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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

288 seats · 147 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 161 seatsICS — 54 seatsIndependent — 20 seatsJanata Party — 20 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 16 seatsPWP — 13 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seats1 other parties — 2 seats145288of 288 seats
  • INC161
  • ICS54
  • IND20
  • JNP20
  • BJP16
  • PWP13
  • CPI2
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress16156%95,22,55643.4%287
ICSICS5419%37,90,85017.3%126
INDIndependent207%38,36,39017.5%1506
JNPJanata Party207%16,18,1017.4%61
BJPBharatiya Janata Party166%15,90,3517.3%67
PWPPWP135%8,25,9493.8%29
CPICommunist Party of India21%2,02,7900.9%31
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)21%1,74,3500.8%14
RPIRPI00%2,20,2301.0%54

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

Constituency map

Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 145

1985 · selected
Majority 145
INC161ICS54IND20JNP20BJP16PWP13CPI2CPM2
1980 · previous
Majority 145

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
44.5
43.4
0.0
17.3
8.0
17.5
8.6
7.4
9.4
7.3
4.1
3.8
20.5
0.0
INCICSINDJNPBJPPWPINCU

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
186 → 161
−25
ICS
0 → 54
+54
IND
10 → 20
+10
JNP
17 → 20
+3
BJP
14 → 16
+2
PWP
9 → 13
+4
CPI
2 → 2
0
CPM
2 → 2
0
RPK
1 → 0
−1
INCU
47 → 0
−47

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
ICS
0.0% → 17.3%
+17.3%
IND
8.0% → 17.5%
+9.5%
PWP
4.1% → 3.8%
−0.4%
CPI
1.3% → 0.9%
−0.4%
RPK
1.4% → 0.5%
−0.8%
INC
44.5% → 43.4%
−1.1%
JNP
8.6% → 7.4%
−1.2%
BJP
9.4% → 7.3%
−2.1%
INCU
20.5% → 0.0%
−20.5%

Biggest INC–ICS swings

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

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

toward ICStoward INC
Armori
−108.6%
Partur
−91.4%
Bhokar
−80.5%
Chopda
−78.3%
Mehkar
−75.8%
Ahmednagar South
−75.7%
Mangalvedhe
−75.6%
Tirora
−74.4%
Shrirampur
−73.6%
Jalgaon
−72.9%
Kalmeshwar
−71.6%
Patan
−68.4%

Closest races · 1985

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

All constituencies · 1985

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