1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1985, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results
Indian National Congress won majority seats in the Assembly, Vasantdada Patil became Chief Minister. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition.[2]
#19AAED #00FF00 #1F75FE #FF9933 #e77373 #cb0922 #cc0d0d #DCDCDC| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Seat change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 287 | 161 | 9,522,556 | 43.41% |  25
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| Indian National Congress (Socialist) | 126 | 54 | 3,790,850 | 17.28% |  54
| |
| Janata Party | 61 | 20 | 1,618,101 | 7.38% | 20
| |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 67 | 16 | 1,590,351 | 7.25% | 2
| |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 29 | 13 | 825,949 | 3.77% | 4
| |
| Communist Party of India | 31 | 2 | 202,790 | 0.92% | 
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14 | 2 | 174,350 | 0.79% |
| |
| Independents | 1506 | 20 | 3,836,390 | 17.49% | 10
| |
| Total | 2230 | 288 | 21,934,742 |
List of winning candidates
The following is the list of candidates won:[3]
| Constituency Name | Member of Legislative Assembly | Political party | Votes polled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achalpur | Sudan Deshmukh | CPI / Independent | |
| Amgaon | Mahadevrao Shivankar | BJP | |
| Aurangabad East | Haribhau Bagade | BJP | |
| Baramati | Sharad Pawar | INC(Socialist) | 53,545 |
| Borivali | Ram Naik | BJP | |
| Chandwad | Jayachand Kasliwal | BJP | |
| Chembur | Parvati Parihar | Congress | |
| Dadar | Sharayu Thakur | Congress(I) | |
| Devalali | Bhikchand Haribhau Donde | BJP | |
| Devgad | Appa Gogte | BJP | |
| Edlabad | Jaware Haribhau | ICS (Socialist Congress) | |
| Goregaon (Bhandara) | Khushal Bopche | BJP | |
| Goregaon (Mumbai) | Mrinal Gore | Janata Party | |
| Guhagar | Shridhar Natu | BJP | |
| Kalyan | Ram Kapse | BJP | |
| Kasba Peth | Ulhas Kalokhe | Congress | 35,588 |
| Khamgaon | Manikrao Gawande | Congress | |
| Khetwadi | Premkumar Shankardatt Sharma | BJP | |
| Lakhandur | Namdeorao Dhwathe | BJP | |
| Mahim | Sham Shetty | Congress | |
| Malkapur | Vasantrao Shinde | Congress | |
| Matunga | V Subramanyam | Congress(I) | |
| Mumbadevi | Lalit Kapadia | Congress | |
| Nagpur East | Avinash Pande | Congress(I) | |
| Nagpur West | Congress(I) | ||
| Nagpur North | Damuantibai Deshbhratar | Congress | |
| Nagpur South | Ashok Dhawad | Congress(I) | |
| Nagpur Central | Shoukat Rehman Qureshi | Congress(I) | |
| Nashik | Daulatrao Aher | BJP | |
| Nehrunagar | Babasaheb Bhosale | Congress(I) | |
| Opera House | Chandrashekhar Prabhu | Congress | |
| Ratnagiri | Shivajirao Jadyar | Congress | |
| Raver | Gunawant Sarode | BJP | |
| Sakri | Govindrao Chaudhary | BJP | |
| Sangli | Vasantdada Patil | Congress(I) | |
| Satara | Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle | Congress(I) | |
| Shivajinagar | Anna Joshi | BJP | |
| Ulhasnagar | Sitaldas Khubchand Harchndani | BJP | |
| Vile Parle | Hans Bhugra | Congress |
References
- ^ a b "Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help)Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ([1]) - ^ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help)Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ([2]) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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