1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980.^[2]

1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Sarat Kumar Deb Party Indian National Congress (I) Janata Party (Secular) Leader's seat Athagarh Aul Seats won 118 13 Seat change 87 92 Popular vote 30,37,487 12,38,745 Percentage 47.78 25.92
Chief Minister before election Vacant President's rule Elected Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik[1] Congress(I)

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, Charan Singh JNP(SC) and Raj Narain JNP(JP), Two state parties FBL and RSP, two registered unrecognised parties JKD and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I)^[3] emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik became the Chief Minister and Sarata Deb (ଶରତ ଦେବ) became the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Results

Source: Election Commission of India^[4]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Indian National Congress (I)		3,037,487	47.78	16.76	147	118	92
		Janata Party (Secular)		1,238,745	19.49	(new)	110	13	(new)
	-	Indian National Congress (U)	-	446,818	7.03	(new)	98	2	(new)
		Communist Party of India		323,411	5.09	1.52	27	4	3
		Janata Party		262,903	4.14	45.03	31	3	107
	-	Independents	-	755,087	11.88	1.38	248	7	2
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				6,357,005	45.70
Invalid Votes				192,069	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				6,549,074	47.08
Abstentation				7,360,041	-
Total No. of Electors				13,909,115

Elected Members

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hembram		Janata Party (Secular)
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Sundar Mohan Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Rama Chandra Hansdah		Indian National Congress (I)
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Sidhalal Murmu		Indian National Congress (I)
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Kangoi Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress (I)
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress (I)
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Kuanria Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	9	Khunta (ST)	Ramesh Soren		Indian National Congress (I)
	10	Udala (ST)	Rauaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress (I)
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra		Indian National Congress (I)
	12	Jaleswar	Gadadhar Giri		Janata Party
	13	Basta	Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey		Communist Party of India
	15	Soro	Pitambar Panda		Communist Party of India
	16	Simulia	Parsuram Panigrahi		Janata Party
	17	Nilgiri	Akshaya Kumar Acharya		Indian National Congress (I)
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Purusottam Sethi		Indian National Congress (I)
	19	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	20	Dhamnagar	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress (I)
	22	Basudevpur	Jagabandhu Das		Indian National Congress (I)
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Sarat Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Party (Secular)
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Niranjan Jena		Indian National Congress (I)
	26	Dharamsala	Kangali Panda		Independent
	27	Barchana	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Srikant Kumar Jena		Janata Party (Secular)
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Naba Kishore Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	30	Aul	Sarat Deb		Janata Party (Secular)
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Biswanath Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Party (Secular)
	33	Kendrapara	Indramani Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	34	Patkura	Biju Pattanaik		Janata Party (Secular)
	35	Tirtol	Basant Kumar Biswal		Indian National Congress (I)
	36	Ersama	Damodar Rout		Janata Party (Secular)
	37	Balikuda	Basudeba Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Krushna Chandra Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	39	Kissannagar	Surendranath Patnaik		Independent
	40	Mahanga	Sk. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress (I)
	41	Salepur (SC)	Mayadhar Sethi		Indian National Congress (I)
	42	Gobindpur	Antarjyami Pradhan		Janata Party (Secular)
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Dolagobinda Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	44	Cuttack City	Srikant Panda		Indian National Congress (I)
	45	Choudwar	Kahnu Charan Lenka		Indian National Congress (I)
	46	Banki	Akshaya Kumar Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	47	Athgarh	Rasananda Sahoo		Indian National Congress (I)
	48	Baramba	Samir Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress (I)
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Basanta Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	50	Bhubaneswar	Rama Krushna Pati		Communist Party of India
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress (I)
	52	Pipli	Bipin Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress (I)
	54	Kakatpur	Baikunthanath Swain		Indian National Congress (I)
	55	Satyabadi	Rabindra Kumar Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	56	Puri	Gadadhar Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
	57	Brahmagiri	Gangadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	58	Chilka	Debendranath Mansingh		Indian National Congress (I)
	59	Khurda	Prasanna Kumar Patsani		Indian National Congress (I)
	60	Begunia	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	61	Ranpur	Ramakant Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
	62	Nayagarh	Bansidhara Sahoo		Indian National Congress (I)
	63	Khandapara	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj		Independent
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karan		Indian National Congress (I)
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Sribaschha Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	66	Bhanjanagar	Somanath Rath		Indian National Congress (I)
	67	Suruda	Gantayat Swain		Indian National Congress (I)
	68	Aska	Raghaba Parida		Indian National Congress (I)
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Radha Govinda Sahu		Indian National Congress (I)
	70	Kodala	Kanhu Charan Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	71	Khallikote	Trinath Samantary		Indian National Congress (I)
	72	Chatrapur	Biswanath Sahu		Communist Party of India
	73	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak		Janata Party (Secular)
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Ghanashyam Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	75	Berhampur	Krushna Charan Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	76	Chikati	Chintamani Dyan Samatra		Independent
	77	Mohana	Udaya Narayan Dev		Janata Party (Secular)
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Gorsanga Savara		Indian National Congress (I)
	79	Parlakhemundi	Bijoy Kumar Jena		Independent
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gamango		Indian National Congress (I)
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress (I)
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Ramchandra		Indian National Congress (I)
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Chandrama Santa		Indian National Congress (I)
	85	Koraput	Nrusinghananda Brahma		Indian National Congress (I)
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Naka Laxmayya		Indian National Congress (I)
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress (I)
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress (I)
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Dombaru Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Phulamani Santa		Indian National Congress (I)
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress (I)
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Bhanu Prakash Joshi		Indian National Congress (I)
	95	Khariar	Anup Singh Deo		Independent
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Gajanan Nayak		Indian National Congress (I)
	97	Koksara	Manmohan Mathur		Indian National Congress (I)
	98	Junagarh	Maheswar Barad		Indian National Congress (I)
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	100	Narla (ST)	Tejraj Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	101	Kesinga	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Nagarjun Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Chandra Sekhar Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	105	Boudh	Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi		Indian National Congress (I)
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Lalit Mohan Gandhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	107	Kantabanji	Prasanna Kumar Pal		Indian National Congress (I)
	108	Patnagarh	Brajamohan Thakur		Indian National Congress (I)
	109	Saintala	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress (I)
	110	Loisingha	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
	111	Bolangir	Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress (I)
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Dhaneswar Kumbhar		Indian National Congress (I)
	113	Binka	Pradipta Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
	114	Birmaharajpur	Hrushikesh Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	116	Angul	Santosh Kumar Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	117	Hindol (SC)	Trinath Nayak		Janata Party (Secular)
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy		Indian National Congress (U)
	119	Gondia	Haldhar Mishra		Indian National Congress (U)
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	121	Pallahara	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	122	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera		Janata Party
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Satya Bhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress (I)
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta		Indian National Congress (I)
	125	Bijepur	Rajib Lochan Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress (I)
	127	Bargarh	Jadumani Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	128	Sambalpur	Aswini Kumar Guru		Indian National Congress (I)
	129	Brajarajnagar	Upendra Dixit		Indian National Congress (I)
	130	Jharsuguda	Birendra Pandey		Indian National Congress (I)
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress (I)
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha		Indian National Congress (I)
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress (I)
	134	Deogarh	Aswini Kumar Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Kishore Chandra Patal		Indian National Congress (I)
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mukharam Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Jumus Bilung		Indian National Congress (I)
	139	Rourkela	Gurupada Nanda		Indian National Congress (I)
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Nelson Soreng		Indian National Congress (I)
	141	Bonai (ST)	Basanta Kumar Dandapat		Indian National Congress (I)
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Saharei Oram		Janata Party (Secular)
	143	Patna	Hrushikesh Naik		Janata Party (Secular)
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Jogendra Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Chandrasen Nayak		Indian National Congress (I)
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena/		Indian National Congress (I)