1985 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
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March 5, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.[2]
Constituencies
[edit]The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats.
Contesting parties
[edit]There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party Jharkhand Party, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal[4] for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.
Results
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
 | Indian National Congress |  | 4,007,258 | 51.08 |  3.3 | 147 | 117 |  1 | |
 | Janata Party | | 2,401,566 | 30.61 | 26.47 | 140 | 21 | 18 | |
 | Communist Party of India |  | 259,508 | 3.31 | 1.78 | 27 | 1 | 3 | |
 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | 204,346 | 2.60 | 1.24 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | Independents | - | 823,850 | 10.50 | 1.38 | 374 | 7 |  | |
| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 7,845,050 | 51.15 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 171,533 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 8,016,583 | 52.57 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 7,320,617 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 15,337,200 | ||||||||
Elected members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1985". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Odisha Election Results: 2014 to 1971 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ odisha, chief minister of (2021-06-17). "list of former chief minister". Archived from the original on 2018-03-13.
- ^ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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March 5, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.[2]
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 of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats.
Contesting parties
There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party Jharkhand Party, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal[4] for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.
Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
 | Indian National Congress |  | 4,007,258 | 51.08 |  3.3 | 147 | 117 |  1 | |
 | Janata Party | | 2,401,566 | 30.61 | 26.47 | 140 | 21 | 18 | |
 | Communist Party of India |  | 259,508 | 3.31 | 1.78 | 27 | 1 | 3 | |
 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | 204,346 | 2.60 | 1.24 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | Independents | - | 823,850 | 10.50 | 1.38 | 374 | 7 |  | |
| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 7,845,050 | 51.15 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 171,533 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 8,016,583 | 52.57 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 7,320,617 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 15,337,200 | ||||||||
Elected members
References
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1985". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Odisha Election Results: 2014 to 1971 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ odisha, chief minister of (2021-06-17). "list of former chief minister". Archived from the original on 2018-03-13.
- ^ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-06-17.