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{{short description|Law governing body of Punjab}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| transcription_name =
| legislature = '''Punjab Legislative Assembly'''
| coa_pic =
| coa_res = 250px
| coa_alt =
| house_type = Unicameral
| term_length = 1980-1985
| body =
| houses =
| foundation = 23 June 1980
| disbanded = 26 June 1985
| preceded_by = [[Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| succeeded_by = [[Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| leader1_type = [[List of Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]<ref name="speakerpunjab">{{cite web|url=http://speakerpunjab.gov.in/former-speakers/|website=speakerpunjab.gov.in|title=Former speaker of punjab vidhan sabha|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
| leader1 = [[Brij Bhushan Mehra]]
| party1 =
| leader2 =
| leader3_type = [[List of Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker]]<ref name="page13">page xiii of ''[http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/compendium_doc.pdf Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium]''. [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. Retrieved on 6 January 2022.</ref>
| leader3 = Guizar Singh
| leader4 =
| leader5_type = Leader of House<br>([[List of chief ministers of Punjab, India|Chief Minister]])
| leader5 = [[Darbara Singh]] <br>{{small|(1980-1983)}}
| leader6 =
| leader7_type = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition]]
| leader7 = [[Parkash Singh Badal]] <br>{{small|(1980-1983)}}
| leader8 =
| committees1 =
| committees2 =
| joint_committees =
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]]
| voting_system2 =
| last_election1 = [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| next_election1 = [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| redistricting =
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| members = '''117'''<ref>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3449-punjab-1980/?do=download Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980] (Pdf). ''eci.gov.in''. Retrieved 22 January 2022.</ref>
| structure1 = Eighth Punjab legislative assembly.png
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 = '''[[Government of Punjab, India|Government]] (63)'''{{efn|The given members of parties were at the time of the formation of the Government. The numbers changed later on due to defections, resignations, mergers or splits}}
* {{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|border=darkgray}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (63)
'''Opposition (54)'''
* {{Color box|{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}|border=darkgray}} [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] (37)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|border=darkgray}} [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] (9)
* {{Color box|#FF5C5C|border=darkgray}} [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]] (5)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}|border=darkgray}} [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] (1)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
}}
The '''1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election''' was the eighth [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly]]) election of the state. [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the victorious with 63 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] became the official opposition, holding 37 seats. On 6 October 1983, Assembly was placed under suspension and president rule was imposed{{efn|name=PR|''[[President's rule]]'' may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's rule]". [[Rediff.com]]. 15 March 2005.</ref>}} and then dissolved on 26 June 1985.

==Insurgency==
{{Main| Insurgency in Punjab}}

==Suspension of Assembly==

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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Punjab Legislative Assembly|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Terms of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|8th]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1980–1985| ]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Punjab, India]]

8th Punjab Assembly - Revision history

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