Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly 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 CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, Charan Singh JNP(SC) and Raj Narain JNP(JP), Two state parties FBL and RSP, two registered unrecognised parties JKD and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I) emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik became the Chief Minister and Sarata Deb (ଶରତ ଦେବ) became the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Results +Source: Election Commission of IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsColorFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−Indian National Congress (I) 3,037,48747.78 16.76147118 92Janata Party (Secular) 1,238,74519.49(new)11013(new) -Indian National Congress (U) - 446,818 7.03(new)982(new)Communist Party of India 323,4115.09 1.52274 3Janata Party 262,9034.14 45.03313 107 -Independents - 755,08711.88 1.382487 2Total-100--147-Valid Votes 6,357,00545.70Invalid Votes192,069 -Total Votes polled / turnout 6,549,07447.08Abstentation7,360,041 -Total No. of Electors 13,909,115

Elected members DistrictAC. No.ConstituencyMemberPartyMayurbhanj1Karanjia (ST) Raghunath Hembram 2Jashipur (ST) Sundar Mohan Majhi 3Bahalda (ST) Rama Chandra Hansdah 4Rairangpur (ST) Sidhalal Murmu 5Bangriposi (ST) Kangoi Singh 6Kuliana (ST) Saraswati Hembram 7Baripada Prasanna Kumar Dash 8Baisinga (ST) Kuanria Majhi 9Khunta (ST) Ramesh Soren 10Udala (ST) Rauaneswar Madhei Baleshwar11Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra 12Jaleswar Gadadhar Giri 13Basta Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra 14Balasore Arun Dey 15Soro Pitambar Panda 16Simulia Parsuram Panigrahi 17Nilgiri Akshaya Kumar Acharya 18Bhandaripokhari (SC) Purusottam Sethi 19Bhadrak Jugal Kishore Pattanaik 20Dhamnagar Jagannath Rout 21Chandbali (SC) Netrananda Mallick 22Basudevpur Jagabandhu Das Cuttack23Sukinda Sarat Rout 24Korai Ashok Kumar Das 25Jajpur (SC) Niranjan Jena 26Dharamsala Kangali Panda 27Barchana Sitakanta Mohapatra 28Bari-Derabisi Srikant Kumar Jena 29Binjharpur (SC) Naba Kishore Mallik 30Aul Sarat Deb 31Patamundai (SC) Biswanath Mallik 32Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty 33Kendrapara Indramani Rout 34Patkura Biju Pattanaik 35Tirtol Basant Kumar Biswal 36Ersama Damodar Rout 37Balikuda Basudeba Mohapatra 38Jagatsinghpur (SC) Krushna Chandra Mallik 39Kissannagar Surendranath Patnaik 40Mahanga Sk. Matlub Ali 41Salepur (SC) Mayadhar Sethi 42Gobindpur Antarjyami Pradhan 43Cuttack Sadar Dolagobinda Pradhan 44Cuttack City Srikant Panda 45Choudwar Kahnu Charan Lenka 46Banki Akshaya Kumar Patnaik 47Athgarh Rasananda Sahoo 48Baramba Samir Kumar Routray Puri49Balipatna (SC) Basanta Behera 50Bhubaneswar Rama Krushna Pati 51Jatni Suresh Kumar Routray 52Pipli Bipin Das 53Nimapara (SC) Rabindra Kumar Sethy 54Kakatpur Baikunthanath Swain 55Satyabadi Rabindra Kumar Das 56Puri Gadadhar Mishra 57Brahmagiri Gangadhar Mohapatra 58Chilka Debendranath Mansingh 59Khurda Prasanna Kumar Patsani 60Begunia Kailash Chandra Mohapatra 61Ranpur Ramakant Mishra 62Nayagarh Bansidhara Sahoo 63Khandapara Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj 64Daspalla Harihar Karan Ganjam65Jaganathprasad (SC) Sribaschha Naik 66Bhanjanagar Somanath Rath 67Suruda Gantayat Swain 68Aska Raghaba Parida 69Kabisuryanagar Radha Govinda Sahu 70Kodala Kanhu Charan Naik 71Khallikote Trinath Samantary 72Chatrapur Biswanath Sahu 73Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 74Gopalpur (SC) Ghanashyam Behera 75Berhampur Krushna Charan Patnaik 76Chikati Chintamani Dyan Samatra 77Mohana Udaya Narayan Dev 78Ramagiri (ST) Gorsanga Savara 79Parlakhemundi Bijoy Kumar Jena Koraput80Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gamango 81Bissam-cuttack (ST) Dambarudhar Ulaka 82Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Ramchandra 83Lakshmipur (ST) Anantaram Majhi 84Pottangi (ST) Chandrama Santa 85Koraput Nrusinghananda Brahma 86Malkangiri (SC) Naka Laxmayya 87Chitrakonda (ST) Gangadhar Madi 88Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi 89Jeypore Raghunath Pattanaik 90Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 91Kodinga (ST) Dombaru Majhi 92Dabugam (ST) Phulamani Santa 93Umarkote (ST) Parama Pujari Kalahandi94Nawapara Bhanu Prakash Joshi 95Khariar Anup Singh Deo 96Dharamgarh (SC) Gajanan Nayak 97Koksara Manmohan Mathur 98Junagarh Maheswar Barad 99Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 100Narla (ST) Tejraj Majhi 101Kesinga Bhupinder Singh Phulabani102Balliguda (ST) Sahura Mallik 103Udayagiri (ST) Nagarjun Pradhan 104Phulbani (SC) Chandra Sekhar Behera 105Boudh Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi Balangir106Titilagarh (SC) Lalit Mohan Gandhi 107Kantabanji Prasanna Kumar Pal 108Patnagarh Brajamohan Thakur 109Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 110Loisingha Balgopal Mishra 111Bolangir Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan 112Sonepur (SC) Dhaneswar Kumbhar 113Binka Pradipta Hota 114Birmaharajpur Hrushikesh Hota Dhenkanal115Athmallik Bhajaman Behera 116Angul Santosh Kumar Pradhan 117Hindol (SC) Trinath Nayak 118Dhenkanal Nandini Satpathy 119Gondia Haldhar Mishra 120Kamakhyanagar Kailash Chandra Mohapatra 121Pallahara Bibhudhendra Pratap Das 122Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Sambalpur123Padampur Satya Bhusan Sahu 124Melchhamunda Prakash Chandra Debta 125Bijepur Rajib Lochan Hota 126Bhatli (SC) Mohan Nag 127Bargarh Jadumani Pradhan 128Sambalpur Aswini Kumar Guru 129Brajarajnagar Upendra Dixit 130Jharsuguda Birendra Pandey 131Laikera (ST) Hemananda Biswal 132Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 133Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumar 134Deogarh Aswini Kumar Behera Sundergarh135Sundargarh Kishore Chandra Patal 136Talsara (ST) Gajadhar Majhi 137Rajgangpur (ST) Mukharam Naik 138Biramitrapur (ST) Jumus Bilung 139Rourkela Gurupada Nanda 140Raghunathpali (ST) Nelson Soreng 141Bonai (ST) Basanta Kumar Dandapat Keonjhar142Champua (ST) Saharei Oram 143Patna Hrushikesh Naik 144Keonjhar (ST) Jogendra Naik 145Telkoi (ST) Chandrasen Nayak 146Ramchandrapur Niranjan Patnaik 147Anandapur (SC) Jayadev Jena/

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