Elections to the 8th

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were held 1980.

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There are eight national parties

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, INC(I), INC(U),

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, JNP, CPM, JNP(SC) and JNP(JP), Two stateparties FBL and RSP two registered unrecognised party JKD and SUC and some

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took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I) emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the

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and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Results

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, , 28 , , 0 , , NA , , 0, , 86,421 , , 7.09 , , NA , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India , , 27 , , 4 , , 0, , 3.57 , , 2,33,971 , , 2.72 , , 3.4 , - , , , 248 , , 7 , , N/A , , 4.76 , , 7,55,087 , , 15.77 , , N/A , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, ! style="text-align:center;" , Total Seats !! 147 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 1,39,09,115 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 65,49,074 (47.08%)

Elected members

References

{{Odisha elections Odisha Legislative Assembly State Assembly elections in Odisha

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