

===[[Madhya Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3733-madhya-pradesh-1980/|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/History%20web/OldElectionResults/1980.pdf|publisher=Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer|accessdate=9 December 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|-
| 1
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| 320
| 246
|
| 47.52%
|-
| 2
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 310
| 60
|
| 30.34%
|-
|3
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 46
| 2
|
| 1.50%
|-
| 4
| [[Janata Party]]
| 124
| 2
|
| 2.88%
|-
| 5
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| 204
| 1
|
| 4.82%
|-
| 6
| [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]
| 13
| 1
|
| 0.33%
|-
| 6
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 288
| 8
|
| 10.26%
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''320'''
|
|
|}

===[[Maharashtra]]===
{{Main|1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980<ref name="pdf">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3845-goa-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=2|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat +/-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote %
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote % +/-
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]{{Composition bar|186|288|{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||286||186||{{increase}} 124||7,809,533||44.50%||{{increase}} 26.16%
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]{{Composition bar|47|288|{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||192||47||{{decrease}} 22 ''(from [[Indian National Congress|INC]] seats)''||3,596,582||20.49%||{{decrease}} 4.84% ''(from [[Indian National Congress|INC]] vote share)''
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]{{Composition bar|17|288|{{party color|Janata Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||111||17||{{decrease}} 82||1,511,042||8.61%||{{decrease}} 19.38%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]{{Composition bar|14|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||145||14||{{increase}} 14||1,645,734||9.38%||{{increase}} 9.38% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]{{Composition bar|9|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||41||9||{{decrease}} 4||726,338||4.14%||{{decrease}} 1.40%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]{{Composition bar|2|288|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||17||2||{{increase}} 1||230,570||1.31%||{{decrease}} 0.17%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]{{Composition bar|2|288|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||10||2||{{decrease}} 7||162,651||0.93%||{{decrease}} 0.76%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)}}
|align="left"|[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]{{Composition bar|1|288|{{party color|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||42||1||{{decrease}} 1||239,286||1.36%||{{decrease}} 0.05%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Republican Party of India}}
|36
|0
|{{Down}} 2
|132,798
|0.76%
|{{down}} 0.30%
|-
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|1
|0
|{{Down}}3
|5,598
|0.03%
|{{Down}}0.79%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]{{Composition bar|10|288|{{party color|Independent}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||612||10||{{decrease}} 18||1,409,177||8.03%||{{decrease}} 6.03%
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||1537||288||{{no change}}||17,548,655||53.30%||{{decrease}} 14.29%
|-
|}

===[[Manipur]]===
{{Main|1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (I)]]|votes1=158127|seats1=13|sc1=New
|party2=[[Janata Party]]|votes2=144112|seats2=10|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress (U)]]|votes3=69319|seats3=6|sc3=New
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=53055|seats4=5|sc4=–1
|party5=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes5=48196|seats5=4|sc5=–16
|party6=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes6=20667|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Kuki National Assembly]]|votes7=20600|seats7=2|sc7=–
|party8=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes8=4168|seats8=1|sc8=+1
|party9=[[Janata Party (JP)]]|votes9=924|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party11=Independents|votes11=211855|seats11=19|sc11=+14
|total_sc=0
|invalid=18381
|electorate=909268
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3705-manipur-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Odisha]]===
{{Main|1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1980|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3624-orissa-1980/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|
| 147 || 118 || "NEW" || 80.27 || 30,37,487 || 47.78 || "NEW"
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress (U)]]
|
| 98 || 2 || "NEW" || 1.36 || 4,46,818 || 10.49 || "NEW"
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
| 28 || 0 || NA || 0|| 86,421 || 7.09 || NA
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|
| 27 || 4 || {{steady}} 0|| 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 2.72 || {{decrease}} 3.4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 248 || 7 || N/A || 4.76 || 7,55,087 || 15.77 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 147 ({{increase}} 7) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,39,09,115 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|65,49,074 (47.08%)
|}

===[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]===
{{Main|1980 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes1=68030|seats1=14|sc1={{increase}}11
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes2=58680|seats2=10|sc2={{increase}}8
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=22892|seats4=3|sc4={{decrease}}4
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=4944|seats5=1|sc5={{increase}}1
|party20=Others|votes20=64778|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=26001|seats21=2|sc21={{decrease}}1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=11278
|electorate=319137
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3428-puducherry-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
{{Main|1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=7|Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980<ref>[http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980], Elections.in.</ref>
|-
!
!Party
!contested
!Seats won
!change in seats
!popular vote
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|style="background:#90EE90;"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|117
|63
|{{increase}}46
|28,25,827
|45.19%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|73
|37
|{{decrease}}21
|16,83,266
|26.92%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|18
|9
|{{increase}}2
|4,03,718
|6.46%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|13
|5
|{{decrease}}3
|2,53,985
|4.06%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|41
|1
|(new)
|4,05,106
|6.48%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|376
|2
|{{unchanged}}
|4,07,799
|6.52%
|-
|
|Others
|84
|0
| -
|2,73,215
|4.36%
|-
!
!Total
!722
!117
!
!62,52,916
!
|}

===[[Rajasthan]]===
{{Main|1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=3975315|seats1=133|sc1=New
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=1721321|seats2=32|sc2=New
|party3=[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|votes3=883926|seats3=7|sc3=New
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=679193|seats4=8|sc4=New
|party5=[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]|votes5=516887|seats5=6|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=111476|seats6=1|sc6=0
|party7=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes7=89382|seats7=1|sc7=0
|party8=[[Janata Party (Secular - Raj Narain)]]|votes8=63321|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes9=1558|seats9=0|sc9=0
|party10=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes10=55|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes11=35|seats11=0|sc11=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=1210295|seats21=12|sc21=+7
|total_sc=0
|invalid=169206
|electorate=18452344
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Tamil Nadu]]===
{{Main|1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
[[File:1980 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1980 May Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party
!style="width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡
|-
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
| '''162'''
| '''+14'''
| '''9,328,839'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''48.9%'''
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| 129
| -1
| 7,303,010
| 38.8%
| 50.4%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
! style="background-color: #000080" |
| 11
| -1
| 596,406
| 3.2%
| 47.6%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
! style="background-color: #0000FF" |
| 9
| +4
| 501,032
| 2.7%
| 43.9%
|-
|[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties|GKC]]
! style="background-color: teal" |
| 6
| +6
| 322,440
| 1.7%
| 44.1%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: olive" |
| 6
| +6
| 488,296
| 2.6%
|
|-
|[[All India Forward Bloc|FBL]]
! style="background-color: #800000" |
| 1
| –
| 65,536
| 0.4%
| 44.6%
|-
|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|INC(U)]]
! style="background-color:" |
| 0
| –
| 52,119
| 0.3%
| 29.3%
|-
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" |
| '''69'''
| '''-6'''
| '''8,371,718'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''44.4%'''
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! style="background-color: #FF0000" |
| 37
| -11
| 4,164,389
| 22.1%
| 45.7%
|-
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" |
| 31
| +4
| 3,941,900
| 20.9%
| 43.4%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: lime" |
| 1
| +1
| 265,429
| 1.4%
|
|-
! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others
! style="background-color:gray" |
| '''3'''
| '''-8'''
| '''1,144,449'''
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| '''6.1%'''
|-
|[[Jayaprakash Narayan|JNP(JP)]]
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" |
| 2
| -8
| 522,641
| 2.8%
| 6.9%
|-
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
! style="background-color: #666666" |
| 1
| –
| 598,897
| 3.2%
| –
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
! style="background-color: " |
| 234
| –
| 18,845,006
| 100%
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
'''‡''': Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
 Sources: Election Commission of India<ref>{{cite web
| last = Election Commission of India
| title = 1980 Election Statistical Report
| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf
| access-date = 19 April 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf
| archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}</ref> and Keesing's Report<ref>[http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=30573n01ind Keesing's Statistical Report]</ref>
{{refend}}

===[[Uttar Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
!Party name
!Seats
|-
|align=left| [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]]
|309
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Party (Secular)|Janata Party (Secular) (JNP (SC))]]
|59
|-
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress (U)|Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))]]
|13
|-
|align=left| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]]
|11
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India (CPI)]]
|6
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Party|Janata Party (JNP(JP))]]
|4
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Party (Secular)|Janata Party (Secular) (JNP(SR))]]
|4
|-
|align=left|[[Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)|Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) (SSD)]]
|1
|-
|align=left|[[Independent Politician|Independent]]
|17
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left|'''Total'''
|'''425'''
|- class=sortbottom
|}

==References==
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