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1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Election in India
1980 Bihar legislative assembly election|
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in 1980, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[1][2] After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Jagannath Mishra was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Chandrashekhar Singh became the Chief Minister from 14 August 1983 to 12 March 1985.
The elections were held after President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ordered the imposition of President's rule in the state on the advice of the Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry, which acted on basis that the victory of the Indian National Congress in the 1980 Indian general election proved that the government no longer reflected the will of the pepule.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Indian National Congress | 7,690,225 | 34.20 | 169 | | Janata Party (Secular) | 3,515,684 | 15.63 | 42 | | Communist Party of India | 2,051,962 | 9.12 | 23 | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,891,325 | 8.41 | 21 | | Indian National Congress (U) | 1,649,695 | 7.34 | 14 | | Janata Party (JP) | 1,620,754 | 7.21 | 13 | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 394,013 | 1.75 | 6 | | Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain | 362,388 | 1.61 | 1 | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 380,891 | 1.69 | 11 | | Shoshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya) | 128,517 | 0.57 | – | | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 49,407 | 0.22 | 1 | | Jharkhand Party | 31,952 | 0.14 | – | | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 11,963 | 0.05 | – | | Lokdal | 6,744 | 0.03 | – | | Janata Party | 6,733 | 0.03 | – | | All India Forward Bloc | 5,309 | 0.02 | – | | Bharatiya Socialist Party | 1,102 | 0.00 | – | | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 729 | 0.00 | – | | Republican Party of India | 568 | 0.00 | – | | Independent | 2,688,947 | 11.96 | 23 | | Total | 22,488,908 | 100.00 | 324 | | | Valid votes | 22,488,908 | 98.62 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 315,496 | 1.38 | |
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| Total votes | 22,804,404 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 39,815,510 | 57.28 | |
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Elected members
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