1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Indian regional 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%)
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CPI

Leader  | Darbara Singh | Harchand Singh Longowal |
Party  | INC | SAD | CPI
Leader's seat  | Nakodar (won) | Muktsar (won) | \-
Seats won  | 63  | 37  | 9
Seat change  |  46  |  21  |  2
Popular vote  | 2,825,827  | 1,683,266  | 403,718
Percentage  | 45.19%  | 26.92%  | 6.46%
Swing  |  11.6%  |  4.5%  |  0.2%

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| CM before election

President's rule

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Darbara Singh
INC

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

## Result

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Party  | Contested  | Seats won  | 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  |

## Results by constituency

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| AC Name[2] | AC No.  | Type  | Winning Candidate  | Party  | Total Electors  | Total Votes  | Poll%  | Margin  | Margin %

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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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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.