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1985 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

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All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 213 seats needed for a majority
Registered	65,404,531
Turnout	45.64%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Narayan Datt Tiwari Charan Singh Chandra Shekhar Party INC LKD JP Leader's seat Haldwani Last election 309 New 4 Seats won 269 84 20 Seat change 40 New 16 Popular vote 11,544,698 6,304,455 1,646,005 Percentage 39.25% 21.43% 5.60% Swing 1.6 New 5.59
Chief Minister before election Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress Elected Chief Minister Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in phases, in February and May 1985, to elect members of the 425 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Narayan Datt Tiwari was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

This election was scheduled, as the five-year term of the members elected in the previous election, in 1980, was due to end in May 1985. After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	11,544,698	39.25	269	–40
	Lok Dal	6,304,455	21.43	84	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,890,884	9.83	16	+5
	Janata Party	1,646,005	5.60	20	+16
	Communist Party of India	894,620	3.04	6	0
	Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)	669,031	2.27	5	New
	Doordarshi Party	228,688	0.78	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	198,780	0.68	2	0
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	88,616	0.30	0	New
	All India Forward Bloc	4,074	0.01	0	New
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,297	0.00	0	New
	Republican Party of India	562	0.00	0	0
	Independents	4,942,962	16.80	23	+6
Total		29,414,672	100.00	425	0
Valid votes		29,414,672	98.53
Invalid/blank votes		437,456	1.47
Total votes		29,852,128	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		65,404,531	45.64
Source: ECI

Elected members

Bypolls

See also

• List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1985 elections in India

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
3. "ND Tiwari passes away: Only Indian to serve as CM of two states breathes his last on 93rd birthday". The Financial Express (India). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
4. "Biographical Sketch - Shri Narayan Datt Tiwari". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
5. P D T Achary (1 July 2018). "On what grounds will assemblies be dissolved?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2022. The normal term of the assembly, under Article 172, is five years
6. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
8. "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

• 1985 State Assembly elections in India
• State Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh
• 1980s in Uttar Pradesh