| Election Name: | 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Turnout: | 64.33% (1.04%) |
| Previous Election: | Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1977 |
| Previous Year: | 1977 |
| Next Election: | Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1985 |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
| Election Date: | 1980 |
| Seats For Election: | All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 59 |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Image1: | Darbara Singh.png |
| Leader1: | Darbara Singh |
| Leaders Seat1: | Nakodar (won) |
| Seats1: | 63 |
| Seat Change1: | 46 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,825,827 |
| Percentage1: | 45.19% |
| Swing1: | 11.6% |
| Party2: | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| Leader2: | Harchand Singh Longowal |
| Leaders Seat2: | Muktsar (won) |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 21 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,683,266 |
| Percentage2: | 26.92% |
| Swing2: | 4.5% |
| Party3: | Communist Party of India |
| Leaders Seat3: | - |
| Seats3: | 9 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 403,718 |
| Percentage3: | 6.46% |
| Swing3: | 0.2% |
| CM | |
| Before Election: | President's rule |
| After Election: | Darbara Singh |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
In the 1980 elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, the Congress party achieved an overall majority.
Source:[1]
| Party | Contested | Seats won | Seats +/- | popular vote | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 117 | 63 | 46 | 28,25,827 | 45.19% | ||
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 73 | 37 | 21 | 16,83,266 | 26.92% | ||
| Communist Party of India | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4,03,718 | 6.46% | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2,53,985 | 4.06% | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 41 | 1 | (new) | 4,05,106 | 6.48% | ||
| Independents | 376 | 2 | 4,07,799 | 6.52% | |||
| Others | 84 | 0 | - | 2,73,215 | 4.36% | ||
| Total | 722 | 117 | 62,52,916 | ||||
| AC Name[2] | AC No. | Type | Winning Candidate | Party | Total Electors | Total Votes | Poll% | Margin | Margin % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatehgarh | 1 | GEN | Santokh Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 75,796 | 55,815 | 73.6 % | 1,960 | 3.5% | |
| 2 | Batala | 2 | GEN | Gopal Krishan Chatrath | Indian National Congress (I) | 80,752 | 53,888 | 66.7 % | 5,616 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Qadian | 3 | GEN | Mohinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 90,402 | 62,212 | 68.8 % | 1,612 | 2.6% | |
| 4 | Srihargobindpur | 4 | GEN | Natha Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 73,449 | 51,062 | 69.5 % | 4,844 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Kahnuwan | 5 | GEN | Ujagar Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 76,354 | 52,272 | 68.5 % | 388 | 0.7% | |
| 6 | Dhariwal | 6 | GEN | Raj Kumar | Communist Party Of India | 80,151 | 50,147 | 62.6 % | 9,106 | 18.2% | |
| 7 | Gurdaspur | 7 | GEN | Rattan Lal | Indian National Congress (I) | 82,283 | 50,227 | 61.0 % | 2,517 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Dina Nagar | 8 | SC | Jai Muni | Indian National Congress (I) | 81,266 | 46,781 | 57.6 % | 12,724 | 27.2% | |
| 9 | Narot Mehra | 9 | SC | Amar Nath | Indian National Congress (I) | 67,834 | 42,403 | 62.5 % | 10,512 | 24.8% | |
| 10 | Pathankot | 10 | GEN | Ram Sarup | Indian National Congress (I) | 75,242 | 46,359 | 61.6 % | 1,767 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | Sujanpur | 11 | GEN | Chaman Lal | Indian National Congress (I) | 63,955 | 41,669 | 65.2 % | 9,468 | 22.7% | |
| 12 | Beas | 12 | GEN | Jiwan Singh Umranangal | Shiromani Akali Dal | 92,591 | 63,441 | 68.5 % | 1,692 | 2.7% | |
| 13 | Majitha | 13 | GEN | Parkash Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 84,004 | 58,147 | 69.2 % | 5,194 | 8.9% | |
| 14 | Verka | 14 | SC | Sohan Singh | Communist Party Of India | 90,115 | 51,691 | 57.4 % | 346 | 0.7% | |
| 15 | Jandiala | 15 | SC | Tara Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 87,032 | 49,077 | 56.4 % | 137 | 0.3% | |
| 16 | Amritsar North | 16 | GEN | Brij Bhushan Mehra | Indian National Congress (I) | 94,509 | 49,371 | 52.2 % | 9,120 | 18.5% | |
| 17 | Amritsar West | 17 | GEN | Sewa Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 1,05,350 | 58,723 | 55.7 % | 3,642 | 6.2% | |
| 18 | Amritsar Central | 18 | GEN | Darbari Lal | Indian National Congress (I) | 75,705 | 52,351 | 69.2 % | 8,140 | 15.5% | |
| 19 | Amritsar South | 19 | GEN | Pirthipal Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 90,945 | 54,956 | 60.4 % | 1,761 | 3.2% | |
| 20 | Ajnala | 20 | GEN | Harcharan Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 84,335 | 59,926 | 71.1 % | 3,441 | 5.7% | |
| 21 | Raja Sansi | 21 | GEN | Iqbal Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 77,006 | 51,603 | 67.0 % | 1,228 | 2.4% | |
| 22 | Attari | 22 | SC | Darshan Singh Chabal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 71,189 | 39,554 | 55.6 % | 8,563 | 21.6% | |
| 23 | Tarn Taran | 23 | GEN | Prem Singh Lalpura | Shiromani Akali Dal | 85,200 | 57,418 | 67.4 % | 5,816 | 10.1% | |
| 24 | Khadoor Sahib | 24 | SC | Lakha Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 81,129 | 38,545 | 47.5 % | 2,015 | 5.2% | |
| 25 | Naushahra Panwan | 25 | GEN | Surinder Singh Kairon | Indian National Congress (I) | 77,884 | 55,304 | 71.0 % | 241 | 0.4% | |
| 26 | Patti | 26 | GEN | Naranjan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 90,180 | 54,647 | 60.6 % | 9,227 | 16.9% | |
| 27 | Valtoha | 27 | GEN | Major Singh Uboke | Shiromani Akali Dal | 82,648 | 54,565 | 66.0 % | 3,618 | 6.6% | |
| 28 | Adampur | 28 | GEN | Kulwant Singh | Communist Party Of India | 89,689 | 59,636 | 66.5 % | 5,400 | 9.1% | |
| 29 | Jullundur Cantonment | 29 | GEN | Ram Lal Chetti | Indian National Congress (I) | 81,148 | 41,855 | 51.6 % | 13,145 | 31.4% | |
| 30 | Jullundur North | 30 | GEN | Gurdial Saini | Indian National Congress (I) | 88,772 | 56,158 | 63.3 % | 3,531 | 6.3% | |
| 31 | Jullundur Central | 31 | GEN | Yash | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,498 | 48,060 | 56.2 % | 418 | 0.9% | |
| 32 | Jullundur South | 32 | SC | Darshan Singh Kaypee | Indian National Congress (I) | 74,249 | 44,300 | 59.7 % | 15,122 | 34.1% | |
| 33 | Kartarpur | 33 | SC | Jagjit Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,646 | 53,583 | 64.1 % | 6,381 | 11.9% | |
| 34 | Lohian | 34 | GEN | Balwant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 95,678 | 70,372 | 73.6 % | 12,606 | 17.9% | |
| 35 | Nakodar | 35 | GEN | Darbara Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 88,920 | 60,305 | 67.8 % | 723 | 1.2% | |
| 36 | Nur Mahal | 36 | GEN | Sarwan Singh | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 86,702 | 61,844 | 71.3 % | 4,213 | 6.8% | |
| 37 | Banga | 37 | SC | Jagat Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,822 | 55,639 | 66.4 % | 5,303 | 9.5% | |
| 38 | Nawan Shahr | 38 | GEN | Dilbagh Singh | Independent | 1,11,724 | 76,193 | 68.2 % | 15,614 | 20.5% | |
| 39 | Phillaur | 39 | SC | Sarwan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 89,876 | 51,876 | 57.7 % | 2,121 | 4.1% | |
| 40 | Bholath | 40 | GEN | Sukhjinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 74,306 | 52,897 | 71.2 % | 4,784 | 9.0% | |
| 41 | Kapurthala | 41 | GEN | Raghbir Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 66,208 | 42,317 | 63.9 % | 2,921 | 6.9% | |
| 42 | Sultanpur | 42 | GEN | Atma Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 68,577 | 50,393 | 73.5 % | 6,642 | 13.2% | |
| 43 | Phagwara | 43 | SC | Piara Ram Dhanowalia | Indian National Congress (I) | 88,174 | 58,176 | 66.0 % | 1,589 | 2.7% | |
| 44 | Balachaur | 44 | GEN | Dalip Chand | Indian National Congress (I) | 86,789 | 50,663 | 58.4 % | 9,933 | 19.6% | |
| 45 | Garhshankar | 45 | GEN | Sarwan Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 82,638 | 47,827 | 57.9 % | 3,209 | 6.7% | |
| 46 | Mahilpur | 46 | SC | Kartar Singh S/o Ranjha Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 74,736 | 40,774 | 54.6 % | 5,976 | 14.7% | |
| 47 | Hoshiarpur | 47 | GEN | Master Kundan Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,328 | 50,833 | 59.6 % | 6,295 | 12.4% | |
| 48 | Sham Chaurasi | 48 | SC | Hari Mittar Hans | Indian National Congress (I) | 82,923 | 48,994 | 59.1 % | 1,703 | 3.5% | |
| 49 | Tanda | 49 | GEN | Surjit Kaur | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,497 | 52,913 | 61.9 % | 1,080 | 2.0% | |
| 50 | Garhdiwala | 50 | SC | Joginder Nath | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,605 | 44,648 | 52.2 % | 126 | 0.3% | |
| 51 | Dasuya | 51 | GEN | Gurbachan Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,493 | 47,535 | 56.9 % | 10,305 | 21.7% | |
| 52 | Mukerian | 52 | GEN | Kewal Krishan | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,843 | 53,694 | 62.5 % | 18,441 | 34.3% | |
| 53 | Jagraon | 53 | GEN | Jagrup Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 97,482 | 61,983 | 63.6 % | 6,109 | 9.9% | |
| 54 | Raikot | 54 | GEN | Jagdev Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 90,237 | 57,743 | 64.0 % | 2,595 | 4.5% | |
| 55 | Dakha | 55 | SC | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 1,03,688 | 61,147 | 59.0 % | 4,447 | 7.3% | |
| 56 | Qila Raipur | 56 | GEN | Arjan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 92,829 | 53,349 | 57.5 % | 868 | 1.6% | |
| 57 | Ludhiana North | 57 | GEN | Sardari Lal Kapur | Indian National Congress (I) | 89,490 | 55,718 | 62.3 % | 8,060 | 14.5% | |
| 58 | Ludhiana West | 58 | GEN | Joginder Pall Pandey | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,702 | 48,722 | 56.9 % | 13,322 | 27.3% | |
| 59 | Ludhiana East | 59 | GEN | Om Parkash Gupta | Indian National Congress (I) | 79,629 | 51,338 | 64.5 % | 11,552 | 22.5% | |
| 60 | Ludhiana Rural | 60 | GEN | Bir Paul Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 1,07,620 | 58,927 | 54.8 % | 12,735 | 21.6% | |
| 61 | Payal | 61 | GEN | Beant Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 88,956 | 64,030 | 72.0 % | 2,936 | 4.6% | |
| 62 | Kum Kalan | 62 | SC | Daya Singh | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 84,645 | 46,648 | 55.1 % | 1,134 | 2.4% | |
| 63 | Samrala | 63 | GEN | Karam Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 79,501 | 53,046 | 66.7 % | 7,493 | 14.1% | |
| 64 | Khanna | 64 | SC | Shamsher Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 81,049 | 56,632 | 69.9 % | 3,431 | 6.1% | |
| 65 | Nangal | 65 | GEN | Sarla Parasher | Indian National Congress (I) | 76,800 | 48,920 | 63.7 % | 2,492 | 5.1% | |
| 66 | Anandpur Sahib - Ropar | 66 | GEN | Basant Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 77,765 | 48,729 | 62.7 % | 3,585 | 7.4% | |
| 67 | Chamkaur Sahib | 67 | SC | Satwant Kaur | Shiromani Akali Dal | 75,868 | 44,831 | 59.1 % | 5,075 | 11.3% | |
| 68 | Morinda | 68 | GEN | Ravi Inder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 85,377 | 57,415 | 67.2 % | 4,258 | 7.4% | |
| 69 | Kharar | 69 | GEN | Jagat Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 87,201 | 50,158 | 57.5 % | 5,262 | 10.5% | |
| 70 | Banur | 70 | GEN | Vinod Kumar | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,257 | 54,408 | 65.3 % | 8,896 | 16.4% | |
| 71 | Rajpura | 71 | GEN | Balwant Singh | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 83,786 | 54,629 | 65.2 % | 8,415 | 15.4% | |
| 72 | Ghanaur | 72 | GEN | Jasdev Kaur | Shiromani Akali Dal | 74,701 | 51,226 | 68.6 % | 695 | 1.4% | |
| 73 | Dakala | 73 | GEN | Lal Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 87,455 | 59,426 | 68.0 % | 2,105 | 3.5% | |
| 74 | Shutrana | 74 | SC | Baldev Singh | Communist Party Of India | 83,699 | 49,101 | 58.7 % | 7,162 | 14.6% | |
| 75 | Samana | 75 | GEN | Sant Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 97,382 | 59,868 | 61.5 % | 6,685 | 11.2% | |
| 76 | Patiala Town | 76 | GEN | Bram Mohindra | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,521 | 49,853 | 59.7 % | 7,925 | 15.9% | |
| 77 | Nabha | 77 | GEN | Gurdarshan Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 91,259 | 72,949 | 79.9 % | 1,534 | 2.1% | |
| 78 | Amloh | 78 | SC | Dilip Singh Pandhi | Shiromani Akali Dal | 94,855 | 62,937 | 66.4 % | 1,476 | 2.3% | |
| 79 | Sirhind | 79 | GEN | Birdevinder Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 95,496 | 67,829 | 71.0 % | 11,926 | 17.6% | |
| 80 | Dhuri | 80 | GEN | Sant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 86,464 | 58,398 | 67.5 % | 3,733 | 6.4% | |
| 81 | Malerkotla | 81 | GEN | Sajida Begum | Indian National Congress (I) | 95,034 | 67,519 | 71.0 % | 13,885 | 20.6% | |
| 82 | Sherpur | 82 | SC | Chand Singh | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 79,408 | 52,488 | 66.1 % | 12,046 | 23.0% | |
| 83 | Barnala | 83 | GEN | Surjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 79,757 | 60,040 | 75.3 % | 3,310 | 5.5% | |
| 84 | Bhadaur | 84 | SC | Kundan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 81,189 | 51,632 | 63.6 % | 7,604 | 14.7% | |
| 85 | Dhanaula | 85 | GEN | Rajinder Kaur | Indian National Congress (I) | 76,104 | 56,514 | 74.3 % | 2,149 | 3.8% | |
| 86 | Sangrur | 86 | GEN | Sukhdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 79,222 | 58,350 | 73.7 % | 4,776 | 8.2% | |
| 87 | Dirbha | 87 | GEN | Baldev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 79,620 | 58,800 | 73.9 % | 6,063 | 10.3% | |
| 88 | Sunam | 88 | GEN | Gurbachan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 82,589 | 51,876 | 62.8 % | 13,217 | 25.5% | |
| 89 | Lehra | 89 | GEN | Amar Singh | Communist Party Of India | 79,012 | 46,250 | 58.5 % | 8,137 | 17.6% | |
| 90 | Balluana | 90 | SC | Ujagar Singh S/o Nadar Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 83,137 | 44,545 | 53.6 % | 1,711 | 3.8% | |
| 91 | Abohar | 91 | GEN | Sajjan Kumar | Indian National Congress (I) | 90,309 | 57,821 | 64.0 % | 9,033 | 15.6% | |
| 92 | Fazilka | 92 | GEN | Kanshi Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 79,661 | 51,159 | 64.2 % | 10,389 | 20.3% | |
| 93 | Jalalabad | 93 | GEN | Manga Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 90,812 | 55,633 | 61.3 % | 9,740 | 17.5% | |
| 94 | Guru Har Sahai | 94 | GEN | Khushal Chand | Bharatiya Janta Party | 88,153 | 63,083 | 71.6 % | 1,441 | 2.3% | |
| 95 | Firozepur | 95 | GEN | Bal Mukand | Indian National Congress (I) | 86,366 | 54,222 | 62.8 % | 7,069 | 13.0% | |
| 96 | Firozepur Cantonment | 96 | GEN | Gurnaib Singh Brar | Indian National Congress (I) | 80,707 | 58,422 | 72.4 % | 1,610 | 2.8% | |
| 97 | Zira | 97 | GEN | Harcharan Singh Hero | Shiromani Akali Dal | 84,267 | 60,549 | 71.9 % | 2,938 | 4.9% | |
| 98 | Dharamkot | 98 | SC | Sarwan Singh | Communist Party Of India | 82,938 | 42,447 | 51.2 % | 14,313 | 33.7% | |
| 99 | Moga | 99 | GEN | Nachattar Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 86,547 | 52,735 | 60.9 % | 5,774 | 10.9% | |
| 100 | Bagha Purana | 100 | GEN | Tej Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 86,334 | 56,456 | 65.4 % | 123 | 0.2% | |
| 101 | Nihal Singh Wala | 101 | SC | Saghar Singh | Communist Party Of India | 81,034 | 53,822 | 66.4 % | 4,036 | 7.5% | |
| 102 | Panjgrain | 102 | SC | Gurdev Singh Badal | Shiromani Akali Dal | 84,372 | 44,610 | 52.9 % | 17,077 | 38.3% | |
| 103 | Kot Kapura | 103 | GEN | Bhagwan Dass | Indian National Congress (I) | 90,453 | 59,985 | 66.3 % | 11,611 | 19.4% | |
| 104 | Faridkot | 104 | GEN | Jasmat Singh Dhillon | Independent | 88,537 | 65,002 | 73.4 % | 6,298 | 9.7% | |
| 105 | Muktsar | 105 | GEN | Harchand Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 89,981 | 61,541 | 68.4 % | 403 | 0.7% | |
| 106 | Giddar Baha | 106 | GEN | Parksah Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 88,699 | 67,388 | 76.0 % | 10,683 | 15.9% | |
| 107 | Malout | 107 | SC | Matu Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | 85,292 | 47,671 | 55.9 % | 157 | 0.3% | |
| 108 | Lambi | 108 | GEN | Hardipinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 88,502 | 56,747 | 64.1 % | 10,681 | 18.8% | |
| 109 | Talwandi Sabo | 109 | GEN | Avtar Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 71,195 | 56,537 | 79.4 % | 11,100 | 19.6% | |
| 110 | Pakka Kalan | 110 | SC | Bhagat Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 78,509 | 49,008 | 62.4 % | 3,583 | 7.3% | |
| 111 | Bhatinda | 111 | GEN | Surinder Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 97,493 | 61,439 | 63.0 % | 970 | 1.6% | |
| 112 | Nathana | 112 | SC | Gulzar Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | 78,100 | 51,237 | 65.6 % | 3,677 | 7.2% | |
| 113 | Rampura Phul | 113 | GEN | Babu Singh | Communist Party Of India | 79,165 | 56,158 | 70.9 % | 3,666 | 6.5% | |
| 114 | Joga | 114 | GEN | Baldev Singh Khiala | Shiromani Akali Dal | 76,598 | 56,879 | 74.3 % | 7,682 | 13.5% | |
| 115 | Mansa | 115 | GEN | Buta Singh | Communist Party Of India | 80,717 | 54,318 | 67.3 % | 8,632 | 15.9% | |
| 116 | Budhlada | 116 | GEN | Parshotam Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 78,779 | 56,135 | 71.3 % | 2,025 | 3.6% | |
| 117 | Sardulgarh | 117 | GEN | Balwinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 75,775 | 58,932 | 77.8 % | 9,867 | 16.7% |
| AC Name | No | Winning Candidate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faridkot | 104 | J.Kaur(W) | SAD | |
| 2 | Nangal | 65 | R.P.Kalsera | INC |
Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly