India held general elections to the 7th Lok Sabha in January 1980. The Janata Party alliance came into power after the elections to the 6th Lok Sabha held in 1977, riding the public anger against the Congress and the Emergency but its position was weak. The loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power.
INC(I) won 25 seats out of 26 seats in Gujarat with only Mehsana seat bagged by the Janata Party.
Parties and alliances
No. Party Seats contested1. Indian National Congress (Indira) 26
No. Party Seats contested1. Janata Party 26
List of Candidates ConstituencyINC(I)JP # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1KutchMehta Mahipatray MulshankerDava Anantray Devshanker2SurendranagarDigvijaysinh Pratapsinhji ZalaParmar Juvansinh Jilubha3JamnagarJadeja Dolatsinhji PratapsinhjiVinodbhai B. Sheth4RajkotMavani Ramjibhai BhurabhaiShukla Chimanbhai Harilal5PorbandarOdedra Maldeji MandlikjiPatel Dharmasinbhai Dahyabhai6JunagadhPatel Mohanlal LaljibhaiShah Virendrakumar Jeevanlal7AmreliRavani Navinchandra ParmananddasJasvant Mehta8BhavnagarGohil Gigabhai BhavubhaiShah Jayaben Vajubhai9Dhandhuka (SC)Makwana Narsinhbhai KarsanbhaiParmar Natvarlal Bhagvandas10AhmedabadMaganbhai BarotKrushnavadan Joshi11GandhinagarAmrit Mohanal PatelPuroshottam Ganesh Navalankar12MehsanaRaval Narendrakumar MohanlalChaudhary Motibhai Ranchhodbhai13Patan (SC)Parmar Hiralal RanchhoddasChavda Khemchanbhai Somabhai14BanaskanthaBheravdan Khetdanji GadhaviAchhva Kasambhai Mahmadbhai15SabarkanthaPatel Shantubhai CunibhaiH. M. Patel16KapadvanjSolanki Natavarsinhji KesarisinghjiVaghela Shankarji Laxmanji17Dohad (ST)Damor Somjibhai PunjabhaiMinama Govindsinh Lalchandbhai18GodhraMaharaol Jaydeepsinhji SubhagsinhjiMody Piloo Homi19KairaAjitsinh Fulsinhji DabhiChauhan Prabhatbhai Hathisingh20AnandIshvarbhai Khodabhai ChavdaMahida Dilipsinh Ashabhai (Vedalankar)21Chhota Udaipur (ST)Rathawa Amarsinhbhai ViriyabhaiRathawa Mohansinh Chhotubhai22BarodaGaekwad Ranjitsinhji PratapsinhjiPatel Prabhudas Khushalbhai23BroachPatel Ahmedbhai MohammedbhaiDeshmukh Chandubhai Shanabhai24SuratPatel Chhaganbhai DevabhaiAshok Ranjitram Mehta25Mandvi (ST)Gamit Chhitubhai DevjibhaiAmarsinh Zinabhai Chaudhari26Bulsar (ST)Patel Uttambhai HarjibhaiJadav Ramubhai Balubhai
Results Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− INC(I) 48,55,820 54.84 26 25 JP 32,66,561 36.89 26 1 JP(S) 2,56,781 2.90 10 0 INC(U) 1,52,550 1.72 12 0 CPI 20,270 0.23 1 0 IND 3,02,029 3.41 94 0 Total 88,54,011 100% - 169 26 -
Vote share
Seat share
Results- Constituency wise ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1KutchMehta Mahipatray MulshankerINC(I)1,33,16349.07Dava Anantray DevshankerJNP1,12,21241.3520,9517.722SurendranagarDigvijaysinh Pratapsinhji ZalaINC(I)1,93,63257.35Parmar Juvansinh JilubhaJNP1,09,11632.3284,51625.033JamnagarJadeja Dolatsinhji PratapsinhjiINC(I)1,33,97852.23Vinodbhai B. ShethJNP76,19129.7057,78722.534RajkotMavani Ramjibhai BhurabhaiINC(I)1,58,22051.46Shukla Chimanbhai HarilalJNP1,04,74434.0753,47617.395PorbandarOdedra Maldeji MandlikjiINC(I)1,62,72157.72Patel Dharmasinbhai DahyabhaiJNP1,02,41336.3360,30821.396JunagadhPatel Mohanlal LaljibhaiINC(I)1,59,92348.52Shah Virendrakumar JeevanlalJNP1,49,14245.2510,7813.277AmreliRavani Navinchandra ParmananddasINC(I)1,74,24163.98Jasvant MehtaJNP74,10327.211,00,13836.778BhavnagarGohil Gigabhai BhavubhaiINC(I)1,31,08251.66Shah Jayaben VajubhaiJNP77,15330.4153,92921.259Dhandhuka (SC)Makwana Narsinhbhai KarsanbhaiINC(I)1,81,09662.62Parmar Natvarlal BhagvandasJNP94,22332.5886,87330.0410AhmedabadMaganbhai BarotINC(I)2,48,20660.98Krushnavadan JoshiJNP1,40,05334.411,08,15326.5711GandhinagarAmrit Mohanal PatelINC(I)2,41,69454.45Puroshottam Ganesh NavalankarJNP1,92,47743.3649,21711.0912MehsanaChaudhary Motibhai RanchhodbhaJNP1,61,04037.93Raval Narendrakumar MohanlalINC(I)1,41,61233.3519,4284.5813Patan (SC)Parmar Hiralal RanchhoddasINC(I)1,23,86447.95Chavda Khemchanbhai SomabhaiJNP1,21,11046.892,7541.0614BanaskanthaBheravdan Khetdanji GadhaviINC(I)1,84,05760.58Achhva Kasambhai MahmadbhaiJNP94,57031.1389,48729.4515SabarkanthaPatel Shantubhai CunibhaiINC(I)2,02,19455.73H. M. PatelJNP1,22,89533.8779,29921.8616KapadvanjSolanki Natavarsinhji KesarisinghjiINC(I)1,82,27453.23Vaghela Shankarji LaxmanjiJNP1,32,17838.6050,09614.6317Dohad (ST)Damor Somjibhai PunjabhaiINC(I)1,34,22660.89Minama Govindsinh LalchandbhaiJNP57,10325.9077,12334.9918GodhraMaharaol Jaydeepsinhji SubhagsinhjiINC(I)1,87,48155.81Mody Piloo HomiJNP1,24,51237.0662,96918.7519KairaAjitsinh Fulsinhji DabhiINC(I)2,45,75861.93Chauhan Prabhatbhai HathisinhJNP1,38,53634.911,07,22227.0220AnandIshvarbhai Khodabhai ChavdaINC(I)2,56,89760.98Mahida Dilipsinh Ashabhai (Vedalankar)JNP1,42,63633.861,14,26127.1221Chhota Udaipur (ST)Rathawa Amarsingh ViriyabhaiINC(I)2,09,98459.29Rathawa Mohansinh ChhotubhaiJNP1,37,50138.8272,48320.4722BarodaGaekwad Ranjitsinh PratapsinhjiINC(I)2,65,27758.20Patel Prabhudas KhushalbhaiJNP1,69,78437.2595,49320.9523Broach Patel Ahmedbhai MohammedbhaiINC(I)2,12,84756.91Deshmukh Chandubhai ShanabhaiJNP1,30,00334.7682,84422.1524SuratPatel Chhaganbhai DevabhaiINC(I)2,34,26350.54Ashok Ranjitram MehtaJNP2,07,60244.7926,6615.7525Mandvi (ST)Gamit Chhitubhai DevjibhaiINC(I)1,77,88951.88Amarsinh Zinabhai ChaudhriJNP1,41,97041.4035,91910.4826Bulsar (ST)Patel Uttambhai HarjibhaiINC(I)1,79,24151.71Jadav Ramubhai BalubhaiJNP1,53,29444.2325,9477.48
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