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Maharashtra assembly election, May 1980

The 5th Maharashtra legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
288
145 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC(I)
186 seats · majority
Candidates
1,537
47 women, 19 elected
Turnout
51.97%
1.75 cr of 3.38 cr

The house

288 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

288SEATS
  • INC(I)186
  • INC(U)47
  • JNPJP17
  • BJP14
  • IND10
  • PWP9
  • CPI2
  • CPM2
  • Others1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Maharashtra assembly election (1978)

INC(I)
+124
IND
-18
CPM
-7
PWP
-4
FBL
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INC(I)INC(I)186+12428644.9%78,09,53344.50%+26.165
INC(U)INC(U)47—19229.4%35,96,58220.50%—56
JNPJPJNPJP17—11123.3%15,11,0428.61%—50
BJPBharatiya Janata Party14—14519.1%16,45,7349.38%—74
INDIndependent10-186123.8%14,09,1778.03%-6.03570
PWPPWP9-44127.3%7,26,3384.14%-1.4113
CPICommunist Party of India2+11723.2%2,30,5701.31%-0.167
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2-71027.2%1,62,6510.93%-0.772
RPKRPK1-1429.2%2,39,2861.36%-0.0535
RPIRPI0-2366.2%1,32,7980.76%-0.3032
MULIndian Union Muslim League00516.9%44,4490.25%-0.182
JNPSCJanata Party (Secular)0—222.2%26,6220.15%—22
JNPSRJNPSR0—170.8%8,2750.05%—17
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0-319.8%5,5980.03%-0.791

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Maharashtra at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 1980

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KELAPURMaharashtraINC(I)MOGHE SHIVAJI SHIVRAMBJPKOTNAKE GANGARAM SAMBHAJI36,18472.11%
RALEGAONMaharashtraINC(I)DHURVE SUDHAKARRAO BAKARAMINC(U)POYAM KRISHA URKUDA33,25771.71%
NAWAPURMaharashtraINC(I)GAVIT MANIKRAO HODLYABJPKOKANI BRIJLAL SHRAWAN38,60470.75%
BHOKARMaharashtraINC(I)DESHMUKH BALAJIRAO GOPALRAOJNPJPMUNDADA CHANDULAL BAJRANGLAL38,15170.26%
KALMESHWARMaharashtraINC(I)GAIKWAD BHAGWANTRAO MANIKRAOINC(U)DOIPHODE MURKIDHAR SANTOSH26,07660.44%
SHAHUWADIMaharashtraINC(I)BABASAHEB YESHWANT RAO PATILPWPRAU DHONDI PATIL33,29158.99%
KAVATHE MAHANKALMaharashtraINC(I)PATIL VITHAL SHRIPATIINDJADHAV PANDIT NARAYAN31,48056.98%
ACHALPURMaharashtraCPIDESHMUKH SUDAM WAMAN DATTATRAYAINC(I)BHOKARE WAMAN BAJIRAO34,63054.58%
YAVATMALMaharashtraINC(I)TRAMBAK DATTATRYA DESHMUKH ALIAS ABASAHEB PARWEKARINDBHORE DEVIDAS SHAMRAO26,76253.21%
VADGAONMaharashtraINC(I)AWALE JAYWANT GANGARAMINDMANE NANASAHEB SANTRAM24,17553.09%

Closest results of May 1980

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KANDHARMaharashtraINC(I)ISWARRAO NARAYANRAO BHOSIKARPWPKURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAO550.08%
BHILWADI WANGIMaharashtraINC(I)CHAVAN SAMPARTRAO ANNASAHEBINDKADAM PATANGRAO SHRIPATI860.11%
SOLAPUR CITY NORTHMaharashtraINC(U)CHAKOTE BABURAO CHANNAPPAINC(I)DIKONDA VITHAL SAYANNA1010.16%
AUSAMaharashtraINC(U)UTGE SHIVSHANKARAPPAN VISHWANATHAPPAINC(I)PATEL MUJEEBUDDIN ISMAIL SAHEB1140.19%
GEORAIMaharashtraINC(U)PAWAR MADHAVRAO ALIAS BAPPASAHEB SHIVAJIRAOINC(I)PANDIT SHIVAJIRAO ANKUSHRAO1570.22%
KHETWADIMaharashtraBJPSHARMA PREMKUMAR SHANKARDATTINC(I)QURESHI M. ISMAIL ABDUL KARIM1400.36%
GUHAGARMaharashtraINC(I)BENDAL RAMCHANDRA SADASHIVBJPNATU DR. SHRIDHAR DATTATRAY2260.42%
MOHOLMaharashtraPWPNIMBALKAR CHANDRAKANT DATTAJIRAOINC(I)PATIL SAHAJIRAO SHANKARRAO3310.45%
BILOLIMaharashtraINC(U)CHAVAN BALWANTRAO AMRATRAOINC(I)PATIL BHASKARRAO BAPURAO KHATGAONKAR4810.57%
BAGLANMaharashtraINC(I)PAWAR LAXMAN TOTARAMINC(U)AHIRE LAHANU BALA3160.66%