1985 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
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March 5, 1985
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Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.[2]
Constituencies
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | +/− |
| File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg | Indian National Congress | File:Hand INC.svg | 4,007,258 | 51.08 | Increase 3.3 | 147 | 117 | Decrease 1 | |
| File:Indian Election Symbol Chakra Haldhar.png | Janata Party | File:Indian Election Symbol Chakra Haldhar.png | 2,401,566 | 30.61 | Increase 26.47 | 140 | 21 | Increase 18 | |
| File:CPI-banner.svg | Communist Party of India | File:CPI symbol.svg | 259,508 | 3.31 | Decrease 1.78 | 27 | 1 | Decrease 3 | |
| File:BJP flag.svg | Bharatiya Janata Party | File:Lotos flower symbol.svg | 204,346 | 2.60 | Increase 1.24 | 67 | 1 | Increase 1 | |
| - | Independents | - | 823,850 | 10.50 | Decrease 1.38 | 374 | 7 | Steady | |
| 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
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