CREATE TABLE table_203_398 (id DECIMAL, "year" DECIMAL, "vidhan sabha" TEXT, "members of legislative assembly" TEXT, "winning party" TEXT, "nearest contesting party" TEXT)

was there an election in 1980 or 1982 ?
SELECT "year" FROM table_203_398 WHERE "year" IN (1980, 1982)
SELECT "year" FROM "table_203_398" WHERE "year" IN (1980, 1982)