Odisha assembly election, May 1985

147 assembly constituencies in Odisha, 51.15% turnout.

Seats

147

Candidates

800

25 women, 8 elected

Turnout

51.15%

78.5 lakh of 1.53 cr

Leading party

INC

117 of 147 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Odisha

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	117	+117	147	40,07,258	51.08%	—
JNP Janata Party	21	+21	140	24,01,566	30.61%	—
IND Independent	7	0	374	8,23,850	10.50%	-1.38
CPI Communist Party of India	1	-3	27	2,59,508	3.31%	-1.78
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1	+1	67	2,04,346	2.60%	+1.25
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	10	89,225	1.14%	-0.87
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	18	29,782	0.38%	—
JKD JKD	0	0	11	21,847	0.28%	-0.27
SUC SUC	0	0	2	4,476	0.06%	-0.51
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	2	1,490	0.02%	—
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	1	1,234	0.02%	—
ICJ ICJ	0	0	1	468	0.01%	—

INC117 (80%)
JNP21 (14%)
IND7 (5%)
CPI1 (1%)
BJP1 (1%)

INC117
JNP21
IND7
CPI1
BJP1

INC117
JNP21
IND7
CPI1
BJP1

Constituency performance

From the 147 results in Odisha

Closest contest

BALASORE

won by 69 (0.09%)

Biggest victory

ATHGARH

won by 42,301 (77.27%)

Highest turnout

KAKATPUR

74.58%

Lowest turnout

KOTPAD

22.14%

Seat change

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

Retained1 (1%)
Changed hands146 (99%)

1 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 146 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

Odisha, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 147 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 147

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ANANDAPUR	INCJAYADEV JENA	JNPDASHARATHI JENA	13,75626.28%	52.9%
ANGUL	INCPRAFULLA MISRA	JNPADWAIT PRASAD SINGH	7,81713.27%	53.2%
ASKA	INCRAGHABA PARIDA	JNPHARI HARA SWAIN	6,99411.90%	61.1%
ATHGARH	INCJANAKI BALLAV PATNAIK	JNPSURYANARAYAN MISHRA	42,30177.27%	49.2%
ATHMALLIK	INCAMARANATH PRADHAN	JNPBALAKRISHNA PATTNAIK	9,00816.91%	55.9%
AUL	INCOLAGOBINDA NAYAK	JNPSARAT KUMAR DEB	4,3485.54%	68.4%
BAHALDA	JNPBAHGEY GOBARDHAN	INCLAXMI MAJHI	11,52536.25%	36.8%
BAISINGA	INCPRUTHUNATH KISKU	CPMGANGADHAR MARNDI	19,11747.66%	42.8%
BALASORE	INCGOPANARAYAN DAS	CPIARUN DAY	690.09%	60.5%
BALIKUDA	INCJYOTISH CHANDRA DAS	JNPUMESH CHANDRA SWAIN	7,2349.76%	66.2%
BALIPATNA	INCRAGHAB CHANDRA SETH	JNPHRUSHIKESH NAYAK	5141.05%	52.0%
BALLIGUDA	INCLAXMIKANTA MALLIK	JNPSADANANA KONHAR	11,14425.21%	44.2%
BANGRIPOSI	INCKANGOI SINGH	CPIBHIM CHARAN NAIK	5,69018.75%	32.2%
BANKI	INCAKSHAYA KUMAR PATTANAIK	JNPGHANASHYAM SAHOO	18,94731.56%	56.6%
BARAMBA	INCLALIT MOHAN MOHANTY	INDRAJASAHEB TRILOCHAN SINGHDEB	11,61119.58%	55.9%
BARCHANA	INCSITAKANTA MAHAPATRA	JNPMANAGOVINDA SAMAL	27,43737.31%	66.1%
BARGARH	INCJADUMMANI PRADHAN	JNPANANDA ACHARYA	11,14215.03%	55.7%
BARI-DERABISI	JNPSRIKANTA KUMAR JENA	INCPRAHLLAD MALLIK	7,07610.04%	67.2%
BARIPADA	INCPRASANNA KUMAR DASH	INDCHHATISH CHANDRA DHAL	17,92833.07%	52.3%
BASTA	INCBHUPAL CHANDRA MAHAPATRA	CPISAMBHUNATH MOHANTY	32,73750.79%	61.9%
BASUDEVPUR	INCMADHU SADAN PANIGRAHI	JNPBIJYOSHREE ROUTROY	1750.24%	64.5%
BEGUNIA	INCKAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA	JNPHARIHARA SAHOO	27,87142.26%	57.0%
BERHAMPUR	INCSIBASANKAR SAHANI	INDBINAYAK MOHAPATRA	9,18217.69%	46.5%
BHADRAK	INCJUGAL KISHORE PATTANAYAK	JNPNILAMONI ROUTROY	6,5448.99%	65.0%
BHANDARIPOKHARI	INCPANCHANAN MANDAL	JNPARJUN CHARAN SETHI	1,0221.59%	66.6%
BHANJANAGAR	INCUMAKANTA MISRA	JNPRAMAKRUSHNA GAUDA	11,29920.12%	57.1%
BHATLI	INCMOHAN NAG	BJPBIMBADHAR KUANR	15,35026.63%	52.3%
BHAWANIPATNA	JNPBHAKTACHARAN DAS	INCDAYANIDHI NAIK	5171.45%	37.1%
BHOGRAI	INCUMARANI PATRA	JNPSAMARENDRA KUNDU	2,7773.58%	68.9%
BHUBANESWAR	JNPBIJU PATNAIK	INCSATYAPRIYA MOHANTY	28,33345.03%	45.3%
BIJEPUR	JNPNIKUNJA BIHARI SINGH	INCSARAWATI PRADHAN	10,81118.76%	50.8%
BINJHARPUR	INCNABAKISHORE MALLICK	JNPRAMA CHANDRA MALLICK	3,6347.38%	48.3%
BINKA	INCCHITIARANJAN MISHRA	JNPPANCHANAN MISHRA	4,8947.01%	59.2%
BIRAMITRAPUR	INCREMISH KERKETTA	JKDNUAS	6,33020.30%	36.0%
BIRMAHARAJPUR	INCKARTIKA PRASAD TARIA	INDRABINDRAYAN PANIGRAHI	6,05612.01%	50.7%
BISSAM-CUTTACK	INCDAMBARU DHAR ULAKA	INDSARANG DHAR KAORAKA	19,22644.10%	46.3%
BOLANGIR	INCMAHAMMAD MUJAFAR HUSSAIN KHAN	JNPMURALIDHAR GURU	22,66848.65%	42.3%
BONAI	INCBASANTA KUMAR SINGH DANDPAT	CPMRABINARAYAN NAIK	5481.51%	40.8%
BOUDH	INCSUJIT KUMAR PADHI	JNPGIRISH KUMARI PRADHAN	8,21213.23%	56.9%
BRAHMAGIRI	INCGANGADHAR MOHAPATRA	JNPAJAYA KUMAR JENA	9,98115.26%	59.5%
BRAJARAJNAGAR	CPIPRASANNAKUMAR PANDA	INCBHABANISHANKAR DIKSHIT	2,4484.40%	51.6%
CHAMPUA	INCDHANURJAY LAGURI	JNPORAM SAHARAI	6,47114.67%	47.6%
CHANDBALI	INCNETRANANDA MALIK	JNPBAIRAGI JENA	5,2817.07%	59.9%
CHATRAPUR	INCASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHURY	CPIBISWANATH SAHU	6,74711.50%	53.4%
CHIKATI	INCCHINTAMANI DAYAN SAMANTARA	JNPUSHA DEVI	16,60623.48%	63.3%
CHILKA	INCDEBENDRANATH MANASINGH	BJPBISWA BHUSAN HARICHANDAN	9,49313.16%	63.0%
CHITRAKONDA	INCGANGADHAR MADI	JNPPRAHALLAD DORA	3,69617.75%	24.6%
CHOUDWAR	INCRASANANDA SAHU	JNPRAJ KISHORE RAM	3,2835.39%	61.3%
CUTTACK CITY	JNPSAYAD MUSTAFIZ AHEMAD	INCASIRBAD BEHERA	7,93613.15%	41.7%
CUTTACK SADAR	INCDOLA GOBIND PRADHAN	JNPRAJENDRA SINGH	8,35612.82%	52.3%

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

Indian National Congress won 117 of 147 seats in Odisha, a clear majority.

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

Turnout was 51.15% — 78.5 lakh of 1.53 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Odisha have?

Odisha has 147 assembly seats.