Lok Sabha 1980
National seat composition, alliance leadership, and constituency map for the general election.
- Seats
- 543
- Electors
- 35,62,05,329
- Votes polled
- 20,27,52,893
- Turnout
- 56.9%
Lok Sabha composition
Seat arc coloured by party.
Majority mark at 272 seats.
Alliance / party
Toggle party seats or curated alliance rollups.
Alliance map not curated for 1980.
529 of 543 seats shown · top 8 parties, rest grouped
National map
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Closest races in 1980
Tightest races by winning margin — winner, runner-up, and the votes that separated them.
1980 · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
#1Deoria
Photo finish
77votes
0.0% of valid votes
Winner
Ramayan Rai
INC(I)
Runner-up
Ramdhari Shastri
JNP(S)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Haryana
#2Faridabad
Photo finish
158votes
0.0% of valid votes
Winner
Tayyab Hussain
INC(I)
Runner-up
Khurshed Ahmed
JNP
Open constituency result →
1980 · Bihar 1947 1999
#3Saharsa
Nail-biter
1,255votes
0.3% of valid votes
Winner
Kamal Jha
INC(I)
Runner-up
Vinayak Yadav
JNP(S)
Open constituency result →
1980 · West Bengal
#4Raiganj
Nail-biter
1,305votes
0.3% of valid votes
Winner
Golam Yazdani
INC(I)
Runner-up
Abdul Hafiz
CPM
Open constituency result →
1980 · Bihar 1947 1999
#5Balia
Nail-biter
1,900votes
0.5% of valid votes
Winner
Surya Singh
CPI
Runner-up
Chandrabhanu Devi
INC(I)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Haryana
#6Ambala
Very close
2,295votes
0.6% of valid votes
Winner
Suraj Bhan
JNP
Runner-up
Som Nath
INC(I)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999
#7Mandsaur
Very close
2,683votes
0.6% of valid votes
Winner
Bhanwarlal Nahata
INC(I)
Runner-up
Laxminarayan Pandey
JNP
Open constituency result →
1980 · Karnataka
#8Bangalore South
Very close
2,727votes
0.6% of valid votes
Winner
T.R. Shamanna
JNP
Runner-up
D.P. Sharma
INC(I)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Kerala
#9Ernakulam
Very close
2,502votes
0.6% of valid votes
Winner
Xavier Arakal
INC(I)
Runner-up
Henry Austin
INC(U)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
#10Bareilly
Very close
1,710votes
0.6% of valid votes
Winner
Nisar Khan
JNP(S)
Runner-up
Ram Khanna
INC(I)
Open constituency result →
1980 · Bihar 1947 1999
#11Madhubani
Very close
3,223votes
0.7% of valid votes
Winner
Shafiqullah Ansari
INC(I)
Runner-up
Bhogendra Jha
CPI
Open constituency result →
1980 · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
#12Jaunpur
Very close
2,763votes
0.7% of valid votes
Winner
Azizulla
JNP(S)
Runner-up
Raj Deo
INC(I)
Open constituency result →
By state
| State | Seats | Leading party | Leading seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman Nicobar Islands | 1 | INC(I) | 1 |
| Andhra Pradesh 27 | 42 | INC(I) | 41 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | INC(I) | 2 |
| Assam | 14 | party-unknown-1487 | 12 |
| Bihar 1947 1999 | 54 | INC(I) | 30 |
| Chandigarh | 1 | INC(I) | 1 |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli | 1 | INC(I) | 1 |
| Daman Diu | 1 | party-unknown-1487 | 1 |
| Delhi | 7 | INC(I) | 6 |
| Goa Daman And Diu | 2 | INC(U) | 1 |
| Gujarat | 26 | INC(I) | 25 |
| Haryana | 10 | INC(I) | 5 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | INC(I) | 4 |
| Jammu Kashmir | 6 | JKN | 3 |
| Karnataka | 28 | INC(I) | 27 |
| Kerala | 20 | CPM | 7 |
| Lakshadweep | 1 | INC(U) | 1 |
| Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | 40 | INC(I) | 35 |
| Maharashtra | 48 | INC(I) | 39 |
| Manipur | 2 | CPI | 1 |
| Meghalaya | 2 | INC(I) | 1 |
| Mizoram | 1 | IND | 1 |
| Nagaland | 1 | IND | 1 |
| Odisha | 21 | INC(I) | 20 |
| Pondicherry | 1 | INC(I) | 1 |
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Party board
| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | 353 | 492 | 42.7% | 8,44,55,313 |
| JNP(S) | 41 | 294 | 9.4% | 1,86,11,590 |
| CPM | 37 | 64 | 6.2% | 1,23,52,331 |
| JNP | 31 | 432 | 18.9% | 3,74,93,334 |
| DMK | 16 | 16 | 2.1% | 42,36,537 |
| INC(U) | 13 | 212 | 5.3% | 1,04,49,859 |
| CPI | 10 | 47 | 2.5% | 49,27,342 |
| IND | 9 | 2,826 | 6.4% | 1,27,17,510 |
| RSP | 4 | 8 | 65.0% | 12,85,517 |
| FBL | 3 | 21 | 51.0% | 10,11,564 |
| JKN | 3 | 5 | 25.0% | 4,93,143 |
| MUL | 2 | 5 | 24.0% | 4,75,507 |
| ADK | 2 | 24 | 2.4% | 46,74,064 |
| SAD | 1 | 7 | 71.0% | 13,96,412 |
| KEC | 1 | 2 | 18.0% | 3,56,997 |
| JKD | 1 | 22 | 13.0% | 2,54,520 |
| MAG | 1 | 2 | 6.0% | 1,27,188 |
| SJP | 1 | 1 | 2.0% | 31,750 |
| PWP | 0 | 5 | 24.0% | 4,70,567 |
| RPK | 0 | 25 | 19.0% | 3,83,022 |
| RPI | 0 | 32 | 18.0% | 3,51,987 |
| SUC | 0 | 18 | 16.0% | 3,07,224 |
| IML | 0 | 1 | 10.0% | 1,96,820 |
| UDF | 0 | 1 | 7.0% | 1,40,210 |
| SHS | 0 | 2 | 7.0% | 1,29,351 |
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Party efficiency
Seat share vs vote share — over/under-conversion relative to proportionality. Open target / defence list
- knife-edge: 36
- marginal: 54
- competitive: 75
- comfortable: 148
- safe: 215
Lok Sabha 1980 · 543 seats
Points above the dashed line convert votes into seats better than proportionality; below means under-conversion.
| Party | Seats | Vote % | Seat % | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | 353 | 42.7% | 65.0% | 1.52× |
| JNP(S) | 41 | 9.4% | 7.6% | 0.80× |
| CPM | 37 | 6.2% | 6.8% | 1.09× |
| JNP | 31 | 18.9% | 5.7% | 0.30× |
| DMK | 16 | 2.1% | 2.9% | 1.38× |
| INC(U) | 13 | 5.3% | 2.4% | 0.45× |
| CPI | 10 | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.74× |
| IND | 9 | 6.4% | 1.7% | 0.26× |
| RSP | 4 | 65.0% | 0.7% | 0.01× |
| FBL | 3 | 51.0% | 0.6% | 0.01× |
| JKN | 3 | 25.0% | 0.6% | 0.02× |
| MUL | 2 | 24.0% | 0.4% | 0.02× |
| ADK | 2 | 2.4% | 0.4% | 0.16× |
| SAD | 1 | 71.0% | 0.2% | 0.00× |
| KEC | 1 | 18.0% | 0.2% | 0.01× |
| JKD | 1 | 13.0% | 0.2% | 0.01× |