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1980 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

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All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 213 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.13%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader V. P. Singh Charan Singh Party INC JP(S) INC(U) Alliance Indian National Congress+ Janata Party (Secular)+ Indian National Congress (U)+ Leader's seat Tindwari Last election 47 New New Seats won 309 59 13 Seat change 262 New New Popular vote 9,720,767 5,554,778 1,648,406 Percentage 37.65% 21.51% 6.38% Swing 5.74% New New   Fourth party   Party BJP Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party+ Last election New Seats won 11 Seat change New Popular vote 2,777,731 Percentage 10.76% Swing New
Chief Minister before election President's Rule Elected Chief Minister V. P. Singh Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in May 1980. The Indian National Congress remained the largest party, winning 309 of the 425 seats.

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 state government no longer reflected the will of the pepule. These outset Banarasi Das-led Janata Party Government. Das joined Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) following the split in the Janata party.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Contested
	Indian National Congress	9,720,767	37.65	309	424
	Janata Party (Secular)	5,554,778	21.51	59	399
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,777,731	10.76	11	400
	Indian National Congress (U)	1,648,406	6.38	13	339
	Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain	1,076,181	4.17	4	302
	Communist Party of India	917,773	3.55	7	155
	Janata Party (JP)	745,549	2.89	4	239
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	122,162	0.47	–	18
	Lokdal	69,086	0.27	–	4
	Soshit Samaj Dal (Akhil Bharatiya)	52,579	0.20	1	23
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	41,779	0.16	–	26
	Muslim Majlis	11,898	0.05	–	3
	Republican Party of India (Kamble)	4,029	0.02	–	1
	Janta Party	3,064	0.01	–	2
	All India Forward Bloc	2,712	0.01	–	10
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	2,120	0.01	–	4
	Republican Party of India	2,000	0.01	–	2
	Bharatiya Socialist Party	956	0.00	–	1
	Independent	3,064,703	11.87	17	2267
Total		25,818,273	100.00	425	4619
Valid votes		25,818,273	98.21
Invalid/blank votes		470,401	1.79
Total votes		26,288,674	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		58,520,466	44.92
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Elected members

References

1. Chief Ministers. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
2. "Uttar Pradesh: A political history". 11 March 2017.
3. "The last time Uttar Pradesh saw 300-plus victory, BJP was just born". Hindustan Times. 12 March 2017.
4. "Gandhi tightening grip over 9 states". Observer-Reporter. 18 February 1980. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
5. "1980 Vidhansabha Party-wise performance of Uttar Pradesh [1947 - 1999]". India Votes.

• State Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh
• 1980 State Assembly elections in India