1985 elections in India

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

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Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

NoPartySeats ContestedSeats WonSeats changeVote ShareSwing
1 Telugu Desam Party 250202+146.21%-7.50%
2 Indian National Congress 29050-1037.25%+3.67%
3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1211+62.31%+0.20%
4 Communist Party of India 1211+72.69%-0.10%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 108+31.32%-1.14%
6 Janata Party 53+20.76%-0.20%

Assam

PosPartyContestedSeatsSwing
1 Independent 10492Increase2.svg82
2 Indian National Congress 12525Decrease2.svg66
3 Indian Congress (Socialist) 724Increase2.svg2
4 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 283-
5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 392-
Total126

Bihar

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: [1]

Gujarat

Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)5,122,75355.55149+8
Janata Party1,775,33819.2514-7
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1,379,12014.9611+2
Independents (IND)856,1609.288
CPM16,5430.1800
CPI24,0130.2600
Total9,221,149100.00182±0
Valid votes7,770,19898.03
Invalid votes155,7821.97
Votes cast / turnout13,676,13151.59
Registered voters15,363,762

Himachal Pradesh

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats won % votes
1 Indian National Congress 685855.86
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 57735.87
3 Independent 6828.28
4 Lok Dal 311.44
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 Party 2051396,418,79543.60%Increase2.svg 44
Indian National Congress 223656,009,46140.82%Decrease2.svg 17
Communist Party of India 73133,0080.90%Steady2.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party 1162571,2803.88%Decrease2.svg 16
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 72127,3330.86%Decrease2.svg 1
Independents 1200131,393,6269.47%Decrease2.svg 9
Total179522414,720,634

Madhya Pradesh

Source: [4]

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
 %
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 320250+448.87
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 31158-232.42%
3 Janata Party 1725+34.01%
4 Indian National Congress (S) 301N/A0.40%
7 Independent 3206-210.82%
Total320

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 Congress 2871619,522,55643.41%Decrease2.svg 25
Indian National Congress (Socialist) 126543,790,85017.28%Increase2.svg 54
Janata Party 61201,618,1017.38%Increase2.svg 20
Bharatiya Janata Party 67161,590,3517.25%Increase2.svg 2
Peasants and Workers Party of India 2913825,9493.77%Increase2.svg 4
Communist Party of India 312202,7900.92%Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 142174,3500.79%Steady2.svg
Independents 1506203,836,39017.49%Increase2.svg 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 147117Decrease2.svg179.5940,07,25851.08Increase2.svg 3.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 271-0.6889,22515.97-
Bharatiya Janata Party 671Increase2.svg 10.682,04,3465.66Decrease2.svg 1.43
Communist Party of India 271Decrease2.svg 30.682,59,50816.12Increase2.svg 13.4
Janata Party 14021-14.2824,01,56632.03
Independent 3747N/A4.768,23,85011.54N/A
Total Seats147 (Steady2.svg )Voters1,53,37,200Turnout80,16,583 (52.27%)

Punjab

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [7]
PartycontestedSeats wonchange in seatspopular vote%
Shiromani Akali Dal 10073Increase2.svg 2326,30,27038.01
Indian National Congress 11732Decrease2.svg 3126,20,04237.86
Bharatiya Janata Party 266Increase2.svg 53,45,5604.99
Communist Party of India 381Decrease2.svg 83,07,4964.44
Janata Party 51Increase2.svg 175,3071.09
Independents 5424Increase2.svg 28,09,25411.69
Others290-1,32,8891.92
Total85711769,20,818

Puducherry

Rajasthan

India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 5,342,92046.57113–20
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,437,59421.2439+7
Lok Dal 1,360,82611.8627New
Janata Party 675,1035.8810+2
Communist Party of India 141,0631.2310
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

India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 60,37162.2030+14
Indian National Congress 23,44024.151+1
Janata Party 9130.9400
Sikkim Prajatantra Congress 4380.450–4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3360.3500
Communist Party of India 250.030New
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

India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1985.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 11,544,69839.25269–40
Lok Dal 6,304,45521.4384New
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,890,8849.8316+5
Janata Party 1,646,0055.6020+16
Communist Party of India 894,6203.0460
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 669,0312.275New
Doordarshi Party 228,6880.780New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 198,7800.6820
Indian Congress (Socialist) 88,6160.300New
All India Forward Bloc 4,0740.010New
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,2970.000New
Republican Party of India 5620.0000
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]

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