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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections
| leader1 = [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Baramati]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Sangli]]
| seats4 = 16
| seats3 = 20
| seats2 = 54
| seats1 = 161
| leader2 = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| party4 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| type = legislative
| party3 = Janata Party
| party2 = Indian Congress (Socialist)
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Indian Congress(Socialist)
| after_election = [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| election_date = 1985
| ongoing =
| before_election = [[Babasaheb Bhosale]]
| next_year = 1990
| previous_year = 1980
| previous_election = 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
| next_election = 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
| seats_before1 = 186
| seats_before3 = 17
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 25
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 54
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 3
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
'''Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985''' was held in [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]] in March 1985, to elect 288 members to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].<ref name= pdf>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1985/Statistical_Report_Maharashtra_1985.pdf |title=Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

==Results==
[[Indian National Congress]] won majority seats in the Assembly, [[Vasantdada Patil]] became [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [[Sharad Pawar]] became Leader of the Opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf |title=Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai |website=www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] }}</ref>

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985<ref name= pdf />|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!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 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||287||161||9,522,556||43.41%||{{decrease}} 25
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Socialist)}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]]||126||54||3,790,850||17.28%||{{Increase}} 54
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||61||20||1,618,101||7.38%||{{Increase}} 20
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||67||16||1,590,351||7.25%||{{Increase}} 2
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]||29||13||825,949||3.77%||{{increase}} 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||31||2||202,790||0.92%||{{nochange}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||14||2||174,350||0.79%||{{nochange}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||1506||20||3,836,390||17.49%||{{increase}} 10
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||2230||288||21,934,742|| ||
|-
|}

== Region-wise Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Region
!Total seats
![[Indian National Congress]]
![[Indian National Congress (S)]]
![[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
![[Janata Party]]
!Others
|-
|Western Maharashtra
|70
|22
|31
|5
|1
|1
|-
|Vidarbha
|62
|51
|4
|7
|
|
|-
|Marathwada
|46
|33
|10
|2
|
|
|-
|Thane+Konkan
|39
|18
|2
|1
|
|
|-
|Mumbai
|36
|15
|1
|1
|
|
|-
|North Maharashtra
|35
|22
|6
|3
|
|
|-
!'''Total'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Spoils of five-point duel|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141020/jsp/nation/story_18944791.jsp|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>
!'''288'''
!161
!54
!20
!16
!
|}

== List of winning candidates ==
The following is the list of candidates won:
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|-
!Constituency Name || Member of Legislative Assembly || Political party || "align=right"| Votes polled
|-
| Achalpur || Sudan Deshmukh || CPI / Independent ||
|-
| Amgaon || Mahadevrao Shivankar || BJP ||
|-
| Aurangabad East || Haribhau Bagade || BJP ||
|-
|[[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] || [[Sharad Pawar]] || INC(Socialist) || 53,545
|-
| Borivali || [[Ram Naik]] || BJP ||
|-
| Chandwad || Jayachand Kasliwal || BJP ||
|-
| Chembur || Parvati Parihar || Congress ||
|-
| Dadar || Sharayu Thakur || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Devalali || Bhikchand Haribhau Donde || BJP ||
|-
| Devgad || Appa Gogte || BJP ||
|-
| Edlabad || Jaware Haribhau || ICS (Socialist Congress) ||
|-
| Goregaon (Bhandara) || Khushal Bopche || BJP ||
|-
| Goregaon (Mumbai) || [[Mrinal Gore]] || Janata Party ||
|-
| Guhagar || Shridhar Natu || BJP ||
|-
|[[Kalyan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyan]] || [[Ram Kapse]] || BJP ||
|-
|[[Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba Peth]] || Ulhas Kalokhe || Congress || 35,588
|-
| Khamgaon || Manikrao Gawande || Congress ||
|-
| Khetwadi || Premkumar Shankardatt Sharma || BJP ||
|-
| Lakhandur || Namdeorao Diwate || BJP ||
|-
| Mahim || Sham Shetty || Congress ||
|-
| Malkapur || Vasantrao Shinde || Congress ||
|-
| Matunga || V Subramanyam || Congress(I) ||
|-
|[[Mumbadevi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mumbadevi]] || Lalit Kapadia || Congress ||
|-
| Nagpur East || Avinash Pande || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Nagpur West || Gev Avari || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Nagpur North || Damuantibai Deshbhratar || Congress ||
|-
| Nagpur South || Ashok Dhawad || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Nagpur Central || Shoukat Rehman Qureshi || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Nashik || Daulatrao Aher || BJP ||
|-
| Nehrunagar || Babasaheb Bhosale || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Opera House|| Chandrashekhar Prabhu || Congress ||
|-
|[[Ratnagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ratnagiri]] || Shivajirao Jadyar || Congress ||
|-
| Raver || Gunawant Sarode || BJP ||
|-
| Sakri || Govindrao Chaudhary || BJP ||
|-
| Sangli || [[Vasantdada Patil]] || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Satara || Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle || Congress(I) ||
|-
| Shivajinagar || Anna Joshi || BJP ||
|-
| Ulhasnagar || Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani || BJP ||
|-
| Vaijapur || [[Ramkrishna Baba Patil]] || Congress ||
|-
| Vile Parle || Hans Bhugra || Congress ||
|}

==References==
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