Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 8 and 9 September 1985.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party remained the largest party in the

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, winning 71 of the 157 seats. It was the first election since 1885 in which the

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failed to win a seat.

Results

Seat distribution

References

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