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Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1985

The 6th Maharashtra legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
288
145 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
161 seats · majority
Candidates
2,230
83 women, 16 elected
Turnout
58.06%
2.19 cr of 3.78 cr

The house

288 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

288SEATS
  • INC161
  • ICS54
  • IND20
  • JNP20
  • BJP16
  • PWP13
  • CPI2
  • CPM2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Maharashtra assembly election (1980)

IND
+10
PWP
+4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress161—28743.6%95,22,55643.41%—7
ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)54—12638.9%37,90,85017.28%—14
INDIndependent20+1015063.3%38,36,39017.49%+9.461420
JNPJanata Party20—6136.2%16,18,1017.38%—7
BJPBharatiya Janata Party16+26730.7%15,90,3517.25%-2.1314
PWPPWP13+42936.9%8,25,9493.77%-0.374
CPICommunist Party of India20318.6%2,02,7900.93%-0.3926
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)201417.2%1,74,3500.80%-0.138
RPIRPI00545.3%2,20,2301.00%+0.2547
RPKRPK0-1168.6%1,13,6320.52%-0.8514
LKDLok Dal0—361.2%35,3920.16%—36
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0031.5%4,1510.02%-0.013

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Maharashtra at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1985

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MELGHATMaharashtraINCPATEL RAMU MHATANGBJPHIRALAL ONKAR34,09368.84%
MALSHIRASMaharashtraINCMOHITE PATIL VISAYSINHA SHANKARRAOICSTATE SUBHASH MAHADEO72,76267.84%
JATMaharashtraINCSANAMADIKAR UMAJI DHANAPAPWPSHIVASHARAN DNYANU KALU27,80665.93%
NORTH SOLAPURMaharashtraINCSHINDE SUSHIL KUMAR SAMBHAJIRAOINDSHINDE MALLAPPPA HANMANTU50,36265.76%
TASGAONMaharashtraINCPATI. DINKARRAO (ABA) KRISHNAJIINDAMRUTSAGAR GANPATI ABAJI36,83762.85%
NAWAPURMaharashtraINCNAIK SHURUPSING HIRYAJNPVASANT DODHA SURYAVANSHI49,01558.68%
KAMPTEEMaharashtraINCBHOYAR YADAORAO KRISHNARAORPIRAMTAKE SAMPAT MUKAJI32,07050.38%
NANDURBARMaharashtraINCINDRASING DIWANSING VASAVEJNPVALVI PRAVIN JALAMSING28,61549.28%
YAVATMALMaharashtraINCSADASHIORAO THAKREICSBALSHAHEB GHUIKHEDKAR28,33547.72%
DAHANUMaharashtraINCNAM SHANKAR SAKHARAMCPMSUTAR GANGARAM DHAKAT23,70045.33%

Closest results of Feb 1985

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
SHIVAJINAGARMaharashtraBJPANNA JOSHIINCSHRIDHAR MADGULKAR1110.11%
KHETWADIMaharashtraBJPSHARMA PREM KUMAR SHANKARDATINCQURESHI M. ISMAIL870.19%
MOHOLMaharashtraINCSHAHJIROA SHANKARRAO PATILPWPPATIL BABURAO BAJIRAO1670.19%
PUNE CANTONMENTMaharashtraJNPTUPE VITTHAL BABURAOINCSHIVARKAR CHANDRAKANT VITTHAL1770.19%
KAGALMaharashtraICSMANDLIK SADASHIVRAO DADOBAINCGHATGE VIKRAMSINH JAYSINGRAO2310.25%
AURANGABAD WESTMaharashtraICSAMNULLA MOTIAWALAINCS.T.PRADHAN3860.36%
ARVIMaharashtraICSKALE SHARADINCSHRIDHARRAO SHANKARRAO THAKARE4560.52%
SANGRULMaharashtraPWPKALIKATE GOVINDRAO TUKARAMINCBONDRE SHRIPATRAO SHANKARRAO7240.77%
MAHADMaharashtraJNPSHANTARAM PHILSEINCSUDHAKAR SHANKAR SAWANT6490.90%
ULHASNAGARMaharashtraBJPHARCHANDANI SITALDAS KHUBCHANDINCTOLANI RAM ASSUDOMAL8050.94%