1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.JPG
Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Sarat Deb
Party Indian National Congress (I)
Leader's seat Athagarh Aul
Seats won 118 13
Seat change Increase 87 "New"
Popular vote 30,37,487 12,38,745
Percentage 47.78 25.92
Swing Decrease 13.0 "New"
Chief Minister before election

Vacant
President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik[1]
Indian National Congress (I)

Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980.

Constituencies[]

The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.

Contesting parties[]

There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, and , Two stateparties FBL and RSP two registered unrecognised party JKD and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I)[2] emerged as the winner by winning 118[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Results[]

Summary of results of the 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[4]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress (I) 147 118 "NEW" 80.27 30,37,487 47.78 "NEW"
Indian National Congress (U) 98 2 "NEW" 1.36 4,46,818 10.49 "NEW"
Bharatiya Janata Party 28 0 NA 0 86,421 7.09 NA
Communist Party of India 27 4 Steady 0 3.57 2,33,971 2.72 Decrease 3.4
Independent 248 7 N/A 4.76 7,55,087 15.77 N/A
Total Seats 147 (Increase 7) Voters 1,39,09,115 Turnout 65,49,074 (47.08%)

References[]

  1. ^ "Chief Minister of Odisha". Cm.odisha.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  2. ^ "Orissa 1980 - Orissa - Election Commission of India". Eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". Elections.in. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. ^ "Orissa 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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