Results of the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election

Elections were held in Southern Rhodesia in February 1980 to set the membership of the House of Assembly of the first Parliament of the independent Zimbabwe.

The 80 common roll members were elected using a proportional representation system in which parties selected lists of candidates for each province.

The result was a victory for Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union, contesting the election as ZANU–PF, which won 57 of the 80 common roll seats, giving it a majority in the 100-member House of Assembly.

Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front won all 20 of the white roll seats, with most of its candidates running unopposed.

As a result of the election, Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first prime minister upon the country's independence on 11 April 1980.