1980 Maharashtra State Assembly election

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

28, 31 May 1980
All 288 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 144 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.30% (14.29%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader A. R. Antulay Sharad Pawar Party INC(I) INC(U) Last election 62 seats New Party Seats won 186 47 Seat change 124 47 Popular vote 7,809,533 3,596,582 Percentage 44.50% 20.49% Swing 26.16% New Party
Chief Minister before election President's Rule Elected Chief Minister Abdul Rehman Antulay INC(I)

The 1980 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in July 1980. A total of 288 seats were contested.^[1]

List of participating political parties

Results

The Indian National Congress (Indira) got a clear majority, winning 186 seats, when 144 were required for a simple majority. Abdul Rehman Antulay became Chief Minister, Sharad Shankar Dighe became Speaker, and Sharad Pawar became leader of the opposition.^[2]

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980^[1]

Political Party		Candidates	Seats won	Seat +/-	Votes	Vote %	Vote % +/-
	Indian National Congress (Indira) 186 / 288 (65%)	286	186	124	7,809,533	44.50%	26.16%
	Indian National Congress (Urs) 47 / 288 (16%)	192	47	22 (from INC seats)	3,596,582	20.49%	4.84% (from INC vote share)
	Janata Party 17 / 288 (6%)	111	17	82	1,511,042	8.61%	19.38%
	Bharatiya Janata Party 14 / 288 (5%)	145	14	14	1,645,734	9.38%	9.38% (New Party)
	Peasants and Workers Party of India 9 / 288 (3%)	41	9	4	726,338	4.14%	1.40%
	Communist Party of India 2 / 288 (0.7%)	17	2	1	230,570	1.31%	0.17%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 / 288 (0.7%)	10	2	7	162,651	0.93%	0.76%
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1 / 288 (0.3%)	42	1	1	239,286	1.36%	0.05%
	Republican Party of India	36	0	2	132,798	0.76%	0.30%
	All India Forward Bloc	1	0	3	5,598	0.03%	0.79%
	Independents 10 / 288 (3%)	612	10	18	1,409,177	8.03%	6.03%
	Total	1537	288		17,548,655	53.30%	14.29%

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