1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1980.

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]

1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 320 assembly constituencies
161 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.03%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Arjun Singh Sunderlal Patwa
Party INC BJP
Leader since Churhat Sehore
Last election 84 New
Seats after 246 60
Seat change 162
Popular vote 57,41,077 36,65,201
Percentage 47.52% 31.38%
Chief Minister before election

President's Rule

 Elected Chief Minister

Arjun Singh
INC

Madhya Pradesh Result

[2] [3]

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 288 8 10.26%
Total 320

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1980". elections.in. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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