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Punjab Lok Sabha 1980

Results board · 13 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
13
Constituencies
Majority
7
Seats needed of 13
Electors
97.41L
On the roll
Votes polled
61.03L
62.7% of electors
Median turnout
62.5%
Median of 13 seats
INC lead
+5
Above majority · 12 − 7

[01]Seat matrix

13 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 13 seats: INC 12, SAD 1. Majority line at 7 seats. Hemicycle of 13 seats: INC 12, SAD 1. Majority line at 7 seats.
Majority · 7 of 13INC 12 · +5 above majority
INC 1292.3% Indian National Congress
SAD 17.7% Shiromani Akali Dal

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 52.5%12 seats · 92.3%
SAD 23.4%1 seat · 7.7%
JNP 10.0%0 seats
INC(U) 2.6%0 seats
CPI(M) 2.5%0 seats
Others 9.0%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 52.5% of votes into 92.3% of seats, a seat premium of 39.8 pp.

    12 ÷ 13 = 92.3% · 92.3 − 52.5 = +39.8

  2. SAD polled 23.4% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (7.7%).

    1 ÷ 13 = 7.7% · 7.7 − 23.4 = −15.7

  3. Tarn Taran was decided by 5,247 votes, the closest of 13 seats; Ferozepur had the widest margin, 1,94,214.

    min / max of margin over 13 seats with a recorded margin

  4. Turnout ran from 58.7% in Bhatinda to 69.3% in Ropar; the median seat polled 62.5%.

    min / median / max over 13 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

13 of 13 seats carry a turnout
025507510062.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 430.8% of seats
60–70 969.2% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBhatinda58.7%
  • HighestRopar69.3%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

13 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1980, all 13 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Gurdaspur Sukhbans Kaur Indian National Congress 4,37,319 1,51,739 34.7 64.0
02 Amritsar Raghunandan Lal Indian National Congress 5,00,303 1,11,684 22.3 63.5
03 Tarn TaranCLOSEST Lehna Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 4,44,281 5,247 1.2 59.7
04 JullundurSC Rajinder Singh Sparrow Indian National Congress 4,33,193 72,321 16.7 59.7
05 PhillaurSC Ch. Sundar Singh Indian National Congress 4,76,741 67,437 14.1 61.4
06 Hoshiarpur Zail Singh Indian National Congress 4,72,728 1,25,186 26.5 64.6
07 Ropar Buta Singh Indian National Congress 5,29,664 43,018 8.1 69.3
08 PatialaSC Amarender Singh Indian National Congress 4,67,361 78,979 16.9 63.5
09 LudhianaSC Devinder Singh Garcha Indian National Congress 4,90,516 65,506 13.4 59.2
10 Sangrur Gurcharan Singh Indian National Congress 4,91,564 7,615 1.5 67.8
11 Bhatinda Hakam Singh Indian National Congress 4,15,962 17,009 4.1 58.7
12 Faridkot Gurbinder Kaur Indian National Congress 4,83,196 20,661 4.3 62.5
13 FerozepurWIDEST Bal Ram Indian National Congress 4,60,364 1,94,214 42.2 60.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,94,214 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · Punjab · 13 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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