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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1984 elections in India
| previous_year = 1984
| election_date = 1985
| next_election = 1987 elections in India
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Politics of India}}
'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1985'' included elections to fourteen state legislative assemblies.

==Overall result==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date(s)
!State
!colspan="2"|Government before
!Chief Minister before
! colspan="2"|Government after
!Elected Chief Minister
!Maps
|-
|rowspan="2"|3 February 1985
| [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Arjun Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]]
| [[File:IN-UP.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|5 March 1985
|[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|[[N. T. Rama Rao]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|[[N. T. Rama Rao]]
|[[File:IN-AP.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2 and 5 March 1985
| [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
|[[File:IN-BR.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|Maharashtra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Vasantdada Patil]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Vasantdada Patil]]
|[[File:IN-MH.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
| [[File:IN-KA.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|3 May 1985
|[[1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Pondicherry]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[M. O. H. Farook]]
|[[File:IN-PY.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Hari Dev Joshi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Hari Dev Joshi]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Sangram Parishad}}
|[[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
|[[File:IN-SK.svg|50px]]
|-
| 26 September 1985
| [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Surjith Singh Barnala]]
| [[File:IN-PB.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| [[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:IN-AS.svg|50px]]
|-
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===[[Andhra Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! No !! Party !! Seats Contested !! Seats Won !! Seats change !! Vote Share !! Swing
|-
| '''1'''|| [[Telugu Desam Party]] || 250 || 202 || +1 || 46.21% || -7.50%
|-
| '''2'''|| [[Indian National Congress]] || 290 || 50 || -10 || 37.25% || +3.67%
|-
| '''3'''|| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || 12 || 11 || +6 || 2.31% || +0.20%
|-
| '''4'''|| [[Communist Party of India]] || 12 || 11 || +7 || 2.69% || -0.10%
|-
| '''5'''|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 10 || 8 || +3 || 1.32% || -1.14%
|-
| '''6'''|| [[Janata Party]] || 5 || 3 || +2 || 0.76% || -0.20%
|-
|-8 || others || 1390 || 20 || +5 || 5.00% || -4.20%
|-
|}

===[[Assam]]===
{{Main|1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class ="wikitable sortable"
|- valign="top"
! Pos
!colspan=2|Party
!Contested
!Seats
!Swing
|-
| 1
| bgcolor= {{party color|Independent politician}}| ||[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|| 104
|| 92
|| {{Increase}}82
|-
| 2
| bgcolor= {{party color|Indian National Congress}}| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|| 125
|| 25
|| {{decrease}}66
|-
| 3
| bgcolor= {{party color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}| ||[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]
|| 72
|| 4
|| {{Increase}}2
|-
| 4
| bgcolor=#F7DF05| ||[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]
|| 28
|| 3
|| -
|-
| 5
| bgcolor= {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}| ||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|| 39
|| 2
|| -
|-
| || ||'''Total''' || ||align="right"| 126 ||
|}

===[[Bihar]]===
{{Main|1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Party || Party Flag || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Popular Vote || Percentage
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]] || || 323 || 196 || 9,558,562 || 39.30%
|-
|[[Lok Dal]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 261 || 46 || 3,573,173 || 14.69%
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || || 234 || 16 || 1,833,275 || 7.54%
|-
|[[Janata Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 229 || 13 || 1,754,705 || 7.21%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India]] || [[File:CPI-banner.svg|45px]] || 167 || 12 || 2,154,066 || 8.86%
|-
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 57 || 9 || 443,822 || 1.82%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|45px]] || 44 || 1 || 392,375 || 1.61%
|-
|[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 59 || 1 || 160,159 || 0.66%
|-
|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]] || [[File:SUCI_flag.svg|45px]] || 1 || 1 || 17,890 || 0.07%
|-
|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 2804 || 29 || 4,349,057 || 17.88%
|-
|'''Total''' || || 4237 || 324 || 24,323,868 ||
|}
Source:<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalRep_BH_85.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

===[[Gujarat]]===
{{Main|1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions
! colspan="2" | Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| align="left" | [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 5,122,753||55.55
|149
| +8
|-
|Janata Party
|1,775,338
|19.25
|14
| -7
|-
| align="left" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|1,379,120
|14.96
| 11||+2
|-
| align="left" | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 856,160|| 9.28
| 8||
|-
|CPM
|16,543
|0.18
|0
|0
|-
|CPI
|24,013
|0.26
|0
|0
|-
| colspan="5" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|Total
| 9,221,149 || 100.00
| 182 || ±0
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
|Valid votes
| align="right" |7,770,198
| align="right" |98.03
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" |
|-
|Invalid votes
| align="right" |155,782
| align="right" |1.97
|-
|'''Votes cast / turnout'''
| align="right" |13,676,131
| align="right" |51.59
|-
|'''Registered voters'''
| align="right" | 15,363,762
| colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}

===[[Himachal Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats won
! align="center" | % votes
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||68||'''58'''||'''55.86'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''||57||'''7'''||'''35.87'''
|-
|3||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||68||'''2'''||'''8.28'''
|-
|4||align="left"|'''[[Lok Dal]]'''||3||'''1'''||'''1.44'''
|-

| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''68'''||''' '''
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH}}</ref>

===[[Karnataka]]===
{{Main|1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Contested 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Won 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%||{{increase}} 44
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%||{{decrease}} 17
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||7||3||133,008||0.90%||{{nochange}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||116||2||571,280||3.88%||{{decrease}} 16
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||7||2||127,333||0.86%||{{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%||{{decrease}} 9
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''1795'''||'''224'''||'''14,720,634'''||||
|-
|}

===[[Madhya Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/nov2003/background/s12/MP-LA85.htm|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|- style="background:cyan;"
| 1
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 320
| 250
| +4
| 48.87
|-
| 1
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 311
| 58
| -2
| 32.42%
|-
| 3
| [[Janata Party]]
| 172
| 5
| +3
| 4.01%
|-
| 4
| [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|Indian National Congress (S)]]
| 30
| 1
| N/A
| 0.40%
|-
| 7
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 320
| 6
| -2
| 10.82%
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''320'''
|
|
|}

===[[Maharashtra]]===
{{Main|1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985<ref>{{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>|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|| ||
|-
|}

===[[Odisha]]===
{{Main|1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1985|url=https://old.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 Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in 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%)
|}

===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
{{Main|1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=7|Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html|title=List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985}}</ref>
|-
!
!Party
!contested
!Seats won
!change in seats
!popular vote
!%
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|style="background:#90EE90;"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|100
|73
|{{increase}} 23
|26,30,270
|38.01
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|117
|32
|{{decrease}} 31
|26,20,042
|37.86
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|26
|6
|{{increase}} 5
|3,45,560
|4.99
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|38
|1
|{{decrease}} 8
|3,07,496
|4.44
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[Janata Party]]
|5
|1
|{{increase}} 1
|75,307
|1.09
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|542
|4
|{{increase}} 2
|8,09,254
|11.69
|-
|
|Others
|29
|0
| -
|1,32,889
|1.92
|-
!
!Total
!857
!117
!
!69,20,818
!
|}

===[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]===
{{Main|1985 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=98601|seats1=15|sc1={{increase}}5
|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=87754|seats2=5|sc2={{decrease}}9
|party4=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes4=47521|seats4=6|sc4={{increase}}6
|party5=[[Janata Party]]|votes5=25966|seats5=2|sc5={{decrease}}1
|party20=Others|votes20=22609|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=19273|seats21=2|sc21=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2808
|electorate=388472
|source=ECI<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3430-puducherry-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Rajasthan]]===
{{Main|1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=5342920|seats1=113|sc1=–20
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=2437594|seats2=39|sc2=+7
|party3=[[Lok Dal]]|votes3=1360826|seats3=27|sc3=New
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=675103|seats4=10|sc4=+2
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=141063|seats5=1|sc5=0
|party6=[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)]]|votes6=74176|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=66921|seats7=0|sc7=–1
|party8=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes8=9731|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party21=Independents|votes21=1365641|seats21=10|sc21=–2
|total_sc=0
|invalid=186527
|electorate=21228702
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3389-rajasthan-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Sikkim]]===
{{Main|1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]
|party1=[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]]|votes1=60371|seats1=30|sc1=+14
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=23440|seats2=1|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=913|seats3=0|sc3=0
|party4=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes4=438|seats4=0|sc4=–4
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=336|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=25|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Independents|votes7=11534|seats7=1|sc7=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2378
|electorate=155041
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3356-sikkim-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}

===[[Uttar Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=11544698|seats1=269|sc1=–40
|party2=[[Lok Dal]]|votes2=6304455|seats2=84|sc2=New
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=2890884|seats3=16|sc3=+5
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=1646005|seats4=20|sc4=+16
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=894620|seats5=6|sc5=0
|party6=[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)]]|votes6=669031|seats6=5|sc6=New
|party7=[[Doordarshi Party]]|votes7=228688|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes8=198780|seats8=2|sc8=0
|party9=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes9=88616|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes10=4074|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes11=1297|seats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes12=562|seats12=0|sc12=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=4942962|seats21=23|sc21=+6
|total_sc=0
|invalid=437456
|electorate=65404531
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3255-uttar-pradesh-1985 |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

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[[Category:1985 in Indian politics]]
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1985 elections in India - Revision history

Puranam at 14:30, 14 October 2025