Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1985
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1985, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results
Indian National Congress won majority seats in the Assembly, Vasantdada Patil became Chief Minister. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition.[2]
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Seat change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 287 | 161 | 9,522,556 | 43.41% |  25 | |
| Indian National Congress (Socialist) | 126 | 54 | 3,790,850 | 17.28% |  54 | |
| Janata Party | 61 | 20 | 1,618,101 | 7.38% | 20 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 67 | 16 | 1,590,351 | 7.25% | 2 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 29 | 13 | 825,949 | 3.77% | 4 | |
| Communist Party of India | 31 | 2 | 202,790 | 0.92% |  | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14 | 2 | 174,350 | 0.79% | | |
| Independents | 1506 | 20 | 3,836,390 | 17.49% | 10 | |
| Total | 2230 | 288 | 21,934,742 |
References
- 1 2 "Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
- ↑ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre". Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ()
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