1980
19771971196719621957Total Constituencies: 54
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1980 covered all 54 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC(I) received the highest statewide vote share at 36.44% and won 30 seats, while the JNP received 23.55% of the vote and won 8 seats. The JNP(S) won 5 seats with 16.59% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | 54 | 30 | 36.44% | 36.44% | 73,77,583 |
| JNP | 54 | 8 | 23.55% | 23.55% | 47,68,323 |
| JNP(S) | 36 | 5 | 16.59% | 25.83% | 33,58,613 |
| IND | 53 | 2 | 7.40% | 7.51% | 14,98,639 |
| 14 | 4 | 7.29% | 27.27% | 14,75,238 | |
| INC(U) | 16 | 4 | 6.75% | 22.65% | 13,66,819 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha (Sc) | Bhola Raut | INC(I) | 1,76,888 | Narsing Baitha | INC(U) | 53,490 | 1,23,398 | 43.79 |
| Bettiah | Kedar Pandey | INC(I) | 1,72,019 | Fazlur Rahman | JNP(S) | 67,294 | 1,04,725 | 33.17 |
| Motihari | Kamla Mishra Madhukar | CPI | 1,30,228 | Prabhawati Gupta | INC(I) | 1,24,722 | 5,506 | 1.64 |
| Gopalganj | Nagina Rai | INC(I) | 1,59,823 | Dwarka Nath Tiwari | JNP | 96,003 | 63,820 | 19.03 |
| Siwan | M. Yusuf | INC(I) | 1,31,297 | Mrityunjay Prasad Verma | JNP | 1,15,698 | 15,599 | 4.68 |
| Maharajganj | Krishna Pratap Singh | INC(I) | 1,44,744 | Ramdeo Singh | JNP | 1,13,812 | 30,932 | 9.5 |
| Chapra | Satyadeo Singh | JNP | 1,60,054 | Lallu Prasad | JNP(S) | 1,51,273 | 8,781 | 2.26 |
| Hajipur (Sc) | Ram Vilas Paswan | JNP(S) | 2,66,428 | Medni Paswan | JNP | 1,20,589 | 1,45,839 | 31.62 |
| Vaishali | Kishroi Sinha | JNP | 1,21,655 | Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi | INC(I) | 1,18,324 | 3,331 | 0.92 |
| Muzaffarpur | George Farnandes | JNP(S) | 1,95,510 | Digvijay Narain Singh | JNP | 1,72,401 | 23,109 | 5.1 |
| Sitamarhi | Baliram Bhagat | INC(U) | 2,13,245 | Shashi Shekhareshwar Pd. Narain Singh | INC(I) | 1,80,996 | 32,249 | 6.94 |
| Sheohar | Ram Dulari Singh | INC(I) | 1,74,188 | Hari Kishore Singh | INC(U) | 1,22,796 | 51,392 | 12.37 |
| Madhubani | Shafiqullah Ansari | INC(I) | 1,85,427 | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 1,82,204 | 3,223 | 0.68 |
| Jhanjharpur | Dhanik Lal Mandal | JNP(S) | 2,02,710 | Jagannath Mishra | INC(I) | 1,57,227 | 45,483 | 9.99 |
| Darbhanga | Hari Nath Mishra | INC(I) | 2,25,584 | Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav | JNP(S) | 1,67,383 | 58,201 | 12.43 |
| Rosera (Sc) | Baleshwar Ram | INC(I) | 2,22,607 | Ram Sewak Hazari | JNP(S) | 2,03,212 | 19,395 | 4.19 |
| Samastipur | Ajit Kumar Mehta | JNP(S) | 2,36,436 | K. K. Mandal | INC(I) | 1,49,912 | 86,524 | 18.4 |
| Barh | Dharmvir Singh | INC(U) | 1,92,407 | Kamla Devi | JNP | 1,60,801 | 31,606 | 6.6 |
| Balia | Surya Narayan Singh | CPI | 1,31,670 | Chandrabhanu Devi | INC(I) | 1,29,770 | 1,900 | 0.5 |
| Saharsa | Kamal Nath Jha | INC(I) | 1,95,337 | Vinayak Pd. Yadav | JNP(S) | 1,94,082 | 1,255 | 0.26 |
| Madhepura | Rajendra Pd. Yadav | INC(U) | 2,04,022 | Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi | INC(I) | 1,46,524 | 57,498 | 13.06 |
| Araria (Sc) | Dumar Lal Baitha | INC(I) | 1,89,309 | Nawal Kishore Bharti | JNP(S) | 1,26,485 | 62,824 | 16.36 |
| Kishanganj | Zamilur Rahman | INC(I) | 1,70,662 | Halimuddin Ahmad | JNP | 71,613 | 99,049 | 31.47 |
| Purnea | Madhuri Singh | INC(I) | 1,63,022 | Niyanand Arya | JNP(S) | 1,01,066 | 61,956 | 18.44 |
| Katihar | Shah Tarique Anwar | INC(I) | 1,38,099 | Yuvraj | JNP | 99,943 | 38,156 | 12.22 |
| Rajmahal (St) | Seth Hemrem | INC(I) | 89,661 | Palu Hasda | JNP | 49,471 | 40,190 | 18.09 |
| Dumka (St) | Shibu Siren | IND | 1,12,160 | Prithivi Chand Kisku | INC(I) | 1,08,647 | 3,513 | 1.18 |
| Godda | Samin Udin | INC(I) | 1,27,223 | Jagdambi Prasad Yadav | JNP | 96,881 | 30,342 | 8.73 |
| Banka | Chandra Shekhar Singh | INC(I) | 1,71,781 | Limaye Madhu | JNP(S) | 95,358 | 76,423 | 22.17 |
| Bhagalpur | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC(I) | 1,75,995 | Jageshwar Mandal | JNP(S) | 99,310 | 76,685 | 18.42 |
| Khagaria | Satish Pd. Singh | INC(I) | 1,70,264 | Sumitra Devi | JNP(S) | 1,16,495 | 53,769 | 12.93 |
| Monger | Devendra Prasad Yadav | INC(U) | 2,02,181 | Tarini Prasad Singh | INC(I) | 1,38,048 | 64,133 | 13.81 |
| Begusarai | Krishna Shahi | INC(I) | 2,72,234 | Shyam Nandan Mishra | JNP(S) | 99,511 | 1,72,723 | 38.16 |
| Nalanda | Vijay Kumar Yadav | CPI | 1,98,959 | Sidheshwar Prasad | INC(U) | 1,36,358 | 62,601 | 12.09 |
| Patna | Ramavatar Shastri | CPI | 1,67,290 | Mahamaya Pd. Sinha | JNP | 1,46,877 | 20,413 | 4.86 |
| Arrah | Chandradeo Prasad Verma | JNP(S) | 1,58,533 | Imamul Hai Khan | JNP | 1,49,584 | 8,949 | 2.17 |
| Buxar | K. K. Tiwari | INC(I) | 1,33,999 | Suraj Prasad | CPI | 1,02,275 | 31,724 | 8.95 |
| Sasaram (Sc) | Jagjiwan Ram | JNP | 1,69,207 | Mahabir Paswan | INC(I) | 1,18,037 | 51,170 | 13.3 |
| Bikramganj | Tapeshwar Singh | INC(I) | 1,64,271 | Ram Awdhesh Singh | JNP(S) | 1,42,885 | 21,386 | 4.91 |
| Aurangabad | Satyendra Narain Singh | JNP | 2,78,361 | Sidhnath Singh | INC(I) | 1,03,532 | 1,74,829 | 38.78 |
| Jahanabad | Mahendara Prasad | INC(I) | 2,31,946 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | CPI | 2,03,804 | 28,142 | 5 |
| Nawada (Sc) | Kunwar Ram | INC(I) | 1,83,736 | Prem Pradeep | CPM | 1,27,549 | 56,187 | 12.86 |
| Gaya (Sc) | Ramswaroop Ram | INC(I) | 1,48,208 | Ishwar Chaudhary | JNP | 1,14,281 | 33,927 | 8.81 |
| Chatra | Ranjit Singh | INC(I) | 1,06,751 | Sukdeo Prasad Verma | JNP | 61,165 | 45,586 | 17.09 |
| Kodarma | Reet Lal Pd. Verma | JNP | 1,08,236 | Javed Warsi | INC(I) | 85,870 | 22,366 | 8.41 |
| Giridih | Bindeshwari Dubey | INC(I) | 1,05,282 | Ramdas Singh | JNP | 79,253 | 26,029 | 8.75 |
| Dhanbad | A. K. Roy | IND | 1,36,280 | Yogeshwar Prasad 'Yogesh' | INC(I) | 1,20,974 | 15,306 | 3.84 |
| Hazaribagh | Kunwar Basant Narayan Singh | JNP | 96,182 | Azima Hussain | INC(I) | 66,818 | 29,364 | 10.72 |
| Ranchi | Shiva Prasad Sahu | INC(I) | 1,06,506 | Shiva Kumar Sinha | JNP | 68,380 | 38,126 | 13.84 |
| Jamshedpur | Rudra Pratap Sarangi | JNP | 91,847 | V.G. Gopal | INC(I) | 81,390 | 10,457 | 3.33 |
| Singhbhum (St) | Bagun Sumbrui | JNP | 53,463 | Theodore Bodra | INC(I) | 36,655 | 16,808 | 10.19 |
| Khunti (St) | Nirel Enem Horo | JKD | 74,279 | Karia Munda | JNP | 54,400 | 19,879 | 9.76 |
| Lohardaga (St) | Kartik Oraon | INC(I) | 1,29,038 | Karma Oraon | JNP | 59,692 | 69,346 | 27.66 |
| Palamau (Sc) | Kamla Kumari | INC(I) | 1,29,013 | Ramdeni Ram | JNP | 83,673 | 45,340 | 16.97 |
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