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1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.33% (Decrease 1.04%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Darbara Singh Harchand Singh Longowal
Party INC SAD CPI
Leader's seat Nakodar (won) Muktsar (won) -
Seats won 63 37 9
Seat change Increase 46 Decrease 21 Increase 2
Popular vote 2,825,827 1,683,266 403,718
Percentage 45.19% 26.92% 6.46%
Swing Increase 11.6% Decrease 4.5% Decrease 0.2%
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

Darbara Singh
INC

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

Result

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Source:[1]

Party Contested Seats won Seats +/- popular vote %
Indian National Congress 117 63 Increase46 28,25,827 45.19%
Shiromani Akali Dal 73 37 Decrease21 16,83,266 26.92%
Communist Party of India 18 9 Increase2 4,03,718 6.46%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13 5 Decrease3 2,53,985 4.06%
Bharatiya Janata Party 41 1 (new) 4,05,106 6.48%
Independents 376 2 Steady 4,07,799 6.52%
Others 84 0 - 2,73,215 4.36%
Total 722 117 62,52,916

Results by constituency

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    AC Name[2] AC No. Type Winning Candidate Party Total Electors Total Votes Poll% Margin Margin %
1 Fatehgarh 1 GEN Santokh Singh Indian National Congress (I) 75,796 55,815 73.6 % 1,960 3.5%
2 Batala 2 GEN Gopal Krishan Chatrath Indian National Congress (I) 80,752 53,888 66.7 % 5,616 10.4%
3 Qadian 3 GEN Mohinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 90,402 62,212 68.8 % 1,612 2.6%
4 Srihargobindpur 4 GEN Natha Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 73,449 51,062 69.5 % 4,844 9.5%
5 Kahnuwan 5 GEN Ujagar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 76,354 52,272 68.5 % 388 0.7%
6 Dhariwal 6 GEN Raj Kumar Communist Party Of India 80,151 50,147 62.6 % 9,106 18.2%
7 Gurdaspur 7 GEN Rattan Lal Indian National Congress (I) 82,283 50,227 61.0 % 2,517 5.0%
8 Dina Nagar 8 SC Jai Muni Indian National Congress (I) 81,266 46,781 57.6 % 12,724 27.2%
9 Narot Mehra 9 SC Amar Nath Indian National Congress (I) 67,834 42,403 62.5 % 10,512 24.8%
10 Pathankot 10 GEN Ram Sarup Indian National Congress (I) 75,242 46,359 61.6 % 1,767 3.8%
11 Sujanpur 11 GEN Chaman Lal Indian National Congress (I) 63,955 41,669 65.2 % 9,468 22.7%
12 Beas 12 GEN Jiwan Singh Umranangal Shiromani Akali Dal 92,591 63,441 68.5 % 1,692 2.7%
13 Majitha 13 GEN Parkash Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 84,004 58,147 69.2 % 5,194 8.9%
14 Verka 14 SC Sohan Singh Communist Party Of India 90,115 51,691 57.4 % 346 0.7%
15 Jandiala 15 SC Tara Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 87,032 49,077 56.4 % 137 0.3%
16 Amritsar North 16 GEN Brij Bhushan Mehra Indian National Congress (I) 94,509 49,371 52.2 % 9,120 18.5%
17 Amritsar West 17 GEN Sewa Ram Indian National Congress (I) 1,05,350 58,723 55.7 % 3,642 6.2%
18 Amritsar Central 18 GEN Darbari Lal Indian National Congress (I) 75,705 52,351 69.2 % 8,140 15.5%
19 Amritsar South 19 GEN Pirthipal Singh Indian National Congress (I) 90,945 54,956 60.4 % 1,761 3.2%
20 Ajnala 20 GEN Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress (I) 84,335 59,926 71.1 % 3,441 5.7%
21 Raja Sansi 21 GEN Iqbal Singh Indian National Congress (I) 77,006 51,603 67.0 % 1,228 2.4%
22 Attari 22 SC Darshan Singh Chabal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 71,189 39,554 55.6 % 8,563 21.6%
23 Tarn Taran 23 GEN Prem Singh Lalpura Shiromani Akali Dal 85,200 57,418 67.4 % 5,816 10.1%
24 Khadoor Sahib 24 SC Lakha Singh Indian National Congress (I) 81,129 38,545 47.5 % 2,015 5.2%
25 Naushahra Panwan 25 GEN Surinder Singh Kairon Indian National Congress (I) 77,884 55,304 71.0 % 241 0.4%
26 Patti 26 GEN Naranjan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 90,180 54,647 60.6 % 9,227 16.9%
27 Valtoha 27 GEN Major Singh Uboke Shiromani Akali Dal 82,648 54,565 66.0 % 3,618 6.6%
28 Adampur 28 GEN Kulwant Singh Communist Party Of India 89,689 59,636 66.5 % 5,400 9.1%
29 Jullundur Cantonment 29 GEN Ram Lal Chetti Indian National Congress (I) 81,148 41,855 51.6 % 13,145 31.4%
30 Jullundur North 30 GEN Gurdial Saini Indian National Congress (I) 88,772 56,158 63.3 % 3,531 6.3%
31 Jullundur Central 31 GEN Yash Indian National Congress (I) 85,498 48,060 56.2 % 418 0.9%
32 Jullundur South 32 SC Darshan Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress (I) 74,249 44,300 59.7 % 15,122 34.1%
33 Kartarpur 33 SC Jagjit Singh Indian National Congress (I) 83,646 53,583 64.1 % 6,381 11.9%
34 Lohian 34 GEN Balwant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 95,678 70,372 73.6 % 12,606 17.9%
35 Nakodar 35 GEN Darbara Singh Indian National Congress (I) 88,920 60,305 67.8 % 723 1.2%
36 Nur Mahal 36 GEN Sarwan Singh Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 86,702 61,844 71.3 % 4,213 6.8%
37 Banga 37 SC Jagat Ram Indian National Congress (I) 83,822 55,639 66.4 % 5,303 9.5%
38 Nawan Shahr 38 GEN Dilbagh Singh Independent 1,11,724 76,193 68.2 % 15,614 20.5%
39 Phillaur 39 SC Sarwan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 89,876 51,876 57.7 % 2,121 4.1%
40 Bholath 40 GEN Sukhjinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 74,306 52,897 71.2 % 4,784 9.0%
41 Kapurthala 41 GEN Raghbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 66,208 42,317 63.9 % 2,921 6.9%
42 Sultanpur 42 GEN Atma Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 68,577 50,393 73.5 % 6,642 13.2%
43 Phagwara 43 SC Piara Ram Dhanowalia Indian National Congress (I) 88,174 58,176 66.0 % 1,589 2.7%
44 Balachaur 44 GEN Dalip Chand Indian National Congress (I) 86,789 50,663 58.4 % 9,933 19.6%
45 Garhshankar 45 GEN Sarwan Ram Indian National Congress (I) 82,638 47,827 57.9 % 3,209 6.7%
46 Mahilpur 46 SC Kartar Singh S/o Ranjha Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 74,736 40,774 54.6 % 5,976 14.7%
47 Hoshiarpur 47 GEN Master Kundan Singh Indian National Congress (I) 85,328 50,833 59.6 % 6,295 12.4%
48 Sham Chaurasi 48 SC Hari Mittar Hans Indian National Congress (I) 82,923 48,994 59.1 % 1,703 3.5%
49 Tanda 49 GEN Surjit Kaur Indian National Congress (I) 85,497 52,913 61.9 % 1,080 2.0%
50 Garhdiwala 50 SC Joginder Nath Indian National Congress (I) 85,605 44,648 52.2 % 126 0.3%
51 Dasuya 51 GEN Gurbachan Singh Indian National Congress (I) 83,493 47,535 56.9 % 10,305 21.7%
52 Mukerian 52 GEN Kewal Krishan Indian National Congress (I) 85,843 53,694 62.5 % 18,441 34.3%
53 Jagraon 53 GEN Jagrup Singh Indian National Congress (I) 97,482 61,983 63.6 % 6,109 9.9%
54 Raikot 54 GEN Jagdev Singh Indian National Congress (I) 90,237 57,743 64.0 % 2,595 4.5%
55 Dakha 55 SC Basant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 1,03,688 61,147 59.0 % 4,447 7.3%
56 Qila Raipur 56 GEN Arjan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 92,829 53,349 57.5 % 868 1.6%
57 Ludhiana North 57 GEN Sardari Lal Kapur Indian National Congress (I) 89,490 55,718 62.3 % 8,060 14.5%
58 Ludhiana West 58 GEN Joginder Pall Pandey Indian National Congress (I) 85,702 48,722 56.9 % 13,322 27.3%
59 Ludhiana East 59 GEN Om Parkash Gupta Indian National Congress (I) 79,629 51,338 64.5 % 11,552 22.5%
60 Ludhiana Rural 60 GEN Bir Paul Singh Indian National Congress (I) 1,07,620 58,927 54.8 % 12,735 21.6%
61 Payal 61 GEN Beant Singh Indian National Congress (I) 88,956 64,030 72.0 % 2,936 4.6%
62 Kum Kalan 62 SC Daya Singh Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 84,645 46,648 55.1 % 1,134 2.4%
63 Samrala 63 GEN Karam Singh Indian National Congress (I) 79,501 53,046 66.7 % 7,493 14.1%
64 Khanna 64 SC Shamsher Singh Indian National Congress (I) 81,049 56,632 69.9 % 3,431 6.1%
65 Nangal 65 GEN Sarla Parasher Indian National Congress (I) 76,800 48,920 63.7 % 2,492 5.1%
66 Anandpur Sahib - Ropar 66 GEN Basant Singh Indian National Congress (I) 77,765 48,729 62.7 % 3,585 7.4%
67 Chamkaur Sahib 67 SC Satwant Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 75,868 44,831 59.1 % 5,075 11.3%
68 Morinda 68 GEN Ravi Inder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 85,377 57,415 67.2 % 4,258 7.4%
69 Kharar 69 GEN Jagat Singh Indian National Congress (I) 87,201 50,158 57.5 % 5,262 10.5%
70 Banur 70 GEN Vinod Kumar Indian National Congress (I) 83,257 54,408 65.3 % 8,896 16.4%
71 Rajpura 71 GEN Balwant Singh Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 83,786 54,629 65.2 % 8,415 15.4%
72 Ghanaur 72 GEN Jasdev Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 74,701 51,226 68.6 % 695 1.4%
73 Dakala 73 GEN Lal Singh Indian National Congress (I) 87,455 59,426 68.0 % 2,105 3.5%
74 Shutrana 74 SC Baldev Singh Communist Party Of India 83,699 49,101 58.7 % 7,162 14.6%
75 Samana 75 GEN Sant Ram Indian National Congress (I) 97,382 59,868 61.5 % 6,685 11.2%
76 Patiala Town 76 GEN Bram Mohindra Indian National Congress (I) 83,521 49,853 59.7 % 7,925 15.9%
77 Nabha 77 GEN Gurdarshan Singh Indian National Congress (I) 91,259 72,949 79.9 % 1,534 2.1%
78 Amloh 78 SC Dilip Singh Pandhi Shiromani Akali Dal 94,855 62,937 66.4 % 1,476 2.3%
79 Sirhind 79 GEN Birdevinder Singh Indian National Congress (I) 95,496 67,829 71.0 % 11,926 17.6%
80 Dhuri 80 GEN Sant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 86,464 58,398 67.5 % 3,733 6.4%
81 Malerkotla 81 GEN Sajida Begum Indian National Congress (I) 95,034 67,519 71.0 % 13,885 20.6%
82 Sherpur 82 SC Chand Singh Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 79,408 52,488 66.1 % 12,046 23.0%
83 Barnala 83 GEN Surjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 79,757 60,040 75.3 % 3,310 5.5%
84 Bhadaur 84 SC Kundan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 81,189 51,632 63.6 % 7,604 14.7%
85 Dhanaula 85 GEN Rajinder Kaur Indian National Congress (I) 76,104 56,514 74.3 % 2,149 3.8%
86 Sangrur 86 GEN Sukhdev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 79,222 58,350 73.7 % 4,776 8.2%
87 Dirbha 87 GEN Baldev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 79,620 58,800 73.9 % 6,063 10.3%
88 Sunam 88 GEN Gurbachan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 82,589 51,876 62.8 % 13,217 25.5%
89 Lehra 89 GEN Amar Singh Communist Party Of India 79,012 46,250 58.5 % 8,137 17.6%
90 Balluana 90 SC Ujagar Singh S/o Nadar Singh Indian National Congress (I) 83,137 44,545 53.6 % 1,711 3.8%
91 Abohar 91 GEN Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress (I) 90,309 57,821 64.0 % 9,033 15.6%
92 Fazilka 92 GEN Kanshi Ram Indian National Congress (I) 79,661 51,159 64.2 % 10,389 20.3%
93 Jalalabad 93 GEN Manga Singh Indian National Congress (I) 90,812 55,633 61.3 % 9,740 17.5%
94 Guru Har Sahai 94 GEN Khushal Chand Bharatiya Janta Party 88,153 63,083 71.6 % 1,441 2.3%
95 Firozepur 95 GEN Bal Mukand Indian National Congress (I) 86,366 54,222 62.8 % 7,069 13.0%
96 Firozepur Cantonment 96 GEN Gurnaib Singh Brar Indian National Congress (I) 80,707 58,422 72.4 % 1,610 2.8%
97 Zira 97 GEN Harcharan Singh Hero Shiromani Akali Dal 84,267 60,549 71.9 % 2,938 4.9%
98 Dharamkot 98 SC Sarwan Singh Communist Party Of India 82,938 42,447 51.2 % 14,313 33.7%
99 Moga 99 GEN Nachattar Singh Indian National Congress (I) 86,547 52,735 60.9 % 5,774 10.9%
100 Bagha Purana 100 GEN Tej Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 86,334 56,456 65.4 % 123 0.2%
101 Nihal Singh Wala 101 SC Saghar Singh Communist Party Of India 81,034 53,822 66.4 % 4,036 7.5%
102 Panjgrain 102 SC Gurdev Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 84,372 44,610 52.9 % 17,077 38.3%
103 Kot Kapura 103 GEN Bhagwan Dass Indian National Congress (I) 90,453 59,985 66.3 % 11,611 19.4%
104 Faridkot 104 GEN Jasmat Singh Dhillon Independent 88,537 65,002 73.4 % 6,298 9.7%
105 Muktsar 105 GEN Harchand Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 89,981 61,541 68.4 % 403 0.7%
106 Giddar Baha 106 GEN Parksah Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 88,699 67,388 76.0 % 10,683 15.9%
107 Malout 107 SC Matu Ram Indian National Congress (I) 85,292 47,671 55.9 % 157 0.3%
108 Lambi 108 GEN Hardipinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 88,502 56,747 64.1 % 10,681 18.8%
109 Talwandi Sabo 109 GEN Avtar Singh Indian National Congress (I) 71,195 56,537 79.4 % 11,100 19.6%
110 Pakka Kalan 110 SC Bhagat Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 78,509 49,008 62.4 % 3,583 7.3%
111 Bhatinda 111 GEN Surinder Singh Indian National Congress (I) 97,493 61,439 63.0 % 970 1.6%
112 Nathana 112 SC Gulzar Singh Indian National Congress (I) 78,100 51,237 65.6 % 3,677 7.2%
113 Rampura Phul 113 GEN Babu Singh Communist Party Of India 79,165 56,158 70.9 % 3,666 6.5%
114 Joga 114 GEN Baldev Singh Khiala Shiromani Akali Dal 76,598 56,879 74.3 % 7,682 13.5%
115 Mansa 115 GEN Buta Singh Communist Party Of India 80,717 54,318 67.3 % 8,632 15.9%
116 Budhlada 116 GEN Parshotam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 78,779 56,135 71.3 % 2,025 3.6%
117 Sardulgarh 117 GEN Balwinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 75,775 58,932 77.8 % 9,867 16.7%

Bye Elections

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 #     AC Name No Winning Candidate Party
1 Faridkot 104 J.Kaur(W) SAD
2 Nangal 65 R.P.Kalsera INC

See also

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Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Elections in Punjab

References

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  1. ^ Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1980, Elections.in.
  2. ^ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਿਜਲਟ ੧੯੮੦.
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