1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]

1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 320 assembly constituencies
161 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.83%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Arjun Singh Sunderlal Patwa
Party INC BJP
Leader since 1980 1969
Last election 246 60
Seats won 250 58
Seat change 4 2
Popular vote 69,37,443 46,02,249
Percentage 48.87% 32.42%
Chief Minister before election

Arjun Singh
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Arjun Singh
INC

Madhya Pradesh Result

[2]

SN Party Seats
Contested		 Seats
won		 Seats
Changed		 %
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 320 250 +4 48.87
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 311 58 -2 32.42%
3 Janata Party 172 5 +3 4.01%
4 Indian National Congress (S) 30 1 N/A 0.40%
7 Independent 320 6 -2 10.82%
Total 320
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References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1985". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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