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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

117 seats · 60 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 1985 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Shiromani Akali Dal — 73 seatsIndian National Congress — 32 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 6 seatsIndependent — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seatJanata Party — 1 seat59117of 117 seats
  • SAD73
  • INC32
  • BJP6
  • IND4
  • CPI1
  • JNP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
SADShiromani Akali Dal7362%26,30,27038.0%100
INCIndian National Congress3227%26,20,04237.9%117
BJPBharatiya Janata Party65%3,45,5605.0%26
INDIndependent43%8,09,25411.7%542
CPICommunist Party of India11%3,07,4964.4%38
JNPJanata Party11%75,3071.1%5
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%1,32,6781.9%28

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

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 59

1985 · selected
Majority 59
SAD73INC32BJP6IND4CPI1JNP1
1980 · previous
Majority 59

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
26.9
38.0
45.2
37.9
6.5
5.0
6.5
11.7
6.5
4.4
4.1
1.9
SADINCBJPINDCPICPM

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
SAD
37 → 73
+36
INC
63 → 32
−31
BJP
1 → 6
+5
IND
2 → 4
+2
CPI
9 → 1
−8
JNP
0 → 1
+1
CPM
5 → 0
−5

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
SAD
26.9% → 38.0%
+11.1%
IND
6.5% → 11.7%
+5.2%
INCU
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
BJP
6.5% → 5.0%
−1.5%
CPI
6.5% → 4.4%
−2.0%
JNPSC
2.1% → 0.0%
−2.1%
CPM
4.1% → 1.9%
−2.1%
INC
45.2% → 37.9%
−7.3%

Biggest SAD–INC swings

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

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

toward INCtoward SAD
Dhanaula
+92.5%
Sherpur
+82.7%
Rampura Phul
+73.7%
Kum Kalan
+70.6%
Raja Sansi
+65.8%
Attari
+63.4%
Shutrana
+57.5%
Ludhiana Rural
+56.2%
Kot Kapura
+53.0%
Khanna
+52.8%
Bhatinda
+52.3%
Mansa
+50.0%

Closest races · 1985

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

All constituencies · 1985

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