Gujarat assembly election, May 1985

182 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, 47.80% turnout.

Seats

182

Candidates

1,137

42 women, 16 elected

Turnout

47.80%

92.2 lakh of 1.93 cr

Leading party

INC

149 of 182 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Gujarat

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	149	+149	182	51,22,753	55.55%	—
JNP Janata Party	14	+14	141	17,75,338	19.25%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	11	+2	124	13,79,120	14.96%	+0.94
IND Independent	8	-2	515	8,56,160	9.28%	-0.69
DDP DDP	0	0	153	47,222	0.51%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	15	24,013	0.26%	-0.06
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	7	16,543	0.18%	+0.03

INC149 (82%)
JNP14 (8%)
BJP11 (6%)
IND8 (4%)

INC149
JNP14
BJP11
IND8

INC149
JNP14
BJP11
IND8

Constituency performance

From the 182 results in Gujarat

Closest contest

LUNAVADA

won by 103 (0.20%)

Biggest victory

KUTIYANA

won by 51,003 (92.21%)

Highest turnout

CHANASMA

75.84%

Lowest turnout

LIMKHEDA

17.79%

Seat change

Against Gujarat's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1980), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained3 (2%)
Changed hands179 (98%)

3 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 179 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Gujarat, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 182 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 182

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ABDASA	INCKANUBHA MADHUBHA JADEJA	INDABDULAHAJI IBRAHIM MANOHARA	3,8386.86%	64.2%
AMRELI	BJPDILLIPBHAI NANUBHAI SANGHANI	INCPATEL MANJULABEN BHIMJIBHAI	20,25335.21%	60.8%
ANAND	INCRANCHHODBHAI SHANABHAI SOLANKI	JNPPATEL CHMANBHAI RANCHHODBHAI RAJA	25,11348.97%	45.6%
ANJAR	INCNAVINBHAI SHASTRI	BJPCHAMPAKLAL CHUNILAL SHAH	18,08337.81%	42.5%
ANKLESHWAR	INCPATEL NATHUBHAI NAROTAMBHAI	JNPPATEL THAKORBHAI GUMANBHAI	20,41440.68%	48.6%
ASARWA	INCPATANI LAXMANBHAI KALIDAS	BJPMANGALDAS SHIVARAMDAS PATEL (SOJAWALA)	2,1052.78%	50.8%
BABRA	INCKHOKHARIYA VALJIBHAI NANJIBHAI	JNPPALSANA BECHARBHAI MADHABHAI	9,13520.34%	49.8%
BALASINOR	INCBABI NURJAHAN BKHAT MOHAMADIBRAHIMKHAN	BJPCHAUHAN MANSINH KOYABHAI	7,96220.49%	44.5%
BARDOLI	INCHALPATI JITUBHAI CHHITUBHAI	JNPRATHOD CHHOTUBHAI NATHUBHAI	25,01363.38%	37.4%
BARODA CITY	INCBHIKHABHAI MULJIBHAI PABARI	BJPSUKHADIA JITENDRA RATILAL	22,07535.28%	46.0%
BARODA RURAL	INCCHAUHAN MAHHENDRASINH TAKHATSINH	JNPUPENDRASINH PRATAPSINH GOHIL	4070.59%	55.0%
BAVLA	INCMOTILAL MAVJIBHAI CHAVDA	JNPDHULABHAI DALABHAI GOHIL	1300.23%	51.9%
BAYAD	INDSOLANKI RAMSINJI RUPSINHJI	INCINDRAVIJAYSIHJI SURSIHJI SOLANKI	5,64610.20%	60.3%
BHADRAN	INCMADHAVSINH SOLANKI	JNPJADAV HIMATSINH KHOSINH	42,53259.58%	60.1%
BHANVAD	BJPGORIYA MARKHIBHAI JETHABHAI	INCALA KARSHAN KARMUR	3260.91%	48.1%
BHAVNAGAR NORTH	INCOZA DIGANTBHAI DILIPKUMAR	BJPSHAH NAGINDAS MANILAL (NAGINBHAI SHAH)	9,84323.91%	37.8%
BHAVNAGAR SOUTH	INCJAMOD SHASHIBHAI MAVJIBHAI	JNPPATEL RAVJIBHAI HIRABHAI	4,76711.12%	38.8%
BHILODA	INCUPENDRA TRIVEDI	JNPKHEMABHAI HIRABHAI PATEL	20,33934.13%	56.3%
BHUJ	INCKUMUDINI GAJENDRA PANCHOLI	BJPZAVERI MUKESHCHANDRA BABULAL	3,3578.27%	40.3%
BORSAD	INCUMEDBHAI FATESINH GOHEL	JNPPATEL INDUBHAI ZAVERBHAI	40,40670.03%	53.5%
BOTAD	INCKHACHAR HATHIBHAI CHHELBHAI	JNPPATEL VALLABHBHAI JIVABHAI	11,65521.81%	51.7%
BROACH	INCMOHMED HAFEZI ISMAIL PATEL	JNPGODIGAJBAR CHHAGANBHAI BABARBHAI	19,93543.49%	38.7%
BULSAR	INCBARJORJI COWASJI PARDIWALA	INDDOLATBHAI NATHUBHAI DESAI	9,11214.83%	53.3%
CAMBAY	INCCHUDASAMA VIJAYSINHJI LADHUBHA	JNPPATEL DAHYABHAI FULABHAI	24,31844.12%	52.1%
CHAKALASI	INCAMARSINHJI BHUIATSINHJI VAGEHLA	JNPSHANKARBHAI DESAIBHAI VEGHELA	21,18330.57%	64.2%
CHANASMA	INCDARBAR UDAISINHBHAI JALIMSINH	BJPPATEL NATVARLAL PITAMBARDAS	10,10113.32%	75.8%
CHHOTA UDAIPUR	INCRATHAWA SUKHARMBHAI HARIYABHAI	JNPRATHAWA RAMANBHAI NARANBHAI	6,04820.28%	30.2%
CHIKHLI	INCPATEL BHARTIBEN NARDEVBHAI	BJPPATEL KANJIBHAI MAGANBHAI	4,86210.44%	43.6%
CHORASI	INCKANTIBHAI KESHAVBHAI PATEL	BJPRAMANBHAI NATHUBHAI PATEL	33,22456.03%	25.3%
CHOTILA	INDKARAMSHIBHAI KANJIBHAI MAKWANA	INCSAMAND MOTIBHAI HIRABHAI	10,11120.16%	56.7%
DABHOI	INCKUSVAHA GIRIRAJKUMARI	JNPUMA KANT JOSHI	3,9748.41%	51.2%
DANGS-BANSDA	INCPATEL CHANDARBHAI HARIBHAI	JNPBHOYE MADHUBHAI JELYABHAI	14,35136.93%	38.4%
DANTA	INCBALDEVSINH D. VEGHELA	JNPIBRAHIM HABIBBHAI	7,66616.58%	40.4%
DARIAPUR-KAZIPUR	INCRAJPUT SURENDRAKUMAR NETRAPAL SINH (SURENDRA RAJPUT)	BJPACHALESWER BANSHIDHAR JOSHI	23,15453.20%	45.0%
DASADA	INCCHANDRABEN SURESHBHAI SHRIMALI	JNPRATHOD KALUBHAI VIRABHAI	11,09228.82%	41.9%
DASKROI	INCSODHA FATEHSINH	BJPTHAKOR JAGDISHCHANDRA PRATAPSINGH	25,57136.32%	53.4%
DEDIAPADA	INCVASAVA RAMJIBHAI HIRABHAI	JNPDESHMUKH CHANDUBHAI SHANABHAI	5691.29%	42.0%
DEESA	INDVAGHELA LILADHARBHAI KHODAJI	INCDESAI MOHANBHAI VISABHAI	1,6403.13%	55.5%
DEHGAM	BJPGABHAJI MANGAJI THAKOR	INCAJITSINH MOTISINH THAKOR	13,27919.07%	64.8%
DEODAR	INCVAGHELA MANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI	INDPATEL BHEMABHAI RAMSINGHBHAI	5,7169.17%	65.8%
DEVGADH BARIA	INCRAMAN PATEL	JNPKENDOI JAYRAJ BEHARISINH	15,21650.56%	34.1%
DHANDHUKA	INCSHAH NATWARLAL CHANDULAL	JNPPATEL JIVRAJBHAI BHIKHABHAI	15,05335.05%	43.9%
DHANERA	INCPATEL JOITABHAI KASHNABHAI	BJPSHAH RAMESHCHANDRA VALCHAND	14,19125.13%	57.8%
DHARAMPUR	INCPATEL SHANKARBHAI RAVJIBHAI	BJPCHAUDHARI MANIBHAI RAMJIBHAI	14,43539.05%	37.0%
DHARI	JNPMANUBHAI KOTADIA	INCJASANI JAYSUKHLAL BHAGWANJI	2,1013.24%	66.9%
DHOLKA	INCPARSOTAMBHAI RAVJIBHAI MAKWANA	BJPCHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHA	15,92128.47%	55.7%
DHORAJI	INCSOJITRA CHHAGANBHAI SHAMBHUBHAI	JNPDHAMI RAMNIKBHAI KABABHAI	6,87514.74%	46.0%
DHRANGADHRA	INCSANGHVI ARVIND SAKERCHAND	INDSHAH HASMUKHLAL MANEKLAL	4,52210.96%	45.5%
DOHAD	INCPATEL LALITKUMAR BHAGWANDAS	JNPDINDOD DINESHKUMAR JALJIBHAI	19,32970.48%	29.7%
DWARKA	INDPABARI JAMNADAS GOKALDAS	INCLEELABEN GAURISHANKER TRIVEDI	5,85212.73%	47.5%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Gujarat 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 Gujarat assembly election, May 1985?

Indian National Congress won 149 of 182 seats in Gujarat, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Gujarat assembly election, May 1985?

Turnout was 47.80% — 92.2 lakh of 1.93 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Gujarat have?

Gujarat has 182 assembly seats.