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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

324 seats · 180 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1985 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 196 seatsLKD — 46 seatsIndependent — 29 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 16 seatsJanata Party — 13 seatsCommunist Party of India — 12 seatsJharkhand Mukti Morcha — 9 seats3 other parties — 3 seats163324of 324 seats
  • INC196
  • LKD46
  • IND29
  • BJP16
  • JNP13
  • CPI12
  • JMM9
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress19660%95,58,56239.3%323
LKDLKD4614%35,73,17314.7%261
INDIndependent299%43,49,05717.9%2804
BJPBharatiya Janata Party165%18,33,2757.5%234
JNPJanata Party134%17,54,7057.2%229
CPICommunist Party of India124%21,54,0668.9%167
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha93%4,43,8221.8%57
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)10%3,92,3751.6%44
ICSICS10%1,60,1590.7%59
SUCSUC10%17,8900.1%1

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 163

1985 · selected
Majority 163
INC196LKD46IND29BJP16JNP13CPI12JMM9CPM1ICS1SUC1
1980 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
34.2
39.3
0.0
14.7
12.0
17.9
8.4
7.5
7.2
7.2
9.1
8.9
15.6
0.0
INCLKDINDBJPJNPCPIJNPSC

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
169 → 196
+27
LKD
0 → 46
+46
IND
23 → 29
+6
BJP
21 → 16
−5
JNP
13 → 13
0
CPI
23 → 12
−11
JMM
11 → 9
−2
CPM
6 → 1
−5
ICS
0 → 1
+1
SUC
1 → 1
0

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
LKD
0.0% → 14.7%
+14.7%
IND
12.0% → 17.9%
+5.9%
INC
34.2% → 39.3%
+5.1%
ICS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
ICJ
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
SSD
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
BJP
8.4% → 7.5%
−0.9%
JNPSR
1.6% → 0.0%
−1.6%
INCU
7.3% → 0.0%
−7.3%
JNPSC
15.6% → 0.0%
−15.6%

Biggest INC–LKD swings

Seats where the INC-vs-LKD vote gap moved most, 1980 → 1985. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − LKD share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward LKD.

toward LKDtoward INC
Alauli
−86.5%
Rosera
−78.7%
Sonabarsa
−76.7%
Nathnagar
−76.5%
Tribeniganj
−72.1%
Baruraj
−70.3%
Ghanshyampur
−68.8%
Sonabarsa
−68.4%
Rafiganj
+63.7%
Sakra
−63.7%
Bahera
−62.8%
Paru
−62.3%

Closest races · 1985

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1985

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1980