Elections in the Republic of India in 1985 included elections to fourteen state legislative assemblies.
See main article: 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
| No | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seats change | Vote Share | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 250 | 202 | +1 | 46.21% | -7.50% | |
| 2 | 290 | 50 | -10 | 37.25% | +3.67% | |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | +6 | 2.31% | +0.20% | |
| 4 | 12 | 11 | +7 | 2.69% | -0.10% | |
| 5 | 10 | 8 | +3 | 1.32% | -1.14% | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 0.76% | -0.20% | |
| others | 1390 | 20 | +5 | 5.00% | -4.20% | |
See main article: 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election.
| Pos | Party | Contested | Seats | Swing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bgcolor= | Independent | 104 | 92 | 82 | |
| 2 | bgcolor= | Indian National Congress | 125 | 25 | 66 | |
| 3 | bgcolor= | Indian Congress (Socialist) | 72 | 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Plain Tribals Council of Assam | 28 | 3 | - | ||
| 5 | bgcolor= | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 39 | 2 | - | |
| Total | 126 | |||||
See main article: 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
| Party | Party Flag | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Popular Vote | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323 | 196 | 9,558,562 | 39.30% | |||
| 261 | 46 | 3,573,173 | 14.69% | |||
| 234 | 16 | 1,833,275 | 7.54% | |||
| 229 | 13 | 1,754,705 | 7.21% | |||
| 167 | 12 | 2,154,066 | 8.86% | |||
| 57 | 9 | 443,822 | 1.82% | |||
| 44 | 1 | 392,375 | 1.61% | |||
| 59 | 1 | 160,159 | 0.66% | |||
| 1 | 1 | 17,890 | 0.07% | |||
| 2804 | 29 | 4,349,057 | 17.88% | |||
| Total | 4237 | 324 | 24,323,868 |
See main article: 1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | +/− | |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 5,122,753 | 55.55 | 149 | +8 |
| Janata Party | 1,775,338 | 19.25 | 14 | -7 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 1,379,120 | 14.96 | 11 | +2 |
| Independents (IND) | 856,160 | 9.28 | 8 | |
| CPM | 16,543 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| CPI | 24,013 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9,221,149 | 100.00 | 182 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | 7,770,198 | 98.03 | ||
| Invalid votes | 155,782 | 1.97 | ||
| Votes cast / turnout | 13,676,131 | 51.59 | ||
| Registered voters | 15,363,762 | |||
See main article: 1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | % votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 68 | 58 | 55.86 | |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 57 | 7 | 35.87 | |
| 3 | Independent | 68 | 2 | 8.28 | |
| 4 | Lok Dal | 3 | 1 | 1.44 | |
| Total | 68 |
See main article: 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. |- 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
|-| |align="left"|Janata Party||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%|| 44|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%|| 17|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%|||-| |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%|| 16|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1|-| |align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9|-||align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634|||||-|}
See main article: 1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Source:[3]
| SN | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | Seats Changed | % Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (S) | 30 | 1 | N/A | 0.40% | |
| 7 | Independent | 320 | 6 | -2 | 10.82% | |
| Total | 320 |
See main article: 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. |- 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
|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||287||161||9,522,556||43.41%|| 25|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Socialist)||126||54||3,790,850||17.28%|| 54|-| |align="left"|Janata Party||61||20||1,618,101||7.38%|| 20|-| |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||67||16||1,590,351||7.25%|| 2|-| |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||29||13||825,949||3.77%|| 4|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||31||2||202,790||0.92%|||-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||14||2||174,350||0.79%|||-| |align="left"|Independents||1506||20||3,836,390||17.49%|| 10|-||align="left"|Total||2230||288||21,934,742|| |||-|}
See main article: 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. |- 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;"| | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress| | 147 || 117
|| 1 || 79.59 || 40,07,258 || 51.08 || 3.3|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)|| 27 || 1 || - || 0.68 || 89,225 || 15.97 || -|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party|| 67 || 1 || 1 || 0.68|| 2,04,346|| 5.66 || 1.43|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India| | 27 || 1 || 3 || 0.68 || 2,59,508 || 16.12 || 13.4|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Janata Party| | 140 || 21 || - || 14.28 || 24,01,566 || 32.03 |||-| || 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 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,53,37,200 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|80,16,583 (52.27%)|}
See main article: 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
| Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | contested | Seats won | change in seats | popular vote | % | ||
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 100 | 73 | 23 | 26,30,270 | 38.01 | ||
| Indian National Congress | 117 | 32 | 31 | 26,20,042 | 37.86 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 | 6 | 5 | 3,45,560 | 4.99 | ||
| Communist Party of India | 38 | 1 | 8 | 3,07,496 | 4.44 | ||
| Janata Party | 5 | 1 | 1 | 75,307 | 1.09 | ||
| Independents | 542 | 4 | 2 | 8,09,254 | 11.69 | ||
| Others | 29 | 0 | - | 1,32,889 | 1.92 | ||
| Total | 857 | 117 | 69,20,818 | ||||
See main article: 1985 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.
See main article: 1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.
See main article: 1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election.
See main article: 1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.