BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1980 - MP

1. No. of Seats 320
2. No. of contestants 2,000
3. ELECTORS
    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors

12,779,423

12,615,167

25,394,590

ii No. of Voters

7,473,789

4,955,365

12,429,154

iii Polling percentage

58.48

39.28

48.94

4. No. of Valid Votes 12,082,302
5. Votes rejected 346,852
6. No. of polling Stations 31,811
7. Average No.of Electors per polling station 798

Performance of parties

PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (I)

320

246

47.52

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (U)

78

0

1.38

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

46

2

1.50

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)

7

0

0.27

JANATA PARTY (SECULAR)

124

2

2.88

BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY

310

60

30.33

JANATA PARTY (SECULAR) (CH. CHARAN SINGH)

204

1

4.82

JANATA PARTY (SECULAR) (RAJ NARAIN(

53

0

0.55

NATIONAL PARTIES

1,142

311

89.25

AKHIL BHARTIYA RAMRAJYA PARISHAD

4

0

0.15

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (KHOBRAGADE)

13

1

0.33

SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA

1

0

0.00

REGD. (Unrecog.) PARTIES

18

1

0.48

INDEPENDENTS

840

8

10.27

TOTAL

2000

320

100.00

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