1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1985

All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.35% (3.02%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Surjit Singh Barnala -
Party SAD INC BJP
Leader's seat -
Seats won 73 32 6
Seat change 36 31 5
Popular vote 26,30,270 26,20,042 3,45,560
Percentage 38.01 37.86 4.99%

Chief Minister before election

President's rule
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Surjit Singh Barnala
SAD. President's rule

Result

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [1]
Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Shiromani Akali Dal 100 60 23 26,30,270 38.01
Indian National Congress 117 32 31 26,20,042 37.86
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 6 5 3,45,560 4.99
Communist Party of India 38 1 8 3,07,496 4.44
Janata Party 5 1 1 75,307 1.09
Independents 542 4 2 8,09,254 11.69
Others 29 0 - 1,32,889 1.92
Total 857 117 69,20,818
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