Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1980
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1980, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results
Indian National Congress (Indira) won majority seats in the Assembly, Abdul Rehman Antulay became Chief Minister. Sharad Shankar Dighe became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition.[2]
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 286 | 186 | 7,809,533 | 44.50% | |
| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 192 | 47 | 3,596,582 | 20.49% | |
| Janata Party (Secular) | 111 | 17 | 1,511,042 | 8.61% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 145 | 14 | 1,645,734 | 9.38% | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 41 | 9 | 726,338 | 4.14% | |
| Communist Party of India | 17 | 2 | 230,570 | 1.31% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10 | 2 | 162,651 | 0.93% | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 42 | 1 | 239,286 | 1.36% | |
| Independents | 612 | 10 | 1,409,177 | 8.03% | |
| Total | 1537 | 288 | 17,548,655 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India PDF ()
- ↑ Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre PDF ()
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