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 51–100 of 147

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
DABUGAM	INCDOMBURU MAJHI	JNPBHOGABAN MAJHI	2,6776.79%	38.4%
DASPALLA	INCHARIHAR KARAN	JNPRUDRA MADHAB RAY	12,77019.50%	66.2%
DEOGARH	INCRAJ KISHORE PRADHAN	INDPRADIPTA GANGDEB	3,1927.34%	40.5%
DHAMNAGAR	INCJAGANNATH ROUT	JNPHRUDANANDA MULIK	5,8888.35%	61.6%
DHARAMGARH	INCJUGARAM BEHERA	JNPPANCHANANA SINDHUR	9,71035.03%	30.2%
DHARAMSALA	INCKANGALI CHARAN PANDA	JNPGURU CHANRAN TIKAYAT	7,36311.33%	64.8%
DHENKANAL	INDNANDINI SATAPATHY	INCUCHHAB SAHOO	14,01834.15%	41.5%
ERSAMA	INCKRUSHNA CHANDRA SWAIN	JNPDAMODAR ROUT	4,5865.03%	71.1%
GOBINDPUR	INDTRILOCHAN KANUNGO	INCRABINDRA KUMAR MALLICK	1,3831.84%	67.4%
GONDIA	INCPRAFULLA KUMAR BHANJA	INDHALADHAR MISHRA	16,55339.77%	42.8%
GOPALPUR	INCGHANA SYAMA BEHERE	INDTRINATH BEHERA	20,13338.00%	52.9%
GUNUPUR	INCBHAGIRATHI GOMANGO	JNPBIJAYA KUMAR GOMANGO	26,17470.18%	36.2%
HINDOL	INCRABINARAYAN NAIK	JNPTRINATHAN NAYAK	5,68913.10%	43.4%
HINJILI	INCUDAYANATH NAYAK	JNPPADMA CHARAN SABOT	23,69944.45%	48.8%
JAGANATHPRASAD	INCDAMBURUDHAR SETHI	JNPSURENDRANATH PATRA	19,11254.60%	32.8%
JAGATSINGHPUR	INCKAILASH CHANDRA MALLIK	JNPBISHNU CHARAN DAS	8,08612.32%	56.5%
JAJPUR	JNPJAGANNATH MALLICK	INCNIRANJANA JENA	2,6094.13%	56.6%
JALESWAR	INCJUDISTHIR JENA	JNPGADADHAR GIRI	3420.40%	70.2%
JASHIPUR	INDSAMBHUNATH NAIK	INCSUSHILA TIRIA	7862.29%	40.5%
JATNI	INCSURESH KUMAR ROUTARY	JNPSARAT CHANDRA PAIKARA	2,6864.54%	58.9%
JEYPORE	INCGUPTA PRASAD DAS	JNPBHARAT BHUSAN PATTANAIK	25,74559.07%	45.4%
JHARSUGUDA	INCBIRENDRA PANDEY	CPIISWAR NAYAK	20,53743.45%	42.7%
JUNAGARH	JNPBIKRAM KESHARI DEO	INCJAGANNATH MUND	6,76817.15%	43.4%
KAKATPUR	JNPSURENDRANATH NAIK	INCSASHIBHUSAN MISRA	5,5716.35%	74.6%
KAMAKHYANAGAR	BJPPRASAN PATTANAYAK	INCBAIDHAR SWAIN	3,1125.23%	54.8%
KANTABANJI	INDCHAITANYA PRADHAN	INCPRASANNA KUMAR PAL	1,4193.33%	49.4%
KARANJIA	INCKARUNAKAR NAIK	JNPRAGHJUNATH HEMBRAM	5431.59%	40.0%
KAVISURYANAGAR	INCRADHA GOVINDA SAHU	CPINITYANANDA PRADHAN	5,0468.19%	52.0%
KENDRAPARA	INCBHAGABAT PRASAD MOHANTY	JNPBED PRAKASH AGARWALLA	2,6513.67%	70.7%
KEONJHAR	JNPCHHOTARAY MAJHI	INCDAMBARUDHAR NAIK	1240.35%	35.0%
KESINGA	INCBHUPINDER SINGH	JNPKIRANCHANDRA SINGH DEO	3,2886.70%	53.2%
KHALLIKOTE	JNPV. SUGNANI KUMARI DEO	INCMAGUNI CHARAN POLAI	6,4799.42%	59.8%
KHANDAPARA	INCBIBHUTI BHUSAN SINGH MARDARAJ	INDMAHENDRA KUMAR SWAIN	10,76516.40%	67.6%
KHARIAR	INCANUP SINGH DEO	JNPDURYADHAN MAJHI	9942.15%	50.2%
KHUNTA	INCBIRAM MURMU	JNPBIRABHADRA SINGH	6,14313.32%	47.0%
KHURDA	INCJANAKI BALLAV PATTNAIK	JNPPRAFULA MOHANTY	24,24542.07%	50.5%
KISSANNAGAR	INCBATAKRISHNA JENA	INDBIRA KISHORE PARIDA	15,30025.00%	59.5%
KODALA	JNPRAM KRISHNA PATTNAIK	INCKANHU CHARAN NAYAK	13,06717.96%	60.8%
KODINGA	INCBHOGABATI PUJARI	JNPSAMBARU MAJHI	9,16632.83%	31.1%
KOKSARA	INCRAHAS BIHARI BEHERA	JNPSURENDRA KUMAR PATTAJOSHI	5,80215.68%	40.5%
KORAI	INCRAMA CHANDRA KHUNTIA	JNPASHOK DAS	1,2941.71%	67.3%
KORAPUT	INCNRUSHIMANANDA BRAHMA	JNPHARISH CHANDRA BAXI PATRA	5,09215.32%	32.9%
KOTPAD	INCBASUDEV MAJHI	INDDHONOR MAJHI	12,37858.00%	22.1%
KUCHINDA	INCJAGATESHWAR MIRDHA	BJPBHIMSEN BHOI	14,65058.13%	27.0%
KULIANA	INCSARASWATI HEMBRAM	JNPKANJHU CHARAN SOREN	13,43938.88%	37.4%
LAIKERA	INCHEMANANDA BISWAL	JNPBINOD BIHARI SINGH BARIHA	20,34551.95%	41.2%
LAKSHMIPUR	INCANANTARAM MAJHI	JNPAKHILL SOUNTA	6,00923.01%	29.2%
LOISINGHA	INDBALGOPAL MISHRA	INCSURYABHANU MISHRA	23,33336.79%	63.5%
MAHANGA	INCS. K. MATLUB ALI	JNPSARAT KUMAR KAR	8,29412.33%	69.8%
MALKANGIRI	INDNADIABASI BISWAS	JNPNAKA KANAYYA	1,2023.20%	38.6%

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.