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.[1]

1985 Bihar legislative assembly election

2nd and 5th March 1985

324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,880,751
Turnout56.27%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bindeshwari Dubey
Party INC LKD
Seats won 196 46
Popular vote 9,558,562 3,573,173
Percentage 39.30% 14.69%

CM before election

Chandrashekhar Singh
INC

Elected CM

Bindeshwari Dubey
INC

Result

PartyParty FlagSeats ContestedSeats WonPopular VotePercentage
Indian National Congress3231969,558,56239.30%
Lok Dal261463,573,17314.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party234161,833,2757.54%
Janata Party229131,754,7057.21%
Communist Party of India167122,154,0668.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha579443,8221.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)441392,3751.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)591160,1590.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India1117,8900.07%
Independents2804294,349,05717.88%
Total423732424,323,868

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