# 1985 elections in India

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

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Andhra Pradesh

| 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

| Pos | Party | Contested | Seats | Swing |
| 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

| Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Popular Vote | Percentage |
| Indian National Congress | 323 | 196 | 9,558,562 | 39.30% |
| Lok Dal | 261 | 46 | 3,573,173 | 14.69% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 234 | 16 | 1,833,275 | 7.54% |
| Janata Party | 229 | 13 | 1,754,705 | 7.21% |
| Communist Party of India | 167 | 12 | 2,154,066 | 8.86% |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 57 | 9 | 443,822 | 1.82% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 44 | 1 | 392,375 | 1.61% |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) | 59 | 1 | 160,159 | 0.66% |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 1 | 1 | 17,890 | 0.07% |
| Independents | 2804 | 29 | 4,349,057 | 17.88% |
| Total | 4237 | 324 | 24,323,868 | |
Source:

### Gujarat

| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | 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

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | % votes |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 68 | 58 | 55.86 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 57 | 7 | 35.87 |
| 3 | Independent | 68 | 2 | 8.28 |
| 4 | Lok Dal | 3 | 1 | 1.44 |
| | Total | | 68 | |
Source:

### Karnataka

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

### Madhya Pradesh

Source:
| 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 :
| 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% | 25 |
| Indian National Congress (Socialist) | 126 | 54 | 3,790,850 | 17.28% | 54 |
| Janata Party | 61 | 20 | 1,618,101 | 7.38% | 20 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 67 | 16 | 1,590,351 | 7.25% | 2 |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 29 | 13 | 825,949 | 3.77% | 4 |
| Communist Party of India | 31 | 2 | 202,790 | 0.92% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14 | 2 | 174,350 | 0.79% | |
| Independents | 1506 | 20 | 3,836,390 | 17.49% | 10 |
| Total | 2230 | 288 | 21,934,742 | | |

### Odisha

Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election :
| Political Party | Seats Contested | Won | Net Change in seats | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % |
| Indian National Congress | 147 | 117 | 1 | 79.59 | 40,07,258 | 51.08 | 3.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 27 | 1 | - | 0.68 | 89,225 | 15.97 | - |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0.68 | 2,04,346 | 5.66 | 1.43 |
| Communist Party of India | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0.68 | 2,59,508 | 16.12 | 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 ( ) | Voters | 1,53,37,200 | Turnout | 80,16,583 (52.27%) | 80,16,583 (52.27%) |

### Punjab

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

### Rajasthan

| | 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 | Total | 11,473,975 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 11,473,975 | 98.40 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 186,527 | 1.60 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 11,660,502 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 21,228,702 | 54.93 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Sikkim

| | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 60,371 | 62.20 | 30 | +14 |
| | Indian National Congress | 23,440 | 24.15 | 1 | +1 |
| | Janata Party | 913 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sikkim Prajatantra Congress | 438 | 0.45 | 0 | –4 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 336 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India | 25 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 11,534 | 11.88 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 97,057 | 100.00 | 32 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 97,057 | 97.61 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,378 | 2.39 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 99,435 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 155,041 | 64.13 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Uttar Pradesh

| | 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 | Total | 29,414,672 | 100.00 | 425 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 29,414,672 | 98.53 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 437,456 | 1.47 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 29,852,128 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 65,404,531 | 45.64 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||