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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

425 seats · 209 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 269 seatsLKD — 84 seatsIndependent — 23 seatsJanata Party — 20 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 16 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seatsICJ — 5 seats1 other parties — 2 seats213425of 425 seats
  • INC269
  • LKD84
  • IND23
  • JNP20
  • BJP16
  • CPI6
  • ICJ5
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress26963%1,15,44,69839.2%424
LKDLKD8420%63,04,45521.4%385
INDIndependent235%49,42,96216.8%3768
JNPJanata Party205%16,46,0055.6%311
BJPBharatiya Janata Party164%28,90,8849.8%347
CPICommunist Party of India61%8,94,6203.0%161
ICJICJ51%6,69,0312.3%169
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)20%1,98,7800.7%25

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 213

1985 · selected
Majority 213
INC269LKD84IND23JNP20BJP16CPI6ICJ5CPM2
1980 · previous
Majority 213

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1985

1980 1985· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
37.7
39.2
0.3
21.4
11.9
16.8
2.9
5.6
10.8
9.8
3.6
3.0
21.5
0.0
INCLKDINDJNPBJPCPIJNPSC

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
309 → 269
−40
LKD
0 → 84
+84
IND
17 → 23
+6
JNP
4 → 20
+16
BJP
11 → 16
+5
CPI
7 → 6
−1
ICJ
0 → 5
+5
CPM
0 → 2
+2
JNPSC
59 → 0
−59
INCU
13 → 0
−13

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1985

share lostshare gained
LKD
0.3% → 21.4%
+21.2%
IND
11.9% → 16.8%
+4.9%
JNP
2.9% → 5.6%
+2.7%
ICJ
0.0% → 2.3%
+2.3%
INC
37.7% → 39.2%
+1.6%
DDP
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
ICS
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
CPI
3.6% → 3.0%
−0.5%
BJP
10.8% → 9.8%
−0.9%
JNPSR
4.2% → 0.0%
−4.2%

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
Agota
−84.3%
Sadabad
−83.5%
Jaswant Nagar
−80.6%
Karhal
−73.3%
Sasni
−69.7%
Khekra
−67.4%
Unnao
−65.8%
Sohawal
−63.8%
Mariahu
−62.6%
Khatauli
−61.7%
Domariaganj
−61.6%
Shahganj
−60.8%

Closest races · 1985

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

All constituencies · 1985

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