The 1985 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in March 1985. A total of 288 seats were contested.

List of participating political parties

Results

The

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

won the majority of seats. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar became

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker.

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Mini ...

became leader of the opposition.

Party results

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, , 287, , 161, , 25 ''(from INC(I) seats)'', , 9,522,556, , 43.41%, , 1.09% ''(from INC(I) vote share)'' , - , , align="left",

Indian 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, , 7 ''(from INC(U) seats)'', , 3,790,850, , 17.28%, , 3.21% ''(from INC(U) vote share)'' , - , , align="left",

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

, , 61, , 20, , 3, , 1,618,101, , 7.38%, , 1.23% , - , , align="left",

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, , 67, , 16, , 2, , 1,590,351, , 7.25%, , 2.13% , - , , align="left", Peasants and Workers Party of India, , 29, , 13, , 4, , 825,949, , 3.77%, , 0.37% , - , , align="left",

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. H ...

, , 31, , 2, , , , 202,790, , 0.92%, , 0.39% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

, , 14, , 2, , , , 174,350, , 0.79%, , 0.14% , - , , 54 , 0 , , 220,230 , 1.00% , 0.24% , - , , align="left",

Republican Party of India (Khobragade) The Republican Party of India (Khobragade) is a political party in India, a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and named for its leader, B. D. Khobragade. The National President is now Sunil Harishchandra Ramteke. RPI(K) has now ...

, , 16, , 0, , 1, , 113,632, , 0.52%, , 0.84% , - , , align="left", Independents, , 1506, , 20, , 10, , 3,836,390, , 17.49%, , 9.46% , -style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , align="left", Total, , 2230, , 288, , , , 21,934,742, , 59.17%, , 5.87% , -

Regional results

Elected members

References

{{Maharashtra State Assembly election State Assembly elections in Maharashtra 1980s in Maharashtra

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 ...