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Elections in India in 1985

Elections in the Republic of India in 1985 included elections to fourteen state legislative assemblies.

Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

Assam[edit]

Bihar[edit]

Party Party Flag Seats Contested Seats Won Popular Vote Percentage
Indian National Congress 323 196 9,558,562 39.30%
Lok Dal No flag.svg 261 46 3,573,173 14.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party 234 16 1,833,275 7.54%
Janata Party No flag.svg 229 13 1,754,705 7.21%
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 167 12 2,154,066 8.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha No flag.svg 57 9 443,822 1.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg 44 1 392,375 1.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist) No flag.svg 59 1 160,159 0.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India SUCI flag.svg 1 1 17,890 0.07%
Independents No flag.svg 2804 29 4,349,057 17.88%
Total 4237 324 24,323,868

Source:[1]

Gujarat[edit]

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,122,753 55.55 149 +8
Janata Party 1,775,338 19.25 14 -7
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,379,120 14.96 11 +2
Independents (IND) 856,160 9.28 8
CPM 16,543 0.18 0 0
CPI 24,013 0.26 0 0
Total 9,221,149 100.00 182 ±0
Valid votes 7,770,198 98.03
Invalid votes 155,782 1.97
Votes cast / turnout 13,676,131 51.59
Registered voters 15,363,762

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Source:[2]

Karnataka[edit]

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985[3]
Political Party Seats Contested Seats Won Number of Votes % of Votes Seat change
Janata Party 205 139 6,418,795 43.60% Increase 44
Indian National Congress 223 65 6,009,461 40.82% Decrease 17
Communist Party of India 7 3 133,008 0.90% Steady
Bharatiya Janata Party 116 2 571,280 3.88% Decrease 16
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7 2 127,333 0.86% Decrease 1
Independents 1200 13 1,393,626 9.47% Decrease 9
Total 1795 224 14,720,634

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

Source:[4]

Maharashtra[edit]

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985[5]
Political Party No. of candidates No. of elected Number of Votes % of Votes Seat change
Indian National Congress 287 161 9,522,556 43.41% Decrease 25
Indian National Congress (Socialist) 126 54 3,790,850 17.28% Increase 54
Janata Party 61 20 1,618,101 7.38% Increase 20
Bharatiya Janata Party 67 16 1,590,351 7.25% Increase 2
Peasants and Workers Party of India 29 13 825,949 3.77% Increase 4
Communist Party of India 31 2 202,790 0.92% Steady
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 14 2 174,350 0.79% Steady
Independents 1506 20 3,836,390 17.49% Increase 10
Total 2230 288 21,934,742

Odisha[edit]

Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[6]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 147 117 Decrease1 79.59 40,07,258 51.08 Increase 3.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 27 1 – 0.68 89,225 15.97 –
Bharatiya Janata Party 67 1 Increase 1 0.68 2,04,346 5.66 Decrease 1.43
Communist Party of India 27 1 Decrease 3 0.68 2,59,508 16.12 Increase 13.4
Janata Party 140 21 – 14.28 24,01,566 32.03
Independent 374 7 N/A 4.76 8,23,850 11.54 N/A
Total Seats 147 (Steady ) Voters 1,53,37,200 Turnout 80,16,583 (52.27%)

Punjab[edit]

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [7]
Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Shiromani Akali Dal 100 73 Increase 23 26,30,270 38.01
Indian National Congress 117 32 Decrease 31 26,20,042 37.86
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 6 Increase 5 3,45,560 4.99
Communist Party of India 38 1 Decrease 8 3,07,496 4.44
Janata Party 5 1 Increase 1 75,307 1.09
Independents 542 4 Increase 2 8,09,254 11.69
Others 29 0 – 1,32,889 1.92
Total 857 117 69,20,818

Puducherry[edit]

Rajasthan[edit]

India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Indian National Congress 5,342,920 46.57 113 –20
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,437,594 21.24 39 +7
Lok Dal 1,360,826 11.86 27 New
Janata Party 675,103 5.88 10 +2
Communist Party of India 141,063 1.23 1 0
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 74,176 0.65 0 New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 66,921 0.58 0 –1
Indian Congress (Socialist) 9,731 0.08 0 New
Independents 1,365,641 11.90 10 –2
Total 11,473,975 100.00 200 0
Valid votes 11,473,975 98.40
Invalid/blank votes 186,527 1.60
Total votes 11,660,502 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 21,228,702 54.93
Source: ECI[8]

Sikkim[edit]

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Indian National Congress 11,544,698 39.25 269 –40
Lok Dal 6,304,455 21.43 84 New
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,890,884 9.83 16 +5
Janata Party 1,646,005 5.60 20 +16
Communist Party of India 894,620 3.04 6 0
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 669,031 2.27 5 New
Doordarshi Party 228,688 0.78 0 New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 198,780 0.68 2 0
Indian Congress (Socialist) 88,616 0.30 0 New
All India Forward Bloc 4,074 0.01 0 New
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,297 0.00 0 New
Republican Party of India 562 0.00 0 0
Independents 4,942,962 16.80 23 +6
Total 29,414,672 100.00 425 0
Valid votes 29,414,672 98.53
Invalid/blank votes 437,456 1.47
Total votes 29,852,128 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 65,404,531 45.64
Source: ECI[10]

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