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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

147 seats · 51 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Odisha Assembly Election, 1985 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 117 seatsJanata Party — 21 seatsIndependent — 7 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seatBharatiya Janata Party — 1 seat74147of 147 seats
  • INC117
  • JNP21
  • IND7
  • CPI1
  • BJP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress11780%40,07,25851.1%147
JNPJanata Party2114%24,01,56630.6%140
INDIndependent75%8,23,85010.5%374
CPICommunist Party of India11%2,59,5083.3%27
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11%2,04,3462.6%67
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%89,2251.1%10

+ 6 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Odisha Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 74

1985 · selected
Majority 74
INC117JNP21IND7CPI1BJP1
1980 · previous
Majority 74

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
47.8
51.1
4.1
30.6
11.9
10.5
5.1
3.3
19.5
0.0
7.0
0.0
INCJNPINDCPIJNPSCINCU

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
118 → 117
−1
JNP
3 → 21
+18
IND
7 → 7
0
CPI
4 → 1
−3
BJP
0 → 1
+1
JNPSC
13 → 0
−13
INCU
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
JNP
4.1% → 30.6%
+26.5%
INC
47.8% → 51.1%
+3.3%
BJP
1.4% → 2.6%
+1.2%
LKD
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
SUC
0.6% → 0.1%
−0.5%
CPM
2.0% → 1.1%
−0.9%
IND
11.9% → 10.5%
−1.4%
CPI
5.1% → 3.3%
−1.8%
INCU
7.0% → 0.0%
−7.0%
JNPSC
19.5% → 0.0%
−19.5%

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
Sundargarh
−92.7%
Bhubaneswar
−77.5%
Bhawanipatna
−73.4%
Bahalda
−72.1%
Bijepur
−67.5%
Junagarh
−63.8%
Khallikote
−62.8%
Pottangi
−61.3%
Jajpur
−58.7%
Jatni
−57.4%
Kakatpur
−53.4%
Dhamnagar
−52.9%

All constituencies · 1985

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