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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

182 seats · 53 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 149 seatsJanata Party — 14 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 11 seatsIndependent — 8 seats92182of 182 seats
  • INC149
  • JNP14
  • BJP11
  • IND8

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress14982%51,22,75355.6%182
JNPJanata Party148%17,75,33819.3%141
BJPBharatiya Janata Party116%13,79,12015.0%124
INDIndependent84%8,56,1609.3%515

+ 3 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 92

1985 · selected
Majority 92
INC149JNP14BJP11IND8
1980 · previous
Majority 92

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
51.0
55.6
22.8
19.3
14.0
15.0
10.0
9.3
INCJNPBJPIND

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
141 → 149
+8
JNP
21 → 14
−7
BJP
9 → 11
+2
IND
10 → 8
−2
JNPSC
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
INC
51.0% → 55.6%
+4.5%
BJP
14.0% → 15.0%
+0.9%
DDP
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
JNPSC
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
IND
10.0% → 9.3%
−0.7%
INCU
1.0% → 0.0%
−1.0%
JNP
22.8% → 19.3%
−3.5%

Biggest INC–JNP swings

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

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

toward JNPtoward INC
Kutiyana
+94.4%
Mehmedabad
−69.3%
Dhanera
+68.3%
Radhanpur
+65.2%
Visavadar
+65.0%
Tankara
+57.8%
Porbandar
+57.6%
Vav
+55.5%
Prantij
+54.9%
Jodiya
+53.9%
Somnath
+52.1%
Upleta
+49.3%

All constituencies · 1985

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