State · 198040 of 529 seats
Bihar
Bihar elects 40 . INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (I) won 23 of 40 seats.
55Out of every 100 voters here, 55 voted. India: 57.
The numbers
Turnout
54.88%
−2.0 pts vs India
Electors
3.03crore
in 40 constituencies
Women MPs
4
of 15 women candidates
Candidates
423
15 women · NOTA 0.0%
Who won the 40 seats
one tile per constituency, grouped by party
Votes vs seats
pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats
Share of votesShare of seats
INC37% → 57%
JNP(S)19% → 13%
JNP23% → 10%
INC(U)8% → 10%
CPI8% → 10%
Independent5% → 0%
CPI(M)1% → 0%
Vote share
bars: % of valid votes · right: seats
Notable contests
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Constituencies
40 · tap one for the full result
Bhola Raut · INC1,76,88862.8%Narsing Baitha · INC(U)53,49019.0%Third · JNP51,43618.3%
Turnout 42.3%Electors 6,77,987Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kedar Pandey · INC1,72,01954.5%Fazlur Rahman · JNP(S)67,29421.3%Third · JNP62,24219.7%
Turnout 45.4%Electors 7,07,334Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kamla Mishra Madhukar · CPI1,30,22838.8%Prabhawati Gupta · INC1,24,72237.1%Third · JNP68,52520.4%
Turnout 47.0%Electors 7,26,964Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Nagina Rai · INC1,59,82347.6%Dwarka Nath Tiwari · JNP96,00328.6%Third · INC(U)66,23319.8%
Turnout 46.5%Electors 7,34,157Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
M. Yusuf · INC1,31,29739.3%Mrityunjay Prasad Verma · JNP1,15,69834.7%Third · INC(U)78,15423.4%
Turnout 47.0%Electors 7,19,852Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Krishna Pratap Singh · INC1,44,74444.5%Ramdeo Singh · JNP1,13,81235.0%Third · JNP(S)48,32814.8%
Turnout 43.1%Electors 7,64,467Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Satyadeo Singh · JNP1,60,05441.2%Lallu Prasad · JNP(S)1,51,27338.9%Third · INC58,51015.1%
Turnout 51.7%Electors 7,63,005Candidates 19NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ram Vilas Paswan · JNP(S)2,66,42857.8%Medni Paswan · JNP1,20,58926.1%Third · INC70,29515.2%
Turnout 61.1%Electors 7,61,330Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kishroi Sinha · JNP1,21,65533.4%Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi · INC1,18,32432.5%Third · INC(U)46,72212.8%
Turnout 49.6%Electors 7,46,901Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
George Farnandes · JNP(S)1,95,51043.2%Digvijay Narain Singh · JNP1,72,40138.1%Third · INC66,74414.7%
Turnout 60.2%Electors 7,61,283Candidates 18NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Baliram Bhagat · INC(U)2,13,24545.9%Shashi Shekhareshwar Pd. Narain Singh · INC1,80,99638.9%Third · JNP50,47410.9%
Turnout 57.9%Electors 8,14,886Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ram Dulari Singh · INC1,74,18842.0%Hari Kishore Singh · INC(U)1,22,79629.6%Third · JNP97,52923.5%
Turnout 53.1%Electors 7,90,288Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shafiqullah Ansari · INC1,85,42739.3%Bhogendra Jha · CPI1,82,20438.6%Third · JNP86,53918.3%
Turnout 61.7%Electors 7,74,006Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dhanik Lal Mandal · JNP(S)2,02,71044.5%Jagannath Mishra · INC1,57,22734.5%Third · JNP84,13518.5%
Turnout 65.6%Electors 7,00,394Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Hari Nath Mishra · INC2,25,58448.2%Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav · JNP(S)1,67,38335.7%Third · JNP63,00413.4%
Turnout 64.7%Electors 7,32,217Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Baleshwar Ram · INC2,22,60748.0%Ram Sewak Hazari · JNP(S)2,03,21243.9%Third · JNP30,2116.5%
Turnout 63.0%Electors 7,43,904Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajit Kumar Mehta · JNP(S)2,36,43650.3%K. K. Mandal · INC1,49,91231.9%Third · JNP55,24511.8%
Turnout 55.9%Electors 8,49,825Candidates 14NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dharmvir Singh · INC(U)1,92,40740.2%Kamla Devi · JNP1,60,80133.6%Third · INC1,02,56621.4%
Turnout 62.0%Electors 7,80,459Candidates 14NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Surya Narayan Singh · CPI1,31,67034.5%Chandrabhanu Devi · INC1,29,77034.0%Third · JNP(S)66,06917.3%
Turnout 54.5%Electors 7,14,492Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kamal Nath Jha · INC1,95,33739.7%Vinayak Pd. Yadav · JNP(S)1,94,08239.5%Third · JNP70,69014.4%
Turnout 62.1%Electors 8,03,843Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rajendra Pd. Yadav · INC(U)2,04,02246.4%Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi · INC1,46,52433.3%Third · JNP59,42413.5%
Turnout 59.9%Electors 7,46,552Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dumar Lal Baitha · INC1,89,30949.3%Nawal Kishore Bharti · JNP(S)1,26,48533.0%Third · JNP58,39015.2%
Turnout 55.8%Electors 7,02,757Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Zamilur Rahman · INC1,70,66254.2%Halimuddin Ahmad · JNP71,61322.8%Third · JNP(S)60,03919.1%
Turnout 45.6%Electors 7,02,809Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Madhuri Singh · INC1,63,02248.5%Niyanand Arya · JNP(S)1,01,06630.1%Third · JNP53,23315.8%
Turnout 50.4%Electors 6,86,099Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shah Tarique Anwar · INC1,38,09944.2%Yuvraj · JNP99,94332.0%Third · JNP(S)29,3519.4%
Turnout 52.1%Electors 6,12,145Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chandra Shekhar Singh · INC1,71,78149.8%Limaye Madhu · JNP(S)95,35827.7%Third · JNP58,90417.1%
Turnout 50.9%Electors 6,90,997Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bhagwat Jha Azad · INC1,75,99542.3%Jageshwar Mandal · JNP(S)99,31023.9%Third · JNP61,55114.8%
Turnout 54.8%Electors 7,74,045Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Satish Pd. Singh · INC1,70,26441.0%Sumitra Devi · JNP(S)1,16,49528.0%Third · CPI68,60916.5%
Turnout 59.3%Electors 7,13,675Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Devendra Prasad Yadav · INC(U)2,02,18143.5%Tarini Prasad Singh · INC1,38,04829.7%Third · JNP99,34421.4%
Turnout 59.3%Electors 7,95,163Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Krishna Shahi · INC2,72,23460.1%Shyam Nandan Mishra · JNP(S)99,51122.0%Third · JNP57,83812.8%
Turnout 59.4%Electors 7,72,911Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Vijay Kumar Yadav · CPI1,98,95938.4%Sidheshwar Prasad · INC(U)1,36,35826.3%Third · INC1,17,43322.7%
Turnout 64.2%Electors 8,18,349Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ramavatar Shastri · CPI1,67,29039.8%Mahamaya Pd. Sinha · JNP1,46,87734.9%Third · INC82,59319.6%
Turnout 47.5%Electors 8,95,002Candidates 30NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chandradeo Prasad Verma · JNP(S)1,58,53338.4%Imamul Hai Khan · JNP1,49,58436.3%Third · INC74,65918.1%
Turnout 50.3%Electors 8,29,450Candidates 16NOTA 0 (0.0%)
K. K. Tiwari · INC1,33,99937.8%Suraj Prasad · CPI1,02,27528.9%Third · JNP88,22424.9%
Turnout 45.5%Electors 7,92,731Candidates 20NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jagjiwan Ram · JNP1,69,20744.0%Mahabir Paswan · INC1,18,03730.7%Third · JNP(S)80,51620.9%
Turnout 52.1%Electors 7,51,039Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tapeshwar Singh · INC1,64,27137.7%Ram Awdhesh Singh · JNP(S)1,42,88532.8%Third · JNP1,06,71624.5%
Turnout 56.0%Electors 7,87,636Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Satyendra Narain Singh · JNP2,78,36161.8%Sidhnath Singh · INC1,03,53223.0%Third · JNP(S)47,38210.5%
Turnout 60.2%Electors 7,58,576Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Mahendara Prasad · INC2,31,94641.2%Chandra Shekhar Singh · CPI2,03,80436.2%Third · Independent66,01311.7%
Turnout 66.2%Electors 8,63,650Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kunwar Ram · INC1,83,73642.0%Prem Pradeep · CPI(M)1,27,54929.2%Third · JNP1,08,56424.8%
Turnout 52.0%Electors 8,50,367Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ramswaroop Ram · INC1,48,20838.5%Ishwar Chaudhary · JNP1,14,28129.7%Third · JNP(S)1,10,66428.8%
Turnout 55.0%Electors 7,09,388Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
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About this data
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1980 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.
Polls were held in only 2 of Assam's 14 seats.
Constituencies of today's Telangana (16), Jharkhand (14), Chhattisgarh (11), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.
1 seat was won unopposed, so no poll was held there.
Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.