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 +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 149 | +149 | 182 | 51,22,753 | 55.55% | — |
| JNPJanata Party | 14 | +14 | 141 | 17,75,338 | 19.25% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 11 | +2 | 124 | 13,79,120 | 14.96% | +0.94 |
| INDIndependent | 8 | -2 | 515 | 8,56,160 | 9.28% | -0.69 |
| DDPDDP | 0 | 0 | 153 | 47,222 | 0.51% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24,013 | 0.26% | -0.06 |
| CPMCommunist 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
- INC
- JNP
- BJP
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 182 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 182
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS BRIDGE | JNPBABUBHAI VASANWALA | INCSUDHIR NANAVATI | 4,7917.09% | 49.9% |
| GADHADA | INCKANTIBHAI VALJIBHAI GOHIL | JNPKATARIYA CHHAGANBHAI LALJIBHAI | 28,09157.56% | 46.7% |
| GANDEVI | INCDESAI DINKER BHIKHUBHAI | JNPAMUL M. DESAI | 29,62253.01% | 50.2% |
| GANDHINAGAR | INCKASAM BAPU | JNPPOPATLAL VITHALBHAI PATEL | 12,10515.00% | 63.4% |
| GHOGHO | INCGOHIL DILIPSING AJITSINH | INDGOHIL KIRITSINH ANOPSINH | 13,29727.44% | 49.0% |
| GODHRA | INCKHALPA ABDULRAHIM ISMAIL | BJPSOLANKI GOPALSINH | 18,28147.41% | 35.3% |
| GONDAL | INCSORATHIYA POPATBHAI LAKHABHAI | BJPVIRADIYA JETHALAL KARSANBHAI | 14,55433.37% | 43.4% |
| HALOL | INCBARIA UDESINH MOHANBHAI | BJPTHAKKER KIRITBHAI JAYKUSHNABHAI | 15,46836.09% | 46.7% |
| HALVAD | INCJIVUBHABHAI GHELUBHABHAI ZALA | JNPPATEL GANESHBHAI JIVABHAI | 8,36819.64% | 50.4% |
| HIMATNAGAR | INCPATEL LAKHABHAI BACHECHARDAS | JNPPATEL BHAGVANDAS HARIBHAI | 7,18512.61% | 52.4% |
| IDAR | JNPKARSANDAS SONERI | INCMANABHAI REVABHAI BHAMBHI | 2,7475.33% | 50.0% |
| JALALPORE | INCPATEL VASANTBHAI PARBHUBHAI | JNPPATEL GOSAIBHAI CHHIBABHAI | 37,11575.69% | 45.6% |
| JAMALPUR | INCABDUL RAHIM TAJUJI KUNDIWALA | JNPSAIYED KHURSHID AHMED | 22,67254.82% | 41.0% |
| JAMBUSAR | INCSOLANKI MANGANBHAI BHUKHANBHAI | JNPGUJJAR MANOHAR V. ACHARYA | 46,64377.17% | 59.2% |
| JAMJODHPUR | INCKALARIA RAMESHBHAI VITHABHAI | JNPKADIVAR LALJI RATANSHI | 12,41232.50% | 43.3% |
| JAMNAGAR | BJPVASANTBHAI SANGHVI | INCCHAK I A. KARIM HAJI AHMED | 11,72925.17% | 49.0% |
| JAMNAGAR RURAL | INCHIRANI BHIMJI NARAN | INDPARMAR TULSIDAS SHIVABHAI | 10,13546.06% | 19.8% |
| JASDAN | INCDABHI MAMAIYABHAI HARIBHAI | JNPBANBHANIYA BHIKHALAL BHIMJIBHAI | 10,00220.89% | 49.7% |
| JETPUR | INCPATEL DILIPBHAI RAMANBHAI | BJPRADADIA RAMJI NATHA | 15,00730.72% | 45.6% |
| JETPUR | JNPRATHAVA MOHANSINH CHHTUBHAI | INCARJUNSINH REVABHAI RATHAVA | 14,47332.07% | 47.6% |
| JHAGADIA | INCVASAVA REVADASBHAI LIMJIBHAI | JNPVASAVA CHHOTUBHAI AMARSANG | 10,64734.38% | 32.2% |
| JHALOD | INCMUNIA VIRJIBHAI LIMBABHAI | JNPHATHILAL TITABHAI MEGHJIBHAI | 13,46556.26% | 23.3% |
| JODIYA | INCBHIMANI DAYABHAI DEVSIBHAI | BJPKASUNDRA MAGANBHAI AMBABHAI | 2570.56% | 50.1% |
| JOTANA | INCJADAV MANSIGBHAI VIRABHAI | BJPCHAVDA RAJENDRA KUMAR DANESHVAR | 4,3129.35% | 44.8% |
| JUNAGADH | INCPATEL GODHANBHAI GOKAL BHAI | BJPPADHIYAR NARSINHBHAI DHANJIBHAI | 14,28031.64% | 42.2% |
| KADI | INCTHAKOR KARSANJI MANGANJI | BJPPATEL BHAGUBHAI GOPALDAS | 6,1439.16% | 63.9% |
| KALAWAD | BJPPATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBHAI | INCMUNGARA RAGHAVJI HANSRAJ | 4,4929.91% | 47.4% |
| KALOL | INCTHAKOR SHANKERJI KALAJI | BJPPATEL VITHALBHAI CHAGANDAS | 9,00114.88% | 51.9% |
| KALOL | INCCHAUHAN PRABHATSINH PRATAPSINH | JNPSOLANKI SALAMSINH MAMGALBHAI | 18,71445.94% | 43.6% |
| KALUPUR | INCTAMIZBEN KOREISHI | JNPJYOTINDRA BHATT | 7,17922.62% | 42.3% |
| KAMREJ | INCRATHOD NARANBHAI VANMALIBHAI | BJPRATHOD MANGUBHAI BHAGABHAI | 32,50376.87% | 44.7% |
| KANKREJ | JNPSHAH JAYANTILAL VIRCHAND | INCDHANDHARA SHANTILAL CHHOTALAL | 4,5077.10% | 69.1% |
| KAPADVANJ | INCCHAUHAN BUDHAJI JITAJI | JNPZALARAYSINHJI JASHWANTSINHJI | 27,07054.65% | 46.5% |
| KARJAN | INCBHAILABHAI K. DABHI | JNPNAGINBHAI DHANJIBHAI PARMAR | 29,79961.01% | 43.4% |
| KATHLAL | INCZALA MAGANBHAI GOKALBHAI | JNPTHAKOR DILIPSINH JUVANSINH | 12,36421.11% | 54.6% |
| KESHOD | INCDHAVADA PARBAT BHOJA | JNPMAKWANA VAGHAJIBHAI BECHARBHAI | 7,35421.35% | 36.1% |
| KHADIA | BJPASHOK BHATT | INCASHOK BHAGAT | 11,19725.75% | 50.9% |
| KHAMBHALIA | INDMADAM HEMATBHAI RAMBHAI | INCKHIMAJI NANDHA JADEJA | 3,1196.66% | 53.2% |
| KHEDBRAHMA | INCKATARA KALJIBHAI RATNAJI | JNPDABHI MALJIBHAI SAGRAMBHAI | 7,06220.46% | 35.4% |
| KHERALU | INDTHAKOR SHANKERJI OKHAJI | INCDESAI MOHANBHAI NATHUBHAI | 1,1801.59% | 69.5% |
| KODINAR | INCKAMALIA ARSHIBHAI KANABHAI | JNPMORI PRATAP SINGH | 3,3506.12% | 58.9% |
| KUNDLA | INCPATEL DHIRUBHAI THAKARSHIBHAI (DHIRUBHAI DUDHWALA) | JNPRADADIYA BHIKHUBHAI BHIMJIBHAI | 3,8577.09% | 52.2% |
| KUTIYANA | INCMAHANT VIJAYDASJI VIRDASJI | BJPSUTREJA MERAG HAJA | 51,00392.21% | 56.4% |
| LATHI | INCKHODIDAS THAKKAR | BJPPATEL PARSOTAMBHAI LALJIBHAI | 16,04334.10% | 56.1% |
| LIMBDI | INCJANAKSINGH KHENGARJI RANA | BJPJITUBHA KESARISINH RANA | 3,0095.94% | 48.5% |
| LIMDI | INCDAMOR MALSING FATA | BJPPALAS DALSUKHBHAI KALABHAI | 10,25355.33% | 19.3% |
| LIMKHEDA | INCPASAYA VIRSINGHBHAI BHULABHAI | JNPPASAYA NAGARSINH GULABSING | 6,73536.40% | 17.8% |
| LUNAVADA | JNPUPADHY HARGOVI DEVSHANKAR | INCSOLANKI DHIRENSINH VIRBHAORASIXIJI | 1030.20% | 51.9% |
| MAHUDHA | INCSODHA BALWANT SINGH SUDHANSINGH | JNPPARMAR VAJASIGH KABHAIBHAI | 34,30068.47% | 45.5% |
| MAHUVA | INCVAJUBHAI JANI | JNPMEHTA CHHABILDAS PRAGJIBHAI | 1,1872.42% | 51.1% |
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.
