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]

 Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980[1]
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress (Indira)2861867,809,53344.50%
Indian National Congress (Urs)192473,596,58220.49%
Janata Party (Secular)111171,511,0428.61%
Bharatiya Janata Party145141,645,7349.38%
Peasants and Workers Party of India419726,3384.14%
Communist Party of India172230,5701.31%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)102162,6510.93%
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)421239,2861.36%
Independents612101,409,1778.03%
Total153728817,548,655

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Key Highlights of General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India PDF ()
  2. Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre PDF ()


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