Elections in the Republic of India in ''1985'' included elections to fourteen state legislative assemblies.
Legislative Assembly elections
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
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Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
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Karnataka
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center, Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Seats Contested
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Number of Votes
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Seat change
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Janata Party, , 205, , 139, , 6,418,795, , 43.60%, , 44
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Indian National Congress, , 223, , 65, , 6,009,461, , 40.82%, , 17
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Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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, , 7, , 3, , 133,008, , 0.90%, ,
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Bharatiya Janata Party, , 116, , 2, , 571,280, , 3.88%, , 16
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Communist Party of India (Marxist), , 7, , 2, , 127,333, , 0.86%, , 1
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Independents, , 1200, , 13, , 1,393,626, , 9.47%, , 9
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Madhya Pradesh
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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!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
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Indian National Congress, , 287, , 161, , 9,522,556, , 43.41%, , 25
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Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S)) also known as Congress (Secular) was a political party in India between 1978 and 1986.
The party was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress. Initially the party was known as the Indian Natio ...
, , 126, , 54, , 3,790,850, , 17.28%, , 54
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Janata Party, , 61, , 20, , 1,618,101, , 7.38%, , 20
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Bharatiya Janata Party, , 67, , 16, , 1,590,351, , 7.25%, , 2
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Peasants and Workers Party of India
The Peasants and Workers Party of India is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded on 13.06.1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 1,00,000 members. The influence of the party is lar ...
, , 29, , 13, , 825,949, , 3.77%, , 4
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Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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, , 31, , 2, , 202,790, , 0.92%, ,
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Communist Party of India (Marxist), , 14, , 2, , 174,350, , 0.79%, ,
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Independents, , 1506, , 20, , 3,836,390, , 17.49%, , 10
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Odisha
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! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
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Indian National Congress
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, 147 , , 117
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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, 27 , , 1 , , - , , 0.68 , , 89,225 , , 15.97 , , -
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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, 67 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0.68, , 2,04,346, , 5.66 , , 1.43
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Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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, 27 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0.68 , , 2,59,508 , , 16.12 , , 13.4
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Janata Party
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, 140 , , 21 , , - , , 14.28 , , 24,01,566 , , 32.03 , ,
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, 374 , , 7 , , N/A , , 4.76 , , 8,23,850 , , 11.54 , , N/A
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! 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
Puducherry
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Uttar Pradesh
References
External links
Election Commission of India
{{Legislatures of India
State Assembly elections in India