Bihar assembly election, Feb 1985
324 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 55.43% turnout.
Seats
324
Candidates
4,237
103 women, 15 elected
Turnout
55.43%
2.43 cr of 4.39 cr
Leading party
INC
196 of 324 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Bihar
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 196 | +196 | 323 | 95,58,562 | 39.30% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 46 | +46 | 261 | 35,73,173 | 14.69% | +14.66 |
| INDIndependent | 29 | +6 | 2804 | 43,49,057 | 17.88% | +5.92 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 16 | -5 | 234 | 18,33,275 | 7.54% | -0.87 |
| JNPJanata Party | 13 | +13 | 229 | 17,54,705 | 7.21% | +7.18 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 12 | -11 | 167 | 21,54,066 | 8.86% | -0.27 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 9 | -2 | 57 | 4,43,822 | 1.82% | +0.13 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | -5 | 44 | 3,92,375 | 1.61% | -0.14 |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 1 | +1 | 59 | 1,60,159 | 0.66% | — |
| SUCSUC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17,890 | 0.07% | -0.15 |
| ICJICJ | 0 | 0 | 47 | 76,352 | 0.31% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8,573 | 0.04% | +0.01 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,719 | 0.01% | -0.05 |
| DDPDDP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 0.00% | — |
- INC196 (60%)
- LKD46 (14%)
- IND29 (9%)
- BJP16 (5%)
- JNP13 (4%)
- CPI12 (4%)
- Others12 (4%)
- INC196
- LKD46
- IND29
- BJP16
- JNP13
- CPI12
- Others12
- INC196
- LKD46
- IND29
- BJP16
- JNP13
- CPI12
- JMM9
- CPM1
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 324 results in Bihar
Closest contest
TUNDI
won by 24 (0.04%)
Biggest victory
SHIKARPUR
won by 53,398 (72.23%)
Highest turnout
ATRI
84.88%
Lowest turnout
LATEHAR
22.01%
Seat change
Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1980), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained23 (7%)
- Changed hands292 (90%)
- New seat9 (3%)
23 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 292 changed hands. 9 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Bihar, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- LKD
- IND
- BJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 324 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 324
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETTIAH | INCGAURI SHANKER PANDEY | CPIAHMAD ALI | 16,47525.13% | 46.0% |
| BHABHUA | CPIRAM LAL SINGH | INCSHYAM NARAIN PANDEY | 11,03212.86% | 57.9% |
| BHAGALPUR | INCSHEO CHANDRA JHA | JNPFAIYAZ BHAGALPURI | 38,75945.74% | 61.4% |
| BHAWANATHPUR | INCRAJ RAJENDRA PRATAP DEO | LKDRAM CHANDRA PRASAD KESHARI | 6,08610.69% | 41.6% |
| BHORE | INCANIL KUMAR | INDINDREDEO MANJHI | 8,49811.24% | 53.7% |
| BIBHUTPUR | INCCHANDRA VALI THAKUR | CPMRAMDEO VERMA | 1,5871.44% | 69.0% |
| BIHAR | INCSHAKIL UZZAMA | BJPDEONATH PRASAD | 3770.28% | 67.9% |
| BIHPUR | INCRAJENDRA PRASAD SHARMA | BJPBALBHADRA CHOUDHARY | 16,68823.40% | 55.6% |
| BIKRAM | CPIRAM NATH YADAV | INCRAMANAND SINGH | 6,3427.92% | 60.0% |
| BIKRAMGANJ | LKDMEGHRAJ MADHAVI | INCGIRJA PRASAD SINGH | 23,05122.00% | 69.3% |
| BISFI | INCSAKEEL AHMAD | CPIRAJ KUMAR PURBE | 23,31426.88% | 57.8% |
| BISHNUPUR | INCBHUKHALA BHAGAT | JNPSOMAI ORAON | 20,46764.96% | 26.2% |
| BISHRAMPUR | INCCHANDRASHEKHAR DUBEY | INDVINOD SINGH | 11,38316.42% | 55.2% |
| BOCHAHA | LKDRAMAI RAM | INCHARI LAL RAM | 2,3073.63% | 48.2% |
| BODH GAYA | LKDRAJESH KUMAR | CPIVALIK RAM | 25,06634.97% | 65.0% |
| BOKARO | BJPSAMARESH SINGH | LKDAKLU RAM MAHTO | 18,36722.96% | 39.4% |
| BORIO | INCJON HEMBROM | JMMSANT LAL MARANDI | 10,47320.93% | 40.0% |
| BRAHMPUR | INCRISHIKESH TIWARY | BJPSWAMI NATH TIWARY | 1,4851.72% | 50.2% |
| BUXAR | INCSRI KANT PATHAK | JNPVASIST NARAIN | 5,8108.74% | 47.5% |
| CHAIBASA | BJPRADHEY MUNDA | INCMUKTIDANI SUMBUREY | 1,6584.61% | 34.1% |
| CHAINPUR | INCPARVEJ AHSAN KHAN | BJPLALMUNI CHAOBEY | 2,5143.63% | 58.0% |
| CHAKAI | INCNARENDRA SINGH | BJPFALGUNI PRASAD YADAV | 33,12841.50% | 62.0% |
| CHAKRADHARPUR | BJPJAGARNATH BAKIRA | INCMAN RAI SINGH BODRA | 5051.21% | 42.0% |
| CHANDANKIYARI | INCLATA DEVI (MALI) | BJPPADAMLOCHAN RAJWAR | 4281.06% | 34.6% |
| CHANDI | INCANIL KUMAR | LKDHARINARAYAN SINGH | 31,82838.32% | 61.0% |
| CHANPATIA | CPIBIRBAL SHARMA | INCPRABHAT KISHORE DWEVEDI | 3,1695.81% | 48.1% |
| CHAPRA | INDJANAK YADAV | INCMITHILESH KUMAR SINGH | 10,28511.29% | 59.0% |
| CHATRA | BJPMAHENDRA PRASAD SIGNH BHOGTA | INCNAND KISHORE PRASAD | 3,9678.24% | 35.7% |
| CHAUTHAM | INCKAMLESHWARI SINGH | CPISATYA N. SINGH | 3,2884.00% | 60.9% |
| CHENARI | LKDCHHEDI PASWAN | INCBANS ROPAN RAM | 2,2352.75% | 55.1% |
| CHERIA BARIARPUR | INCHARIHAR MAHTO | CPISUKHDEO MAHTO | 13,04518.36% | 54.6% |
| CHHATAPUR | INCKUMBH NR. SARDAR | LKDMAHENDRA NR. SARDAR | 7,4539.18% | 64.5% |
| CHHATARPUR | INCRADHA KRISHANA KISHOR | LKDJORAWAR RAM | 16,54242.59% | 35.7% |
| COLGONG | INDSADA NAND SINGH | INCKRISHNA MOHAN SINGH | 12,42214.16% | 57.7% |
| DALSINGHSARAI | INCVIJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY | CPIRAM VILAS ROY VIMAL | 14,28716.54% | 57.5% |
| DALTONGANJ | INCISHWAR CHANDRA PANDEY | BJPINDER SINGH NAMDHARI | 4,0537.05% | 40.0% |
| DARAULI | LKDSHIV SHANKAR YADAV | INCCHANDRIKA PANDEY | 3,2624.49% | 55.5% |
| DARBHANGA | INCASFAK ANSARI | INDRAMASHRAY RAI | 8,15611.73% | 51.0% |
| DARBHANGA RURAL | INCRAMCHANDRA PASWAN | JNPJAGDISH CHOUDHARY | 13,22622.20% | 49.5% |
| DEHRI | INCKHALID ANWAR ANSARI | LKDMD. ILIAS HUSSAIN | 6,8968.82% | 52.0% |
| DEO | INCDILKESHWAR RAM | BJPSAHDEO CHAUDHARY | 19,53633.79% | 44.5% |
| DEOGHAR | INCBAIDYANATH DAS | CPISURESH PASWAN | 3,6678.35% | 30.0% |
| DHAKA | INCMOTIUR RAHMAN | BJPAVANISH KUMAR SINGH | 22,38922.02% | 66.7% |
| DHAMDAHA | INCAMAR NATH TIWARI | LKDSURYA NA. SINGH YADAV | 28,64532.64% | 64.8% |
| DHANAHA | LKDNARDESHWAR PRASAD KUSHWAHA | INDARUN KUMAR TIWARI | 2500.54% | 46.4% |
| DHANBAD | INCSURENDRA PRASAD ROY | JNPRAM CHANDER SINGH | 10,72115.86% | 34.7% |
| DHANWAR | BJPHARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKAR | INCPUNIT ROY | 2,7684.65% | 45.8% |
| DHURAIYA | INCRAMROOP HARIJAN | CPINARESH DAS | 4,2135.51% | 56.6% |
| DINAPUR | INDBIJENDRA RAI | INCPRITHVI RAJ SINHA | 12,80816.75% | 53.5% |
| DINARA | INCLAKSHUMAN RAI | LKDRAM DHANI SINGH | 4,2174.06% | 78.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1985?
Indian National Congress won 196 of 324 seats in Bihar, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1985?
Turnout was 55.43% — 2.43 cr of 4.39 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Bihar have?
Bihar has 324 assembly seats.
