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 101–150 of 182

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MAHUVA	INCDHODIYA DHANJIBHAI KARSHANBHAI	JNPPATEL MANSINH KALYANJI	13,69932.10%	41.8%
MALIYA	INCKAMBALIYA BHARATKUMAR NARANBHAI	JNPGAJERA BHIKHABHAI CHANNABHAI	13,10624.64%	51.6%
MANAVADAR	INCPATEL JASHUMATI ARJUNBHAI	JNPKABSAGRA KHIMJIBHAI DAYABHAI	4,66410.01%	49.6%
MANDAL	INCGHANSHYAM THAKKAR	BJPPATEL KANJIBHAI BIRECHANDDAS	11,53023.69%	55.8%
MANDVI	BJPSURESH CHANDRA RUPSHANKER MEHTA	INCDOSHI RASIKLAL BHIMJI	1,6093.30%	55.4%
MANGROL	INCCHUDASAMA CHANDRIKABEN KANJIBHAI	INDDAKI BABUBHAI KESHAV	18,36854.15%	34.4%
MANGROL	INCVASSAVA JAYISINH DUNGARIABHAI	JNPVASAVA NATVARSINGH RAMSINGH	20,41467.02%	31.5%
MANINAGAR	INCRAMLAL RUPLAL	BJPHARIN PATHAK	16,73921.23%	45.0%
MANSA	INCSHUKLA HARIPRASAD VITHALRAM	BJPPATEL MANGALBHAI MADHAVDAS	5510.77%	62.3%
MATAR	INCPARMAR MULRAJSINH MADHAVSINH	JNPCHABDA DHIRUBHAI AMARSHIH	11,91620.21%	55.4%
MEGHRAJ	INCZALA NARENDRASINH MANSINH	JNPCHAUHAN NATUBHAI SHIVLAL	4,5099.44%	43.7%
MEHMEDABAD	JNPCHUHAN PRABHATSINH HATHISINH	INCDABHI CHANDRIKABEN PRATAPSINH	11,26717.12%	60.3%
MEHSANA	INCPATEL MANILAL VIRCHANDDAS	BJPRAJPUT CHANDANSINH SARDARSINH	19,00436.44%	46.4%
MODASA	INCCHANDUSINH THAKOR	INDHARIBHAI CHHAGANBHAI PATEL	9,65719.92%	47.9%
MORVI	BJPAGHARA AMARATLAL GANESHBHAI	INCSARDAVA JIVRAJ THOBAN	7,22912.86%	53.0%
MOTA PONDHA	INCPATEL BARJULBHAI NAVLABHAI	JNPRAVUT MADHUBHAI BAPUBHAI	20,39252.96%	37.0%
MUNDRA	INCVAIJI PUNAMCHAND	JNPMAHESHWARI NARAN JAKHU	11,18643.67%	32.0%
NADIAD	JNPDINSHA J. PATEL	INCDESAI MADHUBHAI RAVJIBHAI	13,28317.82%	67.1%
NARODA	INCGEETABEN DAXINI	BJPVADHVA NANDLAL MOHRIRAM	17,92330.22%	37.3%
NASVADI	INCBHIL MEGHABHAI JAGABHAI	JNPBHIL MANILA HIRABHAI	10,02431.86%	31.3%
NAVSARI	INCTALAVIA MOHANBHAI RANCHHODBHAI	BJPPATEL MANGUBHAI CHHAGANBHAI	23,94249.92%	39.7%
NIJHAR	INCVASAVA BHIMSING FOJSING	INDVALVI JAHARSING BHIKHABHAI	10,27126.11%	36.8%
OLPAD	INCPATEL MAHENDRABHAI RATANJIBHAI	JNPPATEL HARILAL LALLUBHAI	29,56954.75%	43.1%
PADRA	INCPARMAR JITUBHAI SOMABHAI	JNPSHAH JASHWANTLAL SAUBHAGYACHAND	8,29112.32%	58.2%
PALANPUR	INCMEHTA SURESHBHAI SARABHAI	BJPPATEL PARSOTAMBHAI VELCHANDBHAI	16,74831.06%	50.8%
PALITANA	INCSAMA MAJIDBHAI DADABHAI	BJPBALAR GORDHANBHAI HARIBHAI	10,02318.75%	54.5%
PARDI	INCPATEL SAVITABEN GAMANBHAI	INDPATEL RAMANBHAI DEVABHAI	2,4995.56%	42.9%
PATAN	INCKANTILAL NANALAL PATEL	JNPPATEL DAHYABHAI PATAMBARDAS	5,9269.58%	59.2%
PETLAD	INCASHABHAI DHULABHAI BARAIYA	JNPPATEL FULABHAI VARDHABHAI	7,07011.60%	59.0%
PORBANDAR	INCAGATH LAXMANBHAI BHIMBHAI	BJPJOSHI KANTILAL MOHANLAL	22,70173.44%	29.1%
PRANTIJ	INCPATEL GOVINDBHAI PRABHUDAS	BJPZALA VINENDRASINH DILIPSINH	2700.49%	56.0%
RADHANPUR	INCKHODIDAN BHIMJIBHAI ZULA	BJPVALJIBHAI GANGARAM THAKKER	43,78673.86%	55.4%
RAJGADH	JNPPATEL SHANTILAL PARSHOTAMBHAI	INCURVASHIDEVI	6,29513.67%	53.1%
RAJKOT RURAL	INCCHANDRAKANT BHANUBHAI WAGHELA	BJPCHAVDA DEVSHI SOMABHAI	9,69634.13%	28.6%
RAJKOT-I	INCSUSHEELABENK SHETH	BJPSHIVLAL VEKARIYA	10,32121.85%	36.9%
RAJKOT-II	BJPVALA VAJUBHAI RUDABHAI	INCCHUDASAMA HARSADBA RANJITSINHJI (JADEJA)	4,56611.48%	38.0%
RAJPIPLA	INCVASAVA PREMSINGBHAI DEVJIBHAI	JNPVASAVA VIRSANGBHAI MADHAVSANGBHAI	23,32253.75%	43.3%
RAJULA	INCNAKUM KHODABHAI RAJABHAI	JNPBHUVA MADHUBHAI HARJIBHAI	4,61510.54%	43.6%
RAKHIAL	INCHASMUKH PATEL	JNPKANTILAL BAROT	22,52139.68%	48.3%
RANDHIKPUR	INCGONDIA BADLABHAI MULJIBHAI	JNPSANGADA SABURBHAI CHATRABHAI	2,43114.24%	19.4%
RAOPURA	INCTHAKOR RAMESHBHAI RAM SINGHBHAI	INDJASPAL SINGH	5,5929.03%	47.4%
RAPAR	INCPATEL HARILAL NANJI	BJPSHAH BAHUBHAI MEGHJI	8,72413.91%	62.5%
SABARMATI	INCBHARAT GADHAVI	JNPKAMDAR VADILAL RATILAL (VADILAL KAMDAR)	1,3361.84%	44.5%
SAMI	BJPTHAKOR VIRAJI NAVAJI	INCTHAKOR BHAVASANGBHI CHAUDABHAI	3,5035.39%	60.7%
SANKHEDA	INCTADVI BHAIJIBHAI BHANABHAI	JNPTADVI AMBALA CHHAKATARBHAI	7,87323.70%	38.5%
SANTRAMPUR	JNPPANDYA PROBHKANT DAMODARDAS	INCDAMOR JIVABHAI MOTIBHAI	10,38928.84%	37.1%
SARKHEJ	INCNALIN K. PATEL	JNPDASHARATBHAI GOVIND BHAI PATEL	35,50432.73%	44.2%
SARSA	INCPATEL GOVINDBHAI JESANGBHAI	JNPCHHASTIYA MULRAJSINH UDESINH	29,53564.79%	46.4%
SAVLI	JNPBRAHMBHATT PRAKASHCHANDRA KANUBHAI (COCO)	INCPARMAR PRABHATSINH JORSINH	1,5041.98%	68.7%
SAYAJIGANJ	INCPUROHIT SHIRISH MANUBHAI	BJPDESAI MAKARANDBHAI BALVANTRAI	23,49637.38%	36.8%

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.