1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in March 1985 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and the popular vote and Bindeshwari Dubey became the new Chief Minister of Bihar.

Result

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Popular Vote	Percentage
Indian National Congress		323	196	9,558,562	39.30%
Lok Dal		261	46	3,573,173	14.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party		234	16	1,833,275	7.54%
Janata Party		229	13	1,754,705	7.21%
Communist Party of India		167	12	2,154,066	8.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		57	9	443,822	1.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		44	1	392,375	1.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)		59	1	160,159	0.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India		1	1	17,890	0.07%
Independents		2804	29	4,349,057	17.88%
Total		4237	324	24,323,868

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Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Dhanaha	None	Nardeshwar Prasad Kushwaha	Template:Full party name with color
Bagha	SC	Triloki Harijan	Template:Full party name with color
Ramnagar	None	Arjun Vikram Sah	Template:Full party name with color
Shikarpur	SC	Narsingh Baitha	Template:Full party name with color
Sikta	None	Dharmesh Prasad Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Lauria	None	Vishwa Mohan Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Chanpatia	None	Birbal Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Bettiah	None	Gauri Shankar Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Nautan	None	Kamla Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Raxaul	None	Sagir Ahmad	Template:Full party name with color
Sugauli	None	Suresh Kumar Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Motihari	None	Triveni Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Adapur	None	Hari Shanker Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Dhaka	None	Motiur Rahman	Template:Full party name with color
Ghorasahan	None	Pramod Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Madhuban	None	Sitaram Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pipra	SC	Nand Lal Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Kesariya	None	Rai Hari Shankar Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Harsidhi	None	Md. Hedaitullah Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Gobindganj	None	Yogendra Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Kateya	None	Bachcha Choubey	Template:Full party name with color
Bhore	SC	Anil Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Mirganj	None	Parbhudayal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gopalganj	None	Surendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barauli	None	Adnan Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Baikunthpur	None	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Basantpur	None	Manik Chandra Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Goreakothi	None	Indra Deo Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Siwan	None	Awadh Bihari Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Mairwa	SC	Gorakh Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Darauli	None	Shiv Shankar Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Ziradei	None	Tribhuan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Maharajganj	None	Umashankar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Raghunathpur	None	Vijay Shanker Dubey	Template:Full party name with color
Manjhi	None	Budhan Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Baniapur	None	Uma Pnadey	Template:Full party name with color
Masrakh	None	Prabhunath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Taraiya	None	Ram Das Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Marhaura	None	Bhishma Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Jalalpur	None	Sudhir Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chapra	None	Janak Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Garkha	SC	Raghunandan Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Parsa	None	Chandrika Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Sonepur	None	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Hajipur	None	Moti Lal Sinha Kanan	Template:Full party name with color
Raghopur	None	Uday Narayan Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Mahnar	None	Munshi Lal Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Jandaha	None	Tulsidas Mehta	Template:Full party name with color
Patepur	SC	Baleshwar Singh Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Mahua	SC	Dasai Chowdhary	Template:Full party name with color
Lalganj	None	Bharat Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Vaishali	None	Brishin Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Paru	None	Usha Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sahebganj	None	Shiv Sharan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Baruraj	None	Shashi Kumar Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Kanti	None	Nalini Ranjan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kurhani	None	Sheonandan Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Sakra	SC	Shivnandan Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Muzaffarpur	None	Raghunath Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Bochaha	SC	Ramai Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Gaighatti	None	Virendra Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Aurai	None	Ganesh Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Minapur	None	Hind Keshari Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Runisaidpur	None	Nawal Kishore Shahi	Template:Full party name with color
Belsand	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sheohar	None	Raghunath Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Sitamarhi	None	Khalil Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Bathnaha	None	Ram Niwas	Template:Full party name with color
Majorganj	SC	Ram Vriksh Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Sonbarsa	None	Karpoori Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Sursand	None	Ravindra Prasad Sahi	Template:Full party name with color
Pupri	None	Ram Briksh Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Benipatti	None	Yugeshwar Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Bisfi	None	Shakeel Ahmad	Template:Full party name with color
Harlakhi	None	Mithilesh Kumar Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Khajauli	SC	Bilat Paswan Vihangam	Template:Full party name with color
Babubarhi	None	Guna Nand Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Madhubani	None	Padma Chaubey	Template:Full party name with color
Pandaul	None	Kumud Ranjan Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Jhanjharpur	None	Jagannath Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Phulparas	None	Hemlata Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Laukaha	None	Abdul Hai Payami	Template:Full party name with color
Madhepur	None	Harkhu Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Manigachhi	None	Madan Mohan Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Bahera	None	Mahendra Jha Azad	Template:Full party name with color
Ghanshyampur	None	Mahabir Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Baheri	None	Permanand Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga Rural	SC	Ramchandra Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Darbhanga	None	Asfak Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Keoti	None	Klim Ahmad	Template:Full party name with color
Jale	None	Lokesh Nath Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Hayaghat	None	Umadhar Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kalyanpur	None	Bashistha Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Warisnagar	SC	Ramsewak Hazari	Template:Full party name with color
Samastipur	None	Ashok Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sarairanjan	None	Ramashray Ishwar	Template:Full party name with color
Mohiuddin Nagar	None	Anugrah Narain Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dalsinghsarai	None	Vijay Kumar Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Bibhutpur	None	Chandra Vali Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Rosera	SC	Bhola Mandar	Template:Full party name with color
Singhia	None	Ashok Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Hasanpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Balia	None	Samsu Zeha	Template:Full party name with color
Matihani	None	Pramod Kumar Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Begusarai	None	Bhola Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barauni	None	Shakuntala Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Bachwara	None	Ayodhya Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Cheria Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Bakhri	SC	Ram Vinod Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Raghopur	None	Amarendra Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Kishunpur	None	Vishwanath Gurmita	Template:Full party name with color
Supaul	None	Pramod Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Tribeniganj	None	Anup Lal Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Chhatapur	SC	Kumbh Nr. Sardar	Template:Full party name with color
Kumarkhand	SC	Nawal Kishore Bharti	Template:Full party name with color
Singheshwar	None	Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi	Template:Full party name with color
Saharsa	None	Satish Chandra Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Mahishi	None	Lahtan Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Simri-bakhtiarpur	None	Choudhary Mohammad Salahiddin	Template:Full party name with color
Madhepura	None	Bholi Prasad Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Sonbarsa	None	Surya Narayan Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Kishanganj	None	Rajnandan Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Alamnagar	None	Birendra Ku. Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rupauli	None	Dinesh Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dhamdaha	None	Amar Nath Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Banmankhi	SC	Rasik Lal Rishideo	Template:Full party name with color
Raniganj	SC	Yamuna Pd. Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Narpatganj	None	Indra Nand Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Araria	None	Halimuddin Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Sikti	None	Rameshwar Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Jokihat	None	Taslimuddin	Template:Full party name with color
Bahadurganj	None	Najmudin	Template:Full party name with color
Thakurganj	None	Mohammad Hussain Azad	Template:Full party name with color
Kishanganj	None	Md. Mustaque	Template:Full party name with color
Amour	None	Jalil	Template:Full party name with color
Baisi	None	Abdus Subhan	Template:Full party name with color
Kasba	None	Syed Gulam Hussain	Template:Full party name with color
Purnea	None	Ajit Sarkar	Template:Full party name with color
Korha	SC	Vishwa Nath Rishi	Template:Full party name with color
Barari	None	Mansoor Alam	Template:Full party name with color
Katihar	None	Satya Narayan Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Kadwa	None	Usman Ghani	Template:Full party name with color
Barsoi	None	Byula Doja	Template:Full party name with color
Pranpur	None	Mangan Insan	Template:Full party name with color
Manihari	None	Md. Mobarak Hussain	Template:Full party name with color
Rajmahal	None	Dhruva Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Borio	ST	Jon Hembrom	Template:Full party name with color
Barhait	ST	Thomas Hansda	Template:Full party name with color
Litipara	ST	Simon Marandi	Template:Full party name with color
Pakaur	None	Hazi Muhammad Ainul Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Maheshpur	ST	Debidhan Basera	Template:Full party name with color
Sikaripara	ST	David Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Nala	None	Bisheshwar Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Jamtara	None	Furkan Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Sarath	None	Udai Shanker Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Madhupur	None	Krishna Nand Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Deoghar	SC	Baidyanath Das	Template:Full party name with color
Jarmundi	None	Abhay Kant Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Dumka	ST	Stephan Marandi	Template:Full party name with color
Jama	ST	Shibu Soren	Template:Full party name with color
Poreyahat	None	Suraj Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Godda	None	Sumrit Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Mahagama	None	Awadh Bihari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pirpainti	None	Dilip Kumar Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Colgong	None	Sadanand Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Nathnagar	None	ChunChun Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Bhagalpur	None	Sheo Chandra Jha	Template:Full party name with color
Gopalpur	None	Madan Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bihpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Sultanganj	SC	Umesh Chandras Das	Template:Full party name with color
Amarpur	None	Neel Mohan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dhuraiya	SC	Ramroop Harijan	Template:Full party name with color
Banka	None	Chandra Shekhar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Belhar	None	Siyaram Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Katoria	None	Suresh Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Chakai	None	Narendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jhajha	None	Sheonandan Prasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Tarapur	None	Shakuni Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Kharagpur	None	Rajendra Pd. Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Parbatta	None	Ram Chandra Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Chautham	None	Kamleshwari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Khagaria	None	Satdeo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Alauli	SC	Pashupati Kumar Paras	Template:Full party name with color
Monghyr	None	Ramdeo Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Jamalpur	None	Upendra Prasad Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Surajgarha	None	Alakh Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Jamui	None	Rameshwer Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sikandra	SC	Rameshwar Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Lakhisarai	None	Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sheikhpura	None	Rajo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barbigha	SC	Mahavir Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Asthawan	None	Raghunath Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Bihar	None	Shakil Uzzama	Template:Full party name with color
Rajgir	SC	Satyadeo Narain Arya	Template:Full party name with color
Nalanda	None	Shyam Sunder Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Islampur	None	Ram Swaroop Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Hilsa	None	Surendra Prasad Tarun	Template:Full party name with color
Chandi	None	Anil Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Harnaut	None	Nitish Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Mokameh	None	Shyam Sunder Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barh	None	Bhuneshwar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bakhtiarpur	None	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Fatwa	SC	Punit Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Masaurhi	None	Punam Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Patna West	None	Rama Nand Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Patna Central	None	Akeel Haider	Template:Full party name with color
Patna East	None	Sharat Kumar Jain	Template:Full party name with color
Dinapur	None	Bijendra Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Maner	None	Rajmati Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Phulwari	SC	Sanjaeev Prasad Ton Tony	Template:Full party name with color
Bikram	None	Ram Nath Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Paliganj	None	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Sandesh	None	Sonadhari	Template:Full party name with color
Barhara	None	Raghvendra Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Arrah	None	S. M. Isha	Template:Full party name with color
Shahpur	None	Vindeshwari Dubey	Template:Full party name with color
Brahmpur	None	Rishikesh Tiwary	Template:Full party name with color
Buxar	None	Sri Kant Pathak	Template:Full party name with color
Rajpur	SC	Ram Narain Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Dumraon	None	Basant Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Jagdishpur	None	Hari Narayan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Piro	None	Raghupati Gop	Template:Full party name with color
Sahar	SC	Jyoti	Template:Full party name with color
Karakat	None	Shashi Rani Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Bikramganj	None	Meghraj Madhavi	Template:Full party name with color
Dinara	None	Lakshuman Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Ramgarh	None	Jagdanand Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mohania	SC	Mahabir Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Bhabhua	None	Ram Lal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chainpur	None	Parvej Ahsan Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Sasaram	None	Ram Sewak Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chenari	SC	Chhedi Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Nokha	None	Sumitra Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Dehri	None	Khalid Anwar Ansari	Template:Full party name with color
Nabinagar	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Deo	SC	Dilkeshwar Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Aurangabad	None	Brij Mohan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rafiganj	None	Vijay Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Obra	None	Ram Vilas Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Goh	None	Deo Kumar Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Arwal	None	Krishna Nandan Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kurtha	None	Nagmani Kushwaha	Template:Full party name with color
Makhdumpur	None	Ram Jatan Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Jahanabad	None	Syed Asghar Hussain	Template:Full party name with color
Ghosi	None	Jagdish Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Belaganj	None	Abhi Ram Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Konch	None	Janki Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Gaya Mufassil	None	Awades Kumar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gaya Town	None	Jai Kumar Palit	Template:Full party name with color
Imamganj	SC	Sri Chand Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gurua	None	Md. Khan Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Bodh Gaya	SC	Rajesh Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Barachatti	SC	G.s.ramchander Das	Template:Full party name with color
Fatehpur	SC	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Atri	None	Ranjeet Signh	Template:Full party name with color
Nawada	None	Narendra Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Rajauli	SC	Banwari Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Gobindpur	None	Gayatree Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Warsaliganj	None	Bandi Shankar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Hisua	None	Aditya Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kodarma	None	Rajendra Nath Dawan	Template:Full party name with color
Barhi	None	Niranjan Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chatra	SC	Mahendra Prasad Singh Bhogta	Template:Full party name with color
Simaria	SC	Ishwari Ram Paswan	Template:Full party name with color
Barkagaon	None	Ramendra Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Ramgarh	None	Jamuna Prasad Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Mandu	None	Tek Lal Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Hazaribagh	None	H.h.rahman	Template:Full party name with color
Barkatha	None	Lambodar Pathak	Template:Full party name with color
Dhanwar	None	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar	Template:Full party name with color
Bagodar	None	Gautam Sagar Rana	Template:Full party name with color
Jamua	SC	Baldeo Hazra	Template:Full party name with color
Gandey	None	Salkhan Soren	Template:Full party name with color
Giridih	None	Om Lal Azad	Template:Full party name with color
Dumri	None	Shiva Mahto	Template:Full party name with color
Gomia	None	Madhava Lal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bermo	None	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bokaro	None	Samaresh Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Tundi	None	Satya Narayan Dudani	Template:Full party name with color
Baghmara	None	Om Prakash Lal	Template:Full party name with color
Sindri	None	Vinod Vihari Mahato	Template:Full party name with color
Nirsa	None	Kripa Shanker Chatterjee	Template:Full party name with color
Dhanbad	None	Surendra Prasad Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Jharia	None	Suryadeo Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chandankiyari	SC	Lata Devi (mali)	Template:Full party name with color
Baharagora	None	Devi Pada Upadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Ghatsila	ST	Karan Chandra Mardi	Template:Full party name with color
Potka	ST	Sonatan Sardar	Template:Full party name with color
Jugsalai	SC	Trilochan Kalindi	Template:Full party name with color
Jamshedpur East	None	Darayus Nariman	Template:Full party name with color
Jamshedpur West	None	Mrigendra Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Ichagarh	None	Prabhat K. A. Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Seraikella	ST	Krishna Madri	Template:Full party name with color
Chaibasa	ST	Radhey Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Majhgaon	ST	Devendra Nath Champia	Template:Full party name with color
Jaganathpur	ST	Ankura Ho Doreiburu	Template:Full party name with color
Manoharpur	ST	Devendra Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Chakradharpur	ST	Jagarnath Bakira	Template:Full party name with color
Kharasawan	ST	Vijay Singh Soy	Template:Full party name with color
Tamar	ST	Tirumuchi Rai Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Torpa	ST	Niral Enem Horo	Template:Full party name with color
Khunti	ST	Sushila Kerketta	Template:Full party name with color
Silli	None	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh	Template:Full party name with color
Khijri	ST	Gomeshri Manki	Template:Full party name with color
Ranchi	None	Jai Prakash Gupta	Template:Full party name with color
Hatia	None	Subodh Kant Sahay	Template:Full party name with color
Kanke	SC	Hari Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Mandar	ST	Ganga Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Sisai	ST	Bandi Oraon	Template:Full party name with color
Kolebira	ST	Birsing Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Simdega	ST	Nirmal Kumar Besra	Template:Full party name with color
Gumla	ST	Bairagi Oraon	Template:Full party name with color
Bishnupur	ST	Bhukhala Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Lohardaga	ST	Indra Nath Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Latehar	SC	Haridarshan Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Manika	ST	Yamuna Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Panki	None	Sankteshwar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Daltonganj	None	Ishwar Chandra Pandey	Template:Full party name with color
Garhwa	None	Gopi Nath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bhawanathpur	None	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Bishrampur	None	Chandrashekhar Dubey	Template:Full party name with color
Chhatarpur	SC	Radha Krishna Kishore	Template:Full party name with color
Hussainabad	None	Harihar Singh	Template:Full party name with color