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Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1985

The 9th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
425
213 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
269 seats · majority
Candidates
6,019
168 women, 31 elected
Turnout
44.89%
2.94 cr of 6.55 cr

The house

425 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

425SEATS
  • INC269
  • LKD84
  • IND23
  • JNP20
  • BJP16
  • CPI6
  • ICJ5
  • CPM2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Uttar Pradesh assembly election (1980)

LKD
+84
JNP
+20
IND
+6
BJP
+5

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress269—42539.2%1,15,44,69839.25%—5
LKDLok Dal84+8438523.6%63,04,45521.43%+21.17155
INDIndependent23+637681.9%49,42,96216.80%+4.933700
JNPJanata Party20+203117.6%16,46,0055.60%+5.58267
BJPBharatiya Janata Party16+534712.1%28,90,8849.83%-0.93249
CPICommunist Party of India6-11618.1%8,94,6203.04%-0.51142
ICJICJ5—1695.6%6,69,0312.27%—152
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2+22511.0%1,98,7800.68%+0.2019
DDPDDP0—3530.9%2,28,6880.78%—353
ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)0—642.0%88,6160.30%—63
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0090.7%4,0740.01%0.009
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0—12.7%1,2970.00%—1
RPIRPI0010.7%5620.00%-0.011

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Uttar Pradesh 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
AMETHIUttar PradeshINCRAJ KUMAR SANJAI SINGHBJPB. C. MISHRA1,22,35296.97%
MANKAPURUttar PradeshINCRAM VISHUN AZADLKDDUKHHARAN69,66982.71%
JAGDISHPURUttar PradeshINCRAM SEVAKLKDNAND LAL30,33176.30%
MOHAMMDABADUttar PradeshINCNARENDAR SINGH YADAVJNPKUNWAR AMERJEET SINGH61,95071.54%
RAMPURKHASUttar PradeshINCPRAMOD KUMARBJPRAM LAKHAN60,51067.70%
KHATIMAUttar PradeshINCSURESH CHANDRALKDSHRI CHANDRA42,52863.32%
COLONELGANJUttar PradeshINCUMESHWAR PRATAP SINGHJNPSURYA KANT SINGH42,80061.48%
CHHANYEYUttar PradeshINCBHAGWATI PRASADINDSURYABHAN22,80759.34%
LUCKNOW CANTONMENTUttar PradeshINCPREMAVATI TIWARIBJPBADRI PRASAD AVASTHI23,78558.27%
KASHIPURUttar PradeshINCNARAYAN DUTTLKDANWAR AHEMAD48,80857.96%

Closest results of Feb 1985

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
CHHIBRAMAUUttar PradeshINCSANTOSHLKDCHOTA SINGH YADAV360.04%
HARDWARUttar PradeshINCMAHAVIR SINGH RANAINDAMRISH710.07%
ROORKEEUttar PradeshLKDQAZI MOHIUDDININCRAM SINGH1050.11%
AGRA CANTONMENTUttar PradeshINCKRISHAN VIR SINGH KAUSHALBJPRAMESH KANT LAVANIA800.13%
JAHANABADUttar PradeshINCPRAKASH NARAIANLKDNARESH KUMAR UTTAM1230.16%
SHYAMDEURAWAUttar PradeshJNPJANARDHAN PRASAD OJHAINCAMAR NATH1220.16%
AMROHAUttar PradeshLKDMOHD HAYATINCNASIM BEGAM1800.20%
AGRA EASTUttar PradeshBJPSATYA PRAKASH VIKALINCSATISH CHAND1450.27%
GYANPURUttar PradeshINCSHARDA PRASAD BINDLKDRAMRATI BIND2070.30%
GANGIRIUttar PradeshINCTILAK SINGHLKDBABU SINGH2680.33%