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

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

NoPartySeats ContestedSeats WonSeats changeVote ShareSwing
1Telugu Desam Party250202+146.21%-7.50%
2Indian National Congress29050-1037.25%+3.67%
3Communist Party of India (Marxist)1211+62.31%+0.20%
4Communist Party of India1211+72.69%-0.10%
5Bharatiya Janata Party108+31.32%-1.14%
6Janata Party53+20.76%-0.20%

Assam

Pos Party Contested Seats Swing
1 Independent 104 92 Increase82
2 Indian National Congress 125 25 Decrease66
3 Indian Congress (Socialist) 72 4 Increase2
4 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 28 3 -
5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 39 2 -
Total126

Bihar

PartyParty FlagSeats ContestedSeats WonPopular VotePercentage
Indian National Congress3231969,558,56239.30%
Lok Dal261463,573,17314.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party234161,833,2757.54%
Janata Party229131,754,7057.21%
Communist Party of India167122,154,0668.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha579443,8221.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)441392,3751.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)591160,1590.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India1117,8900.07%
Independents2804294,349,05717.88%
Total423732424,323,868

Source:[1]

Gujarat

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes  % Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,122,75355.55 149 +8
Janata Party 1,775,338 19.25 14 -7
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,379,120 14.96 11+2
Independents (IND) 856,1609.28 8
CPM 16,543 0.18 0 0
CPI 24,013 0.26 0 0
Total 9,221,149100.00 182±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

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won  % votes
1Indian National Congress685855.86
2Bharatiya Janata Party57735.87
3Independent6828.28
4Lok Dal311.44
Total 68

Source:[2]

Karnataka

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 Party2051396,418,79543.60%Increase 44
Indian National Congress223656,009,46140.82%Decrease 17
Communist Party of India73133,0080.90%Steady
Bharatiya Janata Party1162571,2803.88%Decrease 16
Communist Party of India (Marxist)72127,3330.86%Decrease 1
Independents1200131,393,6269.47%Decrease 9
Total179522414,720,634

Madhya Pradesh

Source:[4]

SN Party Seats
Contested		 Seats
won		 Seats
Changed		  %
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 320 250 +4 48.87
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 311 58 -2 32.42%
3 Janata Party 172 5 +3 4.01%
4 Indian National Congress (S) 30 1 N/A 0.40%
7 Independent 320 6 -2 10.82%
Total 320

Maharashtra

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 Congress2871619,522,55643.41%Decrease 25
Indian National Congress (Socialist)126543,790,85017.28%Increase 54
Janata Party61201,618,1017.38%Increase 20
Bharatiya Janata Party67161,590,3517.25%Increase 2
Peasants and Workers Party of India2913825,9493.77%Increase 4
Communist Party of India312202,7900.92%Steady
Communist Party of India (Marxist)142174,3500.79%Steady
Independents1506203,836,39017.49%Increase 10
Total223028821,934,742

Odisha

Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[6]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		 % of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 147117 Decrease179.5940,07,25851.08Increase 3.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 271-0.6889,22515.97-
Bharatiya Janata Party 671Increase 10.682,04,3465.66Decrease 1.43
Communist Party of India 271Decrease 30.682,59,50816.12Increase 13.4
Janata Party 14021-14.2824,01,56632.03
Independent 3747N/A4.768,23,85011.54N/A
Total Seats147 (Steady )Voters1,53,37,200Turnout80,16,583 (52.27%)

Punjab

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

Rajasthan

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress5,342,92046.57113–20
Bharatiya Janata Party2,437,59421.2439+7
Lok Dal1,360,82611.8627New
Janata Party675,1035.8810+2
Communist Party of India141,0631.2310
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)74,1760.650New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)66,9210.580–1
Indian Congress (Socialist)9,7310.080New
Independents1,365,64111.9010–2
Total11,473,975100.002000
Valid votes11,473,97598.40
Invalid/blank votes186,5271.60
Total votes11,660,502100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,228,70254.93
Source: ECI[8]

Sikkim

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sikkim Sangram Parishad60,37162.2030+14
Indian National Congress23,44024.151+1
Janata Party9130.9400
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress4380.450–4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)3360.3500
Communist Party of India250.030New
Independents11,53411.8810
Total97,057100.00320
Valid votes97,05797.61
Invalid/blank votes2,3782.39
Total votes99,435100.00
Registered voters/turnout155,04164.13
Source: ECI[9]

Uttar Pradesh

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress11,544,69839.25269–40
Lok Dal6,304,45521.4384New
Bharatiya Janata Party2,890,8849.8316+5
Janata Party1,646,0055.6020+16
Communist Party of India894,6203.0460
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)669,0312.275New
Doordarshi Party228,6880.780New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)198,7800.6820
Indian Congress (Socialist)88,6160.300New
All India Forward Bloc4,0740.010New
Revolutionary Socialist Party1,2970.000New
Republican Party of India5620.0000
Independents4,942,96216.8023+6
Total29,414,672100.004250
Valid votes29,414,67298.53
Invalid/blank votes437,4561.47
Total votes29,852,128100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,404,53145.64
Source: ECI[10]

References

  1. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  2. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  6. ↑ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985".
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim". Election Commission of India.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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