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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1985|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3625-orissa-1985/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1990
| election_date = 1985
| seats_for_election = All 147 seats in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.JPG
| leader1 = [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Athagarh]] & [[Khurda (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khurda]]
| seats1 = 117
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote1 = 40,07,258
| percentage1 = 51.08
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.3
| image2 = Biju-Patnaik.jpg
| leader2 = [[Biju Patnaik]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1985|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
| leaders_seat2 = Bhubaneswar
| party2 = [[Janata Party|JNP]]
| seats2 = 21
| seat_change2 = "New"
| popular_vote2 = 24,01,566
| percentage2 = 32.03
| swing2 ="New"
| title = [[Chief Minister of Odisha|Chief Minister]]
| before_election =[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| after_election = [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| majority_seats = 74
}}

Elections to the Ninth [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] were held in 1985.

==Constituencies==
The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of147 seat 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 unreserved seats.

==Contesting parties==
There are seven national parties [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], [[Janata Party|JNP]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]], [[Indian Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] and [[Lok Dal|LKD]], One state party [[Indian congres (j)|ICJ]] three registered unrecognised party [[Jharkhand Party|JKD]], [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] and [[Surajya Party|SUC]] and some [[Independent Politician]]took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117<ref>{{Cite web|title=Odisha Election Results: 2014 to 1971 Legislative Assembly|url=https://resultuniversity.com/odisha-election#1985|access-date=2021-06-17|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref> seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the [[Chief Minister]] of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal<ref>{{Cite web|last=odisha|first=chief minister of|date=2021-06-17|title=list of former chief minister|url=https://cm.odisha.gov.in/former-cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032309/http://cm.odisha.gov.in:80/former-cms |archive-date=2018-03-13 }}</ref> for the last few months of this assembly tenure. [[Biju Patnaik]] become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1985|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3625-orissa-1985/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 147 || 117

|| {{decrease}}1 || 79.59 || 40,07,258 || 51.08 || {{increase}} 3.3
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|
| 27 || 1 || - || 0.68 || 89,225 || 15.97 || -
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
| 67 || 1 || {{increase}} 1 || 0.68|| 2,04,346|| 5.66 || {{decrease}} 1.43
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|
| 27 || 1 || {{decrease}} 3 || 0.68 || 2,59,508 || 16.12 || {{increase}} 13.4
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Janata Party]]
|
| 140 || 21 || - || 14.28 || 24,01,566 || 32.03 ||
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 374 || 7 || N/A || 4.76 || 8,23,850 || 11.54 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 147 ({{steady}} ) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,53,37,200 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|80,16,583 (52.27%)
|}

==References==
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