1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1985 Bihar legislative assembly election
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  1980 2nd and 5th March 1985 1990  

324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,880,751
Turnout56.27%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader Bindeshwari Dubey Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party INC LKD
Seats won19646
Popular vote9,558,5623,573,173
Percentage39.30%14.69%

CM before election

Chandrashekhar Singh
INC

Elected CM

Bindeshwari Dubey
INC

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in March 1985 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and the popular vote and Bindeshwari Dubey became the new Chief Minister of Bihar. [1]

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Result

India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
PartyParty FlagSeats ContestedSeats WonPopular VotePercentage
Indian National Congress 3231969,558,56239.30%
Lok Dal No flag.svg 261463,573,17314.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party 234161,833,2757.54%
Janata Party No flag.svg 229131,754,7057.21%
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 167122,154,0668.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha No flag.svg 579443,8221.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg 441392,3751.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist) No flag.svg 591160,1590.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India SUCI flag.svg 1117,8900.07%
Independents No flag.svg 2804294,349,05717.88%
Total423732424,323,868

Source: [2]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
DhanahaNoneNardeshwar Prasad Kushwaha Lok Dal
BaghaSCTriloki Harijan Indian National Congress
RamnagarNoneArjun Vikram Sah Indian National Congress
ShikarpurSCNarsingh Baitha Indian National Congress
SiktaNoneDharmesh Prasad Verma Janata Party
LauriaNoneVishwa Mohan Sharma Indian National Congress
ChanpatiaNoneBirbal Sharma Communist Party of India
BettiahNoneGauri Shanker Pandey Indian National Congress
NautanNoneKamla Pandey Indian National Congress
RaxaulNoneSagir Ahmad Indian National Congress
SugauliNoneSuresh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
MotihariNoneTriveni Tiwari Communist Party of India
AdapurNone Hari Shanker Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
DhakaNone Motiur Rahman Indian National Congress
GhorasahanNonePramod Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
MadhubanNone Sitaram Singh Janata Party
PipraSCNand Lal Chaudhary Indian National Congress
KesariyaNoneRai Hari Shankar Sharma Indian National Congress
HarsidhiNoneMd. Hedaitullah Khan Indian National Congress
GobindganjNoneYogendra Pandey Independent
KateyaNone Bachcha Choubey Janata Party
BhoreSCAnil Kumar Indian National Congress
MirganjNoneParbhudayal Singh Indian National Congress
GopalganjNoneSurendra Singh Independent
BarauliNoneAdnan Khan Indian National Congress
BaikunthpurNoneBraj Kishore Narain Singh Indian National Congress
BasantpurNoneManik Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
GoreakothiNoneIndra Deo Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
SiwanNone Awadh Bihari Choudhary Janata Party
MairwaSCGorakh Ram Indian National Congress
DarauliNone Shiv Shankar Yadav Lok Dal
ZiradeiNoneTribhuan Singh Indian National Congress
MaharajganjNoneUma Shanker Singh Janata Party
RaghunathpurNone Vijay Shanker Dubey Indian National Congress
ManjhiNone Budhan Prasad Yadav Independent
BaniapurNoneUma Pnadey Indian National Congress
MasrakhNone Prabhu Nath Singh Independent
TaraiyaNoneRam Das Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
MarhauraNoneBhishma Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
JalalpurNoneSudhir Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
ChapraNoneJanak Yadav Independent
GarkhaSCRaghunandan Manjhi Indian National Congress
ParsaNone Chandrika Roy Indian National Congress
SonepurNone Lalu Prasad Yadav Lok Dal
HajipurNoneMoti Lal Sinha Kanan Lok Dal
RaghopurNone Uday Narayan Rai Lok Dal
MahnarNoneMunshi Lal Rai Lok Dal
JandahaNone Tulsidas Mehta Lok Dal
PatepurSCBaleshwar Singh Paswan Indian National Congress
MahuaSC Dasai Chaudhary Lok Dal
LalganjNoneBharat Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
VaishaliNone Brishin Patel Lok Dal
ParuNoneUsha Singh Lok Dal
SahebganjNoneShiv Sharan Singh Indian National Congress
BarurajNoneShashi Kumar Rai Lok Dal
KantiNoneNalini Ranjan Singh Socialist Unity Centre of India
KurhaniNoneSheonandan Rai Indian National Congress
SakraSCShivnandan Paswan Lok Dal
MuzaffarpurNoneRaghunath Pandey Indian National Congress
BochahaSC Ramai Ram Lok Dal
GaighattiNoneVirendra Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
AuraiNone Ganesh Prasad Yadav Janata Party
MinapurNone Hind Keshari Yadav Lok Dal
RunisaidpurNoneNawal Kishore Shahi Janata Party
BelsandNone Raghubansh Prasad Singh Lok Dal
SheoharNone Raghunath Jha Janata Party
SitamarhiNoneKhalil Ansari Indian National Congress
BathnahaNoneRam Niwas Indian National Congress
MajorganjSCRam Vriksh Ram Indian National Congress
SonbarsaNone Karpoori Thakur Lok Dal
SursandNoneRavindra Prasad Sahi Independent
PupriNoneRam Briksh Chaudhary Indian National Congress
BenipattiNoneYugeshwar Jha Indian National Congress
BisfiNone Shakeel Ahmad Indian National Congress
HarlakhiNoneMithilesh Kumar Pandey Indian National Congress
KhajauliSCBilat Paswan Vihangam Indian National Congress
BabubarhiNoneGuna Nand Jha Indian National Congress
MadhubaniNonePadma Chaubey Indian National Congress
PandaulNoneKumud Ranjan Jha Indian National Congress
JhanjharpurNone Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress
PhulparasNone Hemlata Yadav Indian National Congress
LaukahaNoneAbdul Hai Payami Indian National Congress
MadhepurNoneHarkhu Jha Indian National Congress
ManigachhiNone Madan Mohan Jha Indian National Congress
BaheraNoneMahendra Jha Azad Independent
GhanshyampurNoneMahabir Prasad Lok Dal
BaheriNonePermanand Thakur Indian National Congress
Darbhanga RuralSCRamchandra Paswan Indian National Congress
DarbhangaNoneAsfak Ansari Indian National Congress
KeotiNoneKlim Ahmad Indian National Congress
JaleNoneLokesh Nath Jha Indian National Congress
HayaghatNoneUmadhar Prasad Singh Independent
KalyanpurNone Basistha Narain Singh Lok Dal
WarisnagarSCRamsevak Hazari Independent
SamastipurNoneAshok Singh Lok Dal
SarairanjanNoneRamashray Ishwar Indian National Congress
Mohiuddin NagarNoneAnugrah Narain Singh Indian National Congress
DalsinghsaraiNone Vijay Kumar Choudhary Indian National Congress
BibhutpurNoneChandra Vali Thakur Indian National Congress
RoseraSCBhola Mandar Lok Dal
SinghiaNoneAshok Kumar Indian National Congress
HasanpurNone Rajendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
BaliaNoneSamsu Zeha Indian National Congress
MatihaniNonePramod Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress
BegusaraiNone Bhola Singh Indian National Congress
BarauniNoneShakuntala Sinha Communist Party of India
BachwaraNoneAyodhya Prasad Singh Communist Party of India
Cheria BariarpurNoneHarihar Mahto Indian National Congress
BakhriSCRam Vinod Paswan Communist Party of India
RaghopurNoneAmarendra Mishra Indian National Congress
KishunpurNoneVishwanath Gurmita Indian National Congress
SupaulNonePramod Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
TribeniganjNone Anup Lal Yadav Lok Dal
ChhatapurSCKumbh Nr. Sardar Indian National Congress
KumarkhandSCNawal Kishore Bharti Lok Dal
SingheshwarNoneRamendra Kumar Yadav Ravi Lok Dal
SaharsaNoneSatish Chandra Jha Indian National Congress
MahishiNoneLahtan Choudhary Indian National Congress
Simri-bakhtiarpurNoneChoudhary Mohammad Salahiddin Indian National Congress
MadhepuraNoneBholi Prasad Mandal Indian National Congress
SonbarsaNone Surya Narayan Yadav Lok Dal
KishanganjNoneRajnandan Prasad Lok Dal
AlamnagarNoneBirendra Ku. Singh Lok Dal
RupauliNoneDinesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
DhamdahaNoneAmar Nath Tiwari Indian National Congress
BanmankhiSCRasik Lal Rishideo Indian National Congress
RaniganjSCYamuna Pd. Ram Indian National Congress
NarpatganjNone Indra Nand Yadav Indian National Congress
ForbesganjNoneSaryu Mishra Indian National Congress
ArariaNoneHalimuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress
SiktiNone Rameshwar Yadav Indian National Congress
JokihatNone Taslimuddin Janata Party
BahadurganjNoneNajmudin Indian National Congress
ThakurganjNoneMohamad Husen Azad Indian National Congress
KishanganjNoneMd. Mustaque Lok Dal
AmourNoneJalil Independent
BaisiNoneAbdus Subhan Lok Dal
KasbaNoneSyed Gulam Hussain Indian National Congress
PurneaNone Ajit Sarkar Communist Party of India
KorhaSCVishwa Nath Rishi Indian National Congress
BarariNoneMansoor Alam Lok Dal
KatiharNoneSatya Narayan Prasad Indian National Congress
KadwaNoneUsman Ghani Indian National Congress
BarsoiNoneByula Doja Indian National Congress
PranpurNoneMangan Insan Indian National Congress
ManihariNoneMd. Mobarak Hussain Indian National Congress
RajmahalNoneDhruva Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
BorioSTJon Hembrom Indian National Congress
BarhaitST Thomas Hansda Indian National Congress
LitiparaST Simon Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PakaurNoneHazi Muhammad Ainul Haque Indian National Congress
MaheshpurSTDebidhan Basera Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
SikariparaSTDavid Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
NalaNoneBisheshwar Khan Communist Party of India
JamtaraNone Furkan Ansari Indian National Congress
SarathNoneUdai Shanker Singh Independent
MadhupurNoneKrishna Nand Jha Indian National Congress
DeogharSC Baidyanath Das Indian National Congress
JarmundiNoneAbhay Kant Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
DumkaST Stephan Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JamaST Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PoreyahatNoneSuraj Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GoddaNoneSumrit Mandal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
MahagamaNoneAwadh Bihari Singh Indian National Congress
PirpaintiNoneDilip Kumar Sinha Indian National Congress
ColgongNone Sadanand Singh Independent
NathnagarNone ChunChun Prasad Yadav Lok Dal
BhagalpurNone Sheo Chandra Jha Indian National Congress
GopalpurNoneMadan Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BihpurNoneRajendra Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress
SultanganjSCUmesh Chandras Das Indian National Congress
AmarpurNoneNeel Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
DhuraiyaSCRamroop Harijan Indian National Congress
BankaNone Chandra Shekhar Singh Indian National Congress
BelharNoneSiyaram Rai Indian National Congress
KatoriaNone Suresh Prasad Yadav Indian Congress
ChakaiNoneNarendra Singh Indian National Congress
JhajhaNone Sheonandan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
TarapurNone Shakuni Choudhary Independent
KharagpurNoneRajendra Pd. Singh Indian National Congress
ParbattaNoneRam Chandra Mishra Indian National Congress
ChauthamNoneKamleshwari Singh Indian National Congress
KhagariaNoneSatdeo Singh Indian National Congress
AlauliSC Pashupati Kumar Paras Lok Dal
MonghyrNone Ramdeo Singh Yadav Lok Dal
JamalpurNoneUpendra Prasad Verma Lok Dal
SurajgarhaNoneAlakh Sharma Indian National Congress
JamuiNoneSushil Kr Singh Indian National Congress
SikandraSC Rameshwar Paswan Indian National Congress
LakhisaraiNoneKrishna Chandra Prasad Singh Janata Party
SheikhpuraNone Rajo Singh Independent
BarbighaSC Mahavir Chaudhary Indian National Congress
AsthawanNoneRaghunath Prasad Independent
BiharNoneShakil Uzzama Indian National Congress
RajgirSC Satyadeo Narain Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
NalandaNoneShyam Sunder Singh Indian National Congress
IslampurNoneRam Swaroop Prasad Indian National Congress
HilsaNoneSurendra Prasad Tarun Indian National Congress
ChandiNoneAnil Kumar Indian National Congress
HarnautNone Nitish Kumar Lok Dal
MokamehNoneShyam Sunder Singh Indian National Congress
BarhNoneBhuneshwar Singh Indian National Congress
BakhtiarpurNone Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
FatwaSCPunit Roy Lok Dal
MasaurhiNonePunam Devi Indian National Congress
Patna WestNone Rama Nand Yadav Independent
Patna CentralNoneAkeel Haider Indian National Congress
Patna EastNoneSharat Kumar Jain Indian National Congress
DinapurNoneBijendra Rai Independent
ManerNoneRajmati Devi Indian National Congress
PhulwariSCSanjaeev Prasad Ton Tony Indian National Congress
BikramNone Ram Nath Yadav Communist Party of India
PaliganjNone Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
SandeshNoneSonadhari Lok Dal
BarharaNoneRaghvendra Pratap Singh Janata Party
ArrahNoneS. M. Isha Indian National Congress
ShahpurNone Vindeshwari Dubey Indian National Congress
BrahmpurNoneRishikesh Tiwary Indian National Congress
BuxarNoneSri Kant Pathak Indian National Congress
RajpurSCRam Narain Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
DumraonNone Basant Singh Indian National Congress
JagdishpurNoneHari Narayan Singh Lok Dal
PiroNone Raghupati Gop Lok Dal
SaharSCJyoti Indian National Congress
KarakatNoneShashi Rani Mishra Indian National Congress
BikramganjNoneMeghraj Madhavi Lok Dal
DinaraNoneLakshuman Rai Indian National Congress
RamgarhNone Jagdanand Singh Lok Dal
MohaniaSC Mahabir Paswan Indian National Congress
BhabhuaNoneRam Lal Singh Communist Party of India
ChainpurNoneParvej Ahsan Khan Indian National Congress
SasaramNoneRam Sewak Singh Lok Dal
ChenariSC Chhedi Paswan Lok Dal
NokhaNone Sumitra Devi Indian National Congress
DehriNone Khalid Anwar Ansari Indian National Congress
NabinagarNoneRaghubansh Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
DeoSCDilkeshwar Ram Indian National Congress
AurangabadNone Brij Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
RafiganjNoneVijay Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
ObraNone Ram Vilas Singh Lok Dal
GohNoneDeo Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress
ArwalNoneKrishna Nandan Prasad Singh Independent
KurthaNoneNagmani Independent
MakhdumpurNone Ram Jatan Sinha Indian National Congress
JahanabadNone Syed Asghar Hussain Indian National Congress
GhosiNone Jagdish Sharma Indian National Congress
BelaganjNoneAbhi Ram Sharma Indian National Congress
KonchNone Janki Yadav Lok Dal
Gaya MufassilNoneAwades Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
Gaya TownNoneJai Kumar Palit Indian National Congress
ImamganjSCSri Chand Singh Indian National Congress
GuruaNoneMd. Khan Ali Indian National Congress
Bodh GayaSCRajesh Kumar Lok Dal
BarachattiSCG.s.ramchander Das Indian National Congress
FatehpurSC Jitan Ram Manjhi Indian National Congress
AtriNoneRanjeet Signh Indian National Congress
NawadaNoneNarendra Kumar Indian National Congress
RajauliSCBanwari Ram Independent
GobindpurNoneGayatree Devi Indian National Congress
WarsaliganjNoneBandi Shankar Singh Indian National Congress
HisuaNoneAditya Singh Independent
KodarmaNoneRajendra Nath Dawan Indian National Congress
BarhiNoneNiranjan Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
ChatraSC Mahendra Prasad Singh Bhogta Bharatiya Janata Party
SimariaSCIshwari Ram Paswan Indian National Congress
BarkagaonNoneRamendra Kumar Communist Party of India
RamgarhNoneJamuna Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress
ManduNoneTek Lal Mahto Independent
HazaribaghNoneH.h.rahman Indian National Congress
BarkathaNoneLambodar Pathak Indian National Congress
DhanwarNoneHarihar Narayan Prabhakar Bharatiya Janata Party
BagodarNoneGautam Sagar Rana Lok Dal
JamuaSCBaldeo Hazra Communist Party of India
GandeyNone Salkhan Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GiridihNoneOm Lal Azad Communist Party of India
DumriNoneShiva Mahto Independent
GomiaNoneMadhava Lal Singh Independent
BermoNoneRajendra Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BokaroNoneSamaresh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
TundiNoneSatya Narayan Dudani Bharatiya Janata Party
BaghmaraNone Om Prakash Lal Indian National Congress
SindriNone Vinod Vihari Mahato Independent
NirsaNoneKripa Shanker Chatterjee Indian National Congress
DhanbadNoneSurendra Prasad Roy Indian National Congress
JhariaNone Suryadeo Singh Janata Party
ChandankiyariSCLata Devi (mali) Indian National Congress
BaharagoraNoneDevi Pada Upadhyay Communist Party of India
GhatsilaSTKaran Chandra Mardi Indian National Congress
PotkaSTSonatan Sardar Indian National Congress
JugsalaiSCTrilochan Kalindi Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur EastNoneDarayus Nariman Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur WestNone Mrigendra Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
IchagarhNonePrabhat K. A. Deo Indian National Congress
SeraikellaSTKrishna Madri Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
ChaibasaSTRadhey Munda Bharatiya Janata Party
MajhgaonSTDevendra Nath Champia Indian National Congress
JaganathpurSTAnkura Ho Doreiburu Indian National Congress
ManoharpurSTDevendra Manjhi Independent
ChakradharpurSTJagarnath Bakira Bharatiya Janata Party
KharasawanST Vijay Singh Soy Independent
TamarSTTirumuchi Rai Munda Indian National Congress
TorpaSTNiral Enem Horo Independent
KhuntiSTSushila Kerketta Indian National Congress
SilliNone Keshav Mahto Kamlesh Indian National Congress
KhijriSTGomeshri Manki Indian National Congress
RanchiNoneJai Prakash Gupta Indian National Congress
HatiaNone Subodh Kant Sahay Janata Party
KankeSCHari Ram Indian National Congress
MandarSTGanga Bhagat Indian National Congress
SisaiSTBandi Oraon Indian National Congress
KolebiraSTBirsing Munda Independent
SimdegaSTNirmal Kumar Besra Bharatiya Janata Party
GumlaSTBairagi Oraon Indian National Congress
BishnupurSTBhukhala Bhagat Indian National Congress
LohardagaSTIndra Nath Bhagat Indian National Congress
LateharSCHaridarshan Ram Indian National Congress
ManikaSTYamuna Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
PankiNoneSankteshwar Singh Indian National Congress
DaltonganjNoneIshwar Chandra Pandey Indian National Congress
GarhwaNoneGopi Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BhawanathpurNoneRaj Rajendra Pratap Deo Indian National Congress
BishrampurNone Chandrashekhar Dubey Indian National Congress
ChhatarpurSC Radha Krishna Kishor Indian National Congress
HussainabadNone Harihar Singh Indian National Congress

References

  1. "List of Chief Ministers of Bihar till date (1950-2022)…".
  2. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR