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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	84,455,313	42.69	353	+199
	Janata Party	37,530,228	18.97	31	–264
	Janata Party (Secular)	18,574,696	9.39	41	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12,352,331	6.24	37	+15
	Indian National Congress (Urs)	10,449,859	5.28	13	New
	Communist Party of India	4,927,342	2.49	10	+3
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,674,064	2.36	2	–16
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4,236,537	2.14	16	+14
	Shiromani Akali Dal	1,396,412	0.71	1	–8
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,285,517	0.65	4	0
	All India Forward Bloc	1,011,564	0.51	3	0
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	493,143	0.25	3	+1
	Indian Union Muslim League	475,507	0.24	2	0
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	470,567	0.24	0	–5
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	383,022	0.19	0	–2
	Kerala Congress	356,997	0.18	1	–1
	Republican Party of India	351,987	0.18	0	0
	Socialist Unity Centre of India	307,224	0.16	0	0
	Jharkhand Party	254,520	0.13	1	+1
	All India Muslim League	196,820	0.10	0	0
	United Democratic Front	140,210	0.07	0	–1
	Shiv Sena	129,351	0.07	0	New
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,188	0.06	1	0
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	111,953	0.06	0	0
	People's Party of Arunachal	69,810	0.04	0	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	61,161	0.03	0	0
	Peoples Conference	53,891	0.03	0	New
	Manipur Peoples Party	49,277	0.02	0	0
	Indian Socialist Party	39,399	0.02	0	New
	Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)	38,226	0.02	0	0
	Sikkim Janata Parishad	31,750	0.02	1	New
	Muslim Majlis	26,363	0.01	0	New
	All India Labour Party	14,720	0.01	0	0
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	13,058	0.01	0	New
	Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	11,632	0.01	0	New
	Sikkim Prajatantra Congress	5,125	0.00	0	New
	Independents	12,717,510	6.43	9	0
Appointed Anglo-Indians				2	0
Total		197,824,274	100.00	531	–13

Valid votes		197,824,274	97.57
Invalid/blank votes		4,928,619	2.43
Total votes		202,752,893	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		356,205,329	56.92
Source: EIC

Overall result

Date(s)	State			Elected Chief Minister
28 May 1980	Tamil Nadu	President's Rule	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. G. Ramachandran
	Goa	President's Rule	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Pratapsingh Rane
	Manipur	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh
	Arunachal Pradesh	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Gegong Apang
	Bihar	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Jagannath Mishra
	Maharashtra	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	A. R. Antulay
	Madhya Pradesh	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Arjun Singh
	Uttar Pradesh	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
	Odisha	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
	Rajasthan	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Jagannath Pahadia
	Gujarat	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Madhav Singh Solanki
	Pondicherry	President's Rule	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. D. R. Ramachandran
	Kerala	President's Rule	Left Democratic Front	E. K. Nayanar
	Punjab	President's Rule	Indian National Congress	Darbara Singh


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	7,690,225	34.20	169
	Janata Party (Secular)	3,515,684	15.63	42
	Communist Party of India	2,051,962	9.12	23
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,891,325	8.41	21
	Indian National Congress (U)	1,649,695	7.34	14
	Janata Party (JP)	1,620,754	7.21	13
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	394,013	1.75	6
	Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain	362,388	1.61	1
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	380,891	1.69	11
	Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)	128,517	0.57	–
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	49,407	0.22	1
	Jharkhand Party	31,952	0.14	–
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	11,963	0.05	–
	Lokdal	6,744	0.03	–
	Janata Party	6,733	0.03	–
	All India Forward Bloc	5,309	0.02	–
	Bharatiya Socialist Party	1,102	0.00	–
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	729	0.00	–
	Republican Party of India	568	0.00	–
	Independent	2,688,947	11.96	23
Total		22,488,908	100.00	324

Valid votes		22,488,908	98.62
Invalid/blank votes		315,496	1.38
Total votes		22,804,404	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,815,510	57.28


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (I)	3,971,238	51.04	141	New
	Janata Party	1,771,853	22.77	21	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,090,652	14.02	9	New
	Janata Party (Secular)	49,278	0.63	1	New
	Others	122,299	1.57	0	0
	Independents	775,813	9.97	10	6
Total		7,781,133	100.00	182	0

Valid votes		7,781,133	97.48
Invalid/blank votes		200,862	2.52
Total votes		7,981,995	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		16,501,328	48.37
Source: ECI^[2]


Party	Seats	Alliance
Communist Party of India (CPI)	17	Left Democratic Front
Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM)	35
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))	21
Kerala Congress (Pillai Group) (KCP)	1
Kerala Congress (M) (KCM)	8
All India Muslim League (AIMUL)	5
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	6
Indian National Congress (I) (INC (I))	17	United Democratic Front
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	14
Kerala Congress (J) (KEC)	6
Janata Party (JNP)	5
National Democratic Party (NDP)	3
Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	1
Independent (IND)	1	N/A
Total	140	LDF-93, UDF-46, IND-1

SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	% 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


Political Party		Candidates	Seats won	Seat +/-	Votes	Vote %	Vote % +/-
	Indian National Congress (Indira) 186 / 288 (65%)	286	186	124	7,809,533	44.50%	26.16%
	Indian National Congress (Urs) 47 / 288 (16%)	192	47	22 (from INC seats)	3,596,582	20.49%	4.84% (from INC vote share)
	Janata Party 17 / 288 (6%)	111	17	82	1,511,042	8.61%	19.38%
	Bharatiya Janata Party 14 / 288 (5%)	145	14	14	1,645,734	9.38%	9.38% (New Party)
	Peasants and Workers Party of India 9 / 288 (3%)	41	9	4	726,338	4.14%	1.40%
	Communist Party of India 2 / 288 (0.7%)	17	2	1	230,570	1.31%	0.17%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 / 288 (0.7%)	10	2	7	162,651	0.93%	0.76%
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1 / 288 (0.3%)	42	1	1	239,286	1.36%	0.05%
	Republican Party of India	36	0	2	132,798	0.76%	0.30%
	All India Forward Bloc	1	0	3	5,598	0.03%	0.79%
	Independents 10 / 288 (3%)	612	10	18	1,409,177	8.03%	6.03%
	Total	1537	288		17,548,655	53.30%	14.29%

1980 elections in India

Overall result

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Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Indian National Congress (Urs)	134,651	38.36	20	New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,714	36.36	7	–8
Janata Party	14,431	4.11	0	–3
Indian National Congress	12,338	3.51	0	–10
Janata Party (Secular)	6,045	1.72	0	New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,089	0.31	0	New
Independents	54,773	15.60	3	+1
Invalid/blank votes	12,232	–	–	–
Total	363,273	100	30	+1
Registered voters/turnout	522,652	69.51	–	–
Source: Election Commission of India

Political Party	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	0	3.57	2,33,971	2.72	3.4
Independent	248	7	N/A	4.76	7,55,087	15.77	N/A
	Total Seats	147 ( 7)	Voters	1,39,09,115	Turnout	65,49,074 (47.08%)


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

Alliance/Party	Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %^‡
AIADMK+ alliance	162	+14	9,328,839	48.9%
AIADMK	129	-1	7,303,010	38.8%	50.4%
CPI(M)	11	-1	596,406	3.2%	47.6%
CPI	9	+4	501,032	2.7%	43.9%
GKC	6	+6	322,440	1.7%	44.1%
IND	6	+6	488,296	2.6%
FBL	1	–	65,536	0.4%	44.6%
INC(U)	0	–	52,119	0.3%	29.3%
DMK+ alliance	69	-6	8,371,718	44.4%
DMK	37	-11	4,164,389	22.1%	45.7%
INC(I)	31	+4	3,941,900	20.9%	43.4%
IND	1	+1	265,429	1.4%
Others	3	-8	1,144,449	6.1%
JNP(JP)	2	-8	522,641	2.8%	6.9%
IND	1	–	598,897	3.2%	–
Total	234	–	18,845,006	100%	–

Party name	Seats
Indian National Congress (INC)	309
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP (SC))	59
Indian National Congress (U) (INC (U))	13
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	11
Communist Party of India (CPI)	6
Janata Party (JNP(JP))	4
Janata Party (Secular) (JNP(SR))	4
Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) (SSD)	1
Independent	17
Total	425

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