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1980 Indian general election

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Field	Value
country	India
type	Parliamentary
previous_election	1977 Indian general election
previous_year	1977
next_election	1984 Indian general election
next_year	1984
election_date	3 and 6 January 1980
seats_for_election	529 of the 531 seats in the Lok Sabha
majority_seats	265
registered	356,205,329
turnout	56.92% ( 5.55pp)
image_size	130x130px
image1
leader1	Indira Gandhi
party1	Indian National Congress (Indira)
last_election1	34.55%, 154 seats
seats1	353
seat_change1	199
popular_vote1	84,455,313
percentage1	42.69%
swing1	8.17pp
image2
leader2	Charan Singh
party2	Janata Party (Secular)
last_election2	–
seats2	41
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	18,574,696
percentage2	9.39%
swing2	New
image3
leader3	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
party3	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
last_election3	4.29%, 22 seats
seats3	37
seat_change3	15
popular_vote3	12,352,331
percentage3	6.24%
swing3	1.95pp
image4
leader4	Jagjivan Ram
party4	Janata Party
last_election4	41.32%, 295 seats
seats4	31
seat_change4	264
popular_vote4	37,530,228
percentage4	18.97%
swing4	22.35pp
image5
leader5	A. K. Antony
party5	Indian National Congress (U)
last_election5	–
seats5	13
seat_change5	New
popular_vote5	10,449,859
percentage5	5.28%
swing5	New
map_image	Wahlergebnisse Indien 1980.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Charan Singh
before_party	Janata Party (Secular)
after_election	Indira Gandhi
after_party	Indian National Congress (Indira)
outgoing_members	List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha
elected_members	List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha
alliance1	INC (I)+
alliance3	LF
alliance4	JP+

General elections were held in India on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the seventh Lok Sabha.

The Janata Party alliance came into power in the 1977 general elections amidst public anger with the Indian National Congress (R) and the Emergency. However, its position was weak; the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. Bharatiya Lok Dal leaders Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram, who had quit the Congress, were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and Hindu nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Charan Singh and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned. Charan Singh, who had retained some partners of the Janata alliance, was sworn in as prime minister in June 1979. The Indian National Congress (Indira), which succeeded the Indian National Congress (Requisition) from 1978 promised to support Singh in parliament but later backed out just two days before the Government was scheduled to prove its majority on the floor of Lok Sabha. Charan Singh, forced to resign, called for elections in January 1980 and is the only prime minister of India never to have obtained the confidence of Parliament. In the run up to the general elections, Indira Gandhi's leadership faced a formidable political challenge from a galaxy of regional satraps and prominent leaders of Janata party like Satyendra Narayan Sinha and Karpuri Thakur in Bihar, Ramakrishna Hegde in Karnataka, Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra, Devi Lal in Haryana & Biju Patnaik in Orissa. Janata Party contested the election with Jagjivan Ram as its prime ministerial candidate. However, internal feud between Janata Party leaders and the political instability in the country worked in favour of Indira Gandhi's Congress (I), that reminded voters of the strong government of Indira Gandhi during campaigning.

In the ensuing elections the INC(I) won 353 seats and the Janata Party just 31 seats, with Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) taking 41. The Janata Party alliance continued to split over the subsequent years.

Results

Results by state

Andhra Pradesh

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Party	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Rajagopalarao Boddepalli	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	197,336	49.33	Gouthu Latchanna	Janata Party (Secular)}}"	JNP(S)	118,347	29.58	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	78,989
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	K.C. Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla	Indian National Congress (U)}}"	INC(U)	173,179	49.03	Narsimha Rao Viswasrai	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	158,379	44.84	Indian National Congress (U)}}"	14,800
3	Bobbili	P.V. Gajapathi Raju	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	189,163	64.34	Gedela Prasada Rao	Janata Party}}"	JNP	51,037	17.36	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	138,126
4	Visakhapatnam	Appalaswamy Kommuru	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	206,581	50.50	Bhattam Srirama Murthy	Indian National Congress (U)}}"	INC(U)	171,946	42.04	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	34,635
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	147,534	53.35	Karam Chandraiah	Communist Party of India}}"	CPI	79,208	28.64	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	68,326
6	Anakapalli	Appala Naidu S.R.A.S.	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	178,139	46.89	Anand Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Janata Party (Secular)}}"	JNP(S)	149,016	39.23	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	29,123
7	Kakinada	Sanjeevi Rao M.S.	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	242,901	61.93	Vaddi Mutyala Rao	Janata Party}}"	JNP	79,924	20.38	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	162,977
8	Rajahmundry	S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	249,377	53.18	Gadam Kamaladevi	Indian National Congress (U)}}"	INC(U)	130,886	27.91	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	118,491
9	Amalapuram (SC)	Kusuma Krishnamurthi	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	244,283	61.63	Iswari Bai	Janata Party}}"	JNP	123,193	31.08	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	121,090
10	Narasapur	Alluri Subhaschandra Bose	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	272,124	61.56	Uddaraju Ramam	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	CPM	114,156	25.82	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	157,968
11	Eluru	Chittoori Subbarao Chowdary	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	266,805	59.15	K. Suryanarayana	Janata Party}}"	JNP	83,470	18.50	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	183,335
12	Machilipatnam	Ankineedu Maganti	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	249,444	53.93	Buragadda Niranjana Rao	Janata Party}}"	JNP	115,108	24.89	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	134,336
13	Vijayawada	Vidya Chennupati	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	240,622	46.39	K.L. Rao	Janata Party}}"	JNP	141,920	27.36	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	98,702
14	Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Rao	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	214,807	48.62	Lavu Balagangadhara Rao	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	CPM	144,457	32.70	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	70,350
15	Guntur	N.G. Ranga	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	252,961	57.60	K. Sadasiva Rao	Janata Party (S)}}"	JNP(S)	95,625	21.77	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	157,336
16	Bapatla	Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	258,116	53.99	Sambaiah Pallaprolu	Janata Party (S)}}"	JNP(S)	106,375	22.25	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	151,741
17	Narasaraopet	K. Bramhananda Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	238,854	54.87	Popuri Brahmanandam	Independent}}"	IND	154,558	35.50	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	84,296
18	Ongole	Venkata Reddi Puli	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	266,831	57.19	A. Bhakthavastala Reddy	Janata Party}}"	JNP	115,656	24.79	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	151,175
19	Nellore (SC)	D. Kamakshaiah	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	294,326	71.05	T. P. Bhanu Raju	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	CPM	67,075	16.19	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	227,251
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Pasala Penchalaiah	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	241,965	68.66	Balakrishnaiah Tambura	Janata Party}}"	JNP	86,659	24.59	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	155,306
21	Chittoor	P. Rajagopal Naidu	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	232,249	51.55	N. P. Chengalraya Nayudu	Janata Party}}"	JNP	172,402	38.27	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	59,847
22	Rajampet	P. Parthasarathy	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	189,311	52.51	Rathnasabapathy Bandaru	Indian National Congress (U)}}"	INC(U)	147,910	41.02	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	41,401
23	Cuddapah	K. Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	INC(I)	256,204	50.88	P. V. S. Murthy	Janata Party}}"	JNP	205,658	40.85	Indian National Congress (I)}}"	50,546

Notes

References

Chawla, Prabhu. (September 30, 2013). "As general elections loom large, new four-party United Front formed to counter Cong(I)".
[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800115-jagjivan-ram-most-experienced-artful-dodger-of-indian-politics-821731-2014-12-23 Jagjivan Ram: Most experienced artful dodger of Indian politics] {{Webarchive. link. (13 February 2021 India Today, 23 December 2014)

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