1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

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All 182 seats in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly 92 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Madhav Singh Solanki Party INC JP Leader's seat Bhadran Last election 75 Seats won 141 21 Seat change 66 21
Chief Minister before election President's Rule Elected Chief Minister Madhav Singh Solanki INC

The 6th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1977.^[1][2] Indian National Congress (INC) won 141 seats out of 182 seats. While, Janata Party (JP) won 21 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won nine seats. INC performed better in this election and gained 66 seats.

A total of 950 men and 24 women contested the election. Total 177 men and 5 women won in elections. The number of polling stations was 21,137 and the number of electors per polling station was 785.