1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.33% ( 1.04%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Darbara Singh Harchand Singh Longowal Party INC SAD CPI Leader's seat - Seats won 63 37 9 Seat change 46 21 2 Popular vote 28,25,827 16,83,266 4,03,718 Percentage 45.19% 26.92% 6.46%
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Darbara Singh INC

In the 1980 elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, the Congress party achieved an overall majority.

Result[]

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980[1]
	Party	contested	Seats won	change in seats	popular vote	%
	Indian National Congress	117	63	46	28,25,827	45.19%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	73	37	21	16,83,266	26.92%
	Communist Party of India	18	9	2	4,03,718	6.46%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	13	5	3	2,53,985	4.06%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	41	1	(new)	4,05,106	6.48%
	Independents	376	2		4,07,799	6.52%
	Others	84	0	-	2,73,215	4.36%
	Total	722	117		62,52,916

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