Madhya Pradesh assembly election, May 1980
320 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, 47.66% turnout.
Seats
320
Candidates
2,000
50 women, 18 elected
Turnout
47.66%
1.21 cr of 2.53 cr
Leading party
INC(I)
246 of 320 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Madhya Pradesh
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I)INC(I) | 246 | +246 | 320 | 57,41,077 | 47.52% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 60 | +60 | 310 | 36,65,201 | 30.34% | — |
| INDIndependent | 8 | +3 | 840 | 12,39,931 | 10.26% | -5.09 |
| JNPJPJNPJP | 2 | +2 | 124 | 3,48,030 | 2.88% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | +2 | 46 | 1,81,239 | 1.50% | +0.53 |
| JNPSCJanata Party (Secular) | 1 | +1 | 204 | 5,82,769 | 4.82% | — |
| RPKRPK | 1 | +1 | 13 | 40,092 | 0.33% | +0.31 |
| INC(U)INC(U) | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1,66,281 | 1.38% | — |
| JNPSRJNPSR | 0 | 0 | 53 | 66,627 | 0.55% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32,663 | 0.27% | +0.21 |
| RRPRRP | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18,253 | 0.15% | -0.19 |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 0.00% | — |
- INC(I)246 (77%)
- BJP60 (19%)
- IND8 (3%)
- JNPJP2 (1%)
- CPI2 (1%)
- JNPSC1 (0%)
- Others1 (0%)
- INC(I)246
- BJP60
- IND8
- JNPJP2
- CPI2
- JNPSC1
- Others1
- INC(I)246
- BJP60
- IND8
- JNPJP2
- CPI2
- JNPSC1
- RPK1
Constituency performance
From the 320 results in Madhya Pradesh
Closest contest
SEHORE
won by 176 (0.41%)
Biggest victory
CHANDRAPUR
won by 30,342 (74.52%)
Highest turnout
MANAWAR
72.72%
Lowest turnout
NIWAS
20.84%
Seat change
Against Madhya Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1977), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained1 (0%)
- Changed hands314 (98%)
- New seat5 (2%)
1 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 314 changed hands. 5 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Madhya Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC(I)
- BJP
- IND
- JNPJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 320 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–250 of 320
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASOD | INC(I)RAMJI MAHAJAN | JNPJPVASUDEO KASHIRAM | 4,00811.68% | 52.8% |
| MASTURI | INC(I)BANSHILAL | BJPMAKRAM SINGH | 11,00040.68% | 36.3% |
| MAUGANJ | INC(I)ACHYUTANAND | INDJAGDISH TIWARI MASURIHA | 3,3058.11% | 48.8% |
| MEHGAON | INDRAI SINGH BHADORIYA | INC(I)RAMESHWARDAYAL ARELE | 3,3306.91% | 60.6% |
| MHOW | INC(I)GHANSHYAM SETH PATIDAR | BJPBHERULAL PATIDAR | 2,1614.69% | 57.0% |
| MORAR | INC(I)KAPTAN SINGH | BJPDHYANENDRA SINGH | 2,8287.36% | 44.7% |
| MORENA | INC(I)MAHARAJ SINGH | BJPJAHAR SINGH | 3,3008.80% | 42.6% |
| MULTAI | INDMANIRAM BARANGE | BJPSHEOCHARAN SURAJMAL AGGARWAL | 1,9585.51% | 54.1% |
| MUNGAOLI | INC(I)GAJRAM SINGH | BJPSHRIKRISHAN | 9,65626.46% | 43.2% |
| MUNGELI | INC(I)KHELENDASS | BJPGAMBHIRDAS | 15,19641.50% | 47.0% |
| MURWARA | INC(I)CHANDRA DARSHAN | INDNARESH NATH | 17,30637.44% | 51.2% |
| NAGOD | BJPNAGENDRA SINGH | INC(I)RAJENDRA PRASAD | 2,8235.90% | 60.0% |
| NAINPUR | INC(I)LAXMI PRASAD UIKE | BJPBHANGILAL SAIYAM | 6,03429.62% | 31.1% |
| NARAYANPUR | JNPJPSHAMBHUNATH NAIK | INC(I)MAHANGU RAM SAMRATH | 2,90513.59% | 32.9% |
| NARSIMHAPUR | INC(I)SHYAM SUNDER NARAYAN MUSHRAN | BJPKAILASH SONI | 11,29423.26% | 59.9% |
| NARSINGARH | BJPSIDDUMAL DHALLUMAL | INC(I)BHANUPRAKASH SINGH VIKRAM SINGH | 3,6199.03% | 47.1% |
| NARYAOLI | INC(I)UTTAM CHAND KUNDANLAL KHATIK | BJPNANDRAM OANCHAM LAL | 14,89746.28% | 40.5% |
| NEEMUCH | INC(I)RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD VERMA | BJPKHUMAN SINGH SHIVAJI | 6441.08% | 66.6% |
| NEPANAGAR | INC(I)TANWANT SINGH KEER | BJPBRIJMOHAN DWARKA PRASAD | 5,58214.26% | 53.6% |
| NIMARKHEDI | BJPRAGHURAJ SINGH TOMA | INC(I)RAO SHAILENDER SINGH | 8,75820.49% | 52.0% |
| NIWARI | INC(I)CHATURVEDI RAM RATTAN | JNPJPNAYAK LAXMI NARAYAN | 11,13120.15% | 53.1% |
| NIWAS | INC(I)DALPAT SINGH UIKE | BJPSAHDEV KUMARE | 3,42725.53% | 20.8% |
| NOHATA | INC(I)RATNESH SOLOMON PETER SOLOMON | BJPKOMAL SINGH THAKUR | 6,26815.02% | 45.7% |
| NOWROZABAD | BJPGYAN SINGH | INC(I)MOTI SINGH | 1,2935.26% | 34.1% |
| PAL | INC(I)DEO SAI | BJPAMIN SAI | 8,43134.78% | 32.2% |
| PALARI | INC(I)PHOOL SINGH | INDP. R. KHUTE | 14,55146.13% | 40.7% |
| PAMGARH | INC(I)SHIV PRASAD SHARMA | INC(U)FANIRAM | 16,72247.41% | 35.6% |
| PANAGAR | INC(I)BHISHM SHAH | BJPDAMMI SINGH | 7,00427.72% | 31.4% |
| PANDHANA | BJPSAKHA RAM DEV KARAN PATEL | INC(I)ROOP CHAND RAM CHAND ARYA | 4,1308.90% | 57.4% |
| PANDHURNA | INC(I)MADHAV LAL DUBEY | INC(U)DASHRATH UIKE | 12,53636.64% | 48.2% |
| PANNA | INC(I)HET RAM DUBEY | BJPBADRI PRASAD GUPTA | 7,38716.46% | 50.3% |
| PARASIA | INC(I)DAMU PATIL | BJPRAMJI PILAJI | 3,19511.29% | 39.2% |
| PARASWADA | INC(I)TEJLAL TAMBHARE HARISHCHANDRA | INDKANKAR MUJARE | 5,31116.39% | 41.6% |
| PATAN | INC(I)CHELARAM CHANDRAKAR | INDKEJURAM VERMA | 7,98317.34% | 57.2% |
| PATAN | INC(I)GURU BHAGWAT PRASAD | BJPNARENDER SINGH THAKUR | 12,18640.79% | 41.0% |
| PATHALGAON | INC(I)RAMPUKAR SINGH | BJPLALJIT SINGH | 12,86242.59% | 39.5% |
| PATHARIA | INC(I)GOPALDAS MUNNILAL | BJPDAYALDAS CHETRAM | 3,51212.42% | 37.4% |
| PAWAI | INC(I)CAPTAIN JAIPAL SINGH | INDJAGESHWAR PRASAD | 6,23114.79% | 45.5% |
| PETLAWAD | INC(I)GANGABAI | BJPDEWENDER SINGH | 12,39542.45% | 37.5% |
| PICHHORE | INC(I)BHAIYA SAHEB | BJPLAXMINARAYAN GUPTA | 1,5242.63% | 58.6% |
| PILKHA | INC(I)PREM SAI | BJPMURARI | 3,60612.37% | 36.4% |
| PIPARIA | INC(I)SAVITA BANERJEE | BJPHIMMAT SINGH MUKHTIYAR | 2,0846.02% | 42.1% |
| POHRI | INC(I)HARI BALLABH SHUKLA | BJPJAGDISH PRASAD VERMA AMRATLAL VERMA | 2,4136.14% | 50.5% |
| PREMNAGAR | INC(I)CHANDAN SINGH | BJPMANI PRATAP | 6,92828.19% | 33.2% |
| PUSHPRAJGARH | INC(I)AMBIKA SINGH | JNPJPDHARAM SINGH | 4,57421.96% | 29.3% |
| RAGHOGARH | INC(I)DIGVIJAY SINGH | BJPHARBIR SINGH | 19,03946.72% | 54.4% |
| RAIGAON | INC(I)RAMASHRAYA PRASAD | INDJUGAL KISHORE | 11,71432.74% | 45.1% |
| RAIGARH | INC(I)KRISHAN KUMAR | INDRAMKUMAR AGARWAL | 19,73542.87% | 57.7% |
| RAIPUR RURAL | INC(I)TARUNPRASAD | JNPSCRAMESH VARLIYANI | 13,91034.98% | 43.2% |
| RAIPUR TOWN | INC(I)SWARUPCHAN JAIN | BJPBALUBHAI PATEL | 13,16636.21% | 39.4% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Madhya Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, May 1980?
INC(I) won 246 of 320 seats in Madhya Pradesh, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, May 1980?
Turnout was 47.66% — 1.21 cr of 2.53 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Madhya Pradesh have?
Madhya Pradesh has 320 assembly seats.
