1985 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1984 elections in India 1984 1985 1987 elections in India 1987 Elections in the Republic of India in 1985 included elections to fourteen state legislative assemblies. Overall result Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps3 February 1985 Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress Arjun Singh Indian National Congress Arjun Singh 50px Uttar PradeshIndian National CongressNarayan Dutt TiwariIndian National CongressNarayan Dutt Tiwari 50px5 March 1985Andhra PradeshTelugu Desam PartyN. T. Rama RaoTelugu Desam PartyN. T. Rama Rao50pxGujarat Indian National CongressMadhav Singh Solanki Indian National CongressMadhav Singh Solanki 50px2 and 5 March 1985 Bihar Indian National CongressChandrashekhar Singh Indian National CongressBindeshwari Dubey50pxMaharashtra Indian National CongressVasantdada Patil Indian National CongressVasantdada Patil50pxHimachal PradeshIndian National CongressVirbhadra Singh Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh 50px Karnataka Janata Party Ramakrishna Hegde Janata Party Ramakrishna Hegde 50px3 May 1985PondicherryPresident's Rule Indian National CongressM. O. H. Farook50px Rajasthan Indian National Congress Hari Dev Joshi Indian National Congress Hari Dev Joshi 50pxSikkimPresident's Rule Sikkim Sangram ParishadNar Bahadur Bhandari50px 26 September 1985 PunjabPresident's Rule Shiromani Akali Dal Surjith Singh Barnala 50pxOdisha Indian National Congress Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Indian National Congress Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 50px AssamIndian National Congress Hiteswar SaikiaIndependent (politician) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 50px Legislative Assembly elections Andhra Pradesh 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election No Party Seats Contested Seats Won Seats change Vote Share Swing 1 Telugu Desam Party 250 202 +1 46.21% -7.50% 2 Indian National Congress 290 50 -10 37.25% +3.67% 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 11 +6 2.31% +0.20% 4 Communist Party of India 12 11 +7 2.69% -0.10% 5 Bharatiya Janata Party 10 8 +3 1.32% -1.14% 6 Janata Party 5 3 +2 0.76% -0.20% Assam 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election Pos Party Contested SeatsSwing 1 Independent 104 92 82 2 Indian National Congress 125 25 66 3 Indian Congress (Socialist) 72 4 2 4 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 28 3 - 5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 39 2 - Total 126 Bihar 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Party Party Flag Seats Contested Seats Won Popular Vote PercentageIndian National Congress 323 196 9,558,562 39.30%Lok Dal 45px 261 46 3,573,173 14.69%Bharatiya Janata Party 234 16 1,833,275 7.54% Janata Party 45px 229 13 1,754,705 7.21%Communist Party of India 45px 167 12 2,154,066 8.86%Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 45px 57 9 443,822 1.82%Communist Party of India (Marxist) 45px 44 1 392,375 1.61%Indian Congress (Socialist) 45px 59 1 160,159 0.66%Socialist Unity Centre of India 45px 1 1 17,890 0.07% Independents 45px 2804 29 4,349,057 17.88%Total 4237 324 24,323,868 Source:Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR Gujarat 1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % Won +/− Indian National Congress (INC) 5,122,75355.55149 +8Janata Party1,775,33819.2514 -7 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1,379,12014.96 11+2 Independents (IND) 856,160 9.28 8CPM16,5430.1800CPI24,0130.2600Total 9,221,149 100.00 182 ±0Valid votes7,770,19898.03Invalid votes155,7821.97Votes cast / turnout13,676,13151.59Registered voters 15,363,762 Himachal Pradesh 1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes1Indian National Congress685855.862Bharatiya Janata Party57735.873Independent6828.284Lok Dal311.44 Total 68 Source:http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Karnataka 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India Election Commission of India yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Contested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%|| 44 |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%|| 17 |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%|| |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%|| 16 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1 |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9 |- | |align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634|||| |- |} Madhya Pradesh 1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Source:STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH http://eci.nic.in/archive/nov2003/background/s12/MP-LA85.htm eci.nic.in Election Commission of India 27 May 2018 SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon 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 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1985/Statistical_Report_Maharashtra_1985.pdf Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra Election Commission of India yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||287||161||9,522,556||43.41%|| 25 |- | Indian National Congress (Socialist) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Socialist)||126||54||3,790,850||17.28%|| 54 |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party||61||20||1,618,101||7.38%|| 20 |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||67||16||1,590,351||7.25%|| 2 |- | Peasants and Workers Party of India |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||29||13||825,949||3.77%|| 4 |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||31||2||202,790||0.92%|| |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||14||2||174,350||0.79%|| |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||1506||20||3,836,390||17.49%|| 10 |- | |align="left"|Total||2230||288||21,934,742|| || |- |} Odisha 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly electionOrissa 1985 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3625-orissa-1985/ 2021-06-17 Election Commission of India en-IN yes |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 147 || 117 || 1 || 79.59 || 40,07,258 || 51.08 || 3.3 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | 27 || 1 || - || 0.68 || 89,225 || 15.97 || - |- | Bharatiya Janata Party | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party | | 67 || 1 || 1 || 0.68|| 2,04,346|| 5.66 || 1.43 |- | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 27 || 1 || 3 || 0.68 || 2,59,508 || 16.12 || 13.4 |- | Janata Party | style="text-align:left;" |Janata Party | | 140 || 21 || - || 14.28 || 24,01,566 || 32.03 || |- | Independent politician | | 374 || 7 || N/A || 4.76 || 8,23,850 || 11.54 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 147 ( ) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,53,37,200 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|80,16,583 (52.27%) |} Punjab 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985Partycontested Seats won change in seats popular vote %Shiromani Akali Dal10073 2326,30,27038.01Indian National Congress11732 3126,20,04237.86Bharatiya Janata Party266 53,45,5604.99Communist Party of India381 83,07,4964.44Janata Party51 175,3071.09Independents5424 28,09,25411.69Others 290 -1,32,8891.92Total85711769,20,818 Puducherry 1985 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1985.svg Indian National Congress 98601 15 5 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87754 5 9 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 47521 6 6 Janata Party 25966 2 1 Others 22609 0 0 Independents 19273 2 0 0 2808 388472 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3430-puducherry-1985/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Rajasthan 1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1985.svg Indian National Congress 5342920 113 –20 Bharatiya Janata Party 2437594 39 +7 Lok Dal 1360826 27 New Janata Party 675103 10 +2 Communist Party of India 141063 1 0 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 74176 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 66921 0 –1 Indian Congress (Socialist) 9731 0 New Independents 1365641 10 –2 0 186527 21228702 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3389-rajasthan-1985/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 28 December 2021 Sikkim 1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election File:India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1985.svg Sikkim Sangram Parishad 60371 30 +14 Indian National Congress 23440 1 +1 Janata Party 913 0 0 Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 438 0 –4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 336 0 0 Communist Party of India 25 0 New Independents 11534 1 0 0 2378 155041 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim Election Commission of India Uttar Pradesh 1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1985.svg Indian National Congress 11544698 269 –40 Lok Dal 6304455 84 New Bharatiya Janata Party 2890884 16 +5 Janata Party 1646005 20 +16 Communist Party of India 894620 6 0 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 669031 5 New Doordarshi Party 228688 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 198780 2 0 Indian Congress (Socialist) 88616 0 New All India Forward Bloc 4074 0 New Revolutionary Socialist Party 1297 0 New Republican Party of India 562 0 0 Independents 4942962 23 +6 0 437456 65404531 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3255-uttar-pradesh-1985 Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Election Commission of India 16 January 2022 References External links Election Commission of India Category:1985 elections in India India Category:1985 in Indian politics Category:Elections in India by year