Results/Margins
Results/Margins
ECI results
Analysis · competitiveness
How close was it?
Lok Sabha nationally, 1980
Closest contest
0.0%
Faridabad · INC
Biggest landslide
68.49%
Kurnool · INC
Decided by under 1%
13
of 528 contests
Decided by under 5%
91
17.2% of contests
Contests
528
1980 · national
[01]Closest contests
- 0.0%
FaridabadIndian National CongressTayyab Hussain · Haryana
- 0.02%
DeoriaIndian National CongressRamayan Rai · Uttar Pradesh
- 0.26%
SaharsaIndian National CongressKamal Nath Jha · Bihar
- 0.3%
RaiganjIndian National CongressGolam Yazdani · West Bengal
- 0.5%
BaliaCommunist Party of IndiaSurya Narayan Singh · Bihar
- 0.5%
AmbalaJanata PartySuraj Bhan · Haryana
- 0.6%
ErnakulamIndian National CongressXavier Varghese Arakal · Kerala
- 0.6%
MandsaurIndian National CongressBhanwarlal Rajmal Nahata · Madhya Pradesh
- 0.6%
Bangalore SouthJanata PartyT.R. Shamanna · Karnataka
- 0.64%
BareillyJanta Party (SECULAR)Nisar Yar Khan · Uttar Pradesh
[02]Biggest landslides
- 68.49%
KurnoolIndian National CongressK. Vijayabhaskara Reddi · Andhra Pradesh
- 60.75%
SiddipetIndian National CongressNandi Yellaiah · Andhra Pradesh
- 59.9%
TuraIndian National CongressPuron A. Sangma · Meghalaya
- 59.49%
RewaIndependentMaharaja Martand Singh · Madhya Pradesh
- 54.86%
NelloreIndian National CongressD. Kamakshaiah · Andhra Pradesh
- 54.82%
AdilabadIndian National CongressG. Narasimha Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
- 54.3%
RamtekIndian National CongressBarve Jatiram Chaitram · Maharashtra
- 53.14%
NizamabadIndian National CongressM. Ramgopal Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
- 49.6%
YavatmalIndian National CongressPatil Uttamrao Deorao · Maharashtra
- 49.36%
MedakIndian National CongressIndira Gandhi · Andhra Pradesh
[03]Seats by winning margin
Under 1%
132.5%
1-5%
7814.8%
5-10%
7414.0%
10-20%
15028.4%
20%+
21340.3%
SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1980 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled