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 101–147 of 147

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MELCHHAMUNDA	INCPRAKASHCHANDRA DEBTA	JNPMURARIPRASAD MISHRA	3,6136.96%	51.3%
MOHANA	INCSARAT KUMAR JENA	JNPUDAYA NARAYAN DEV	15,40132.49%	46.9%
NARLA	INCKUMARMANI SABAR	JNPDHANESWAR MAJHI	6,61824.08%	33.5%
NAWAPARA	JNPGHASI RAM MAJHI	INCPREM KUMAR AZAD	7441.68%	48.7%
NAYAGARH	JNPBHAGABAT BEHERA	INCBANSIDHAR SAHOO	4,2056.34%	65.5%
NILGIRI	INCSUKUMAR NAYAK	CPMPRADIPTA KUMAR PANDA	8,50313.03%	59.4%
NIMAPARA	INCRABINDRA KUMAR SETHY	JNPBENUDHAR SETHY	6,6339.47%	61.2%
NOWRANGPUR	INCHABIBULLA KHAN	JNPSODASIB NAIK	30,16269.43%	49.1%
PADAMPUR	INCSATYABHUSAN SAHU	JNPDUKHISHYAM PRADHAN	19,67244.12%	42.9%
PALLAHARA	INCBIBHUDHENDRA PRATAP DAS	JNPNRUSINGHA CH. SAHU	4,6229.78%	42.6%
PARLAKHEMUNDI	INCTRINATH SAHU	JNPDARAPULACHANA NAIDU	5,1317.34%	69.1%
PATAMUNDAI	INCGANESWAR BEHERA	CPMRABINDRA KUMAR BEHERA	15,29426.74%	49.0%
PATKURA	JNPBIJOY MOHAPTRA	INCPRATAP CHANDRA JENA	4490.69%	56.3%
PATNA	INCHRUSIKESH NAIK	JNPMAHESHWAR MAJHI	11,66331.30%	39.0%
PATNAGARH	INCSUSHIL KUMAR PRUSHTY	INDBIBEKANANDA MEHER	7,31613.82%	57.5%
PHULBANI	INCABHIMANYU BEHERA	JNPSUNYABASI BEHERA	8,30022.03%	37.1%
PIPLI	JNPPRADEEP KUMAR MAHARATHY	INCBIPIN DAS	3390.58%	57.5%
POTTANGI	INCCHANDRAMA SAUNTA	JNPJAYARAM PANGI	1320.53%	23.9%
PURI	JNPBRAJAKISHOR TRIPATHY	INCGADADHAR MISHRA	4,3146.54%	54.6%
RAGHUNATHPALI	INCFRIDA TOPNO	JNPRABI DEHURY	5,18813.73%	37.8%
RAIRAKHOL	INCABHIMANYU KUMAR	JNPBASANT KUMAR MAHANANDA	10,34228.30%	37.1%
RAIRANGPUR	INCBHABENDRA NATH MAJHI	BJPSUDARSHAN MURMU	10,52930.82%	39.8%
RAJGANGPUR	JNPMANGALA KISAN	INCMUKHARAM NAIK	8,05616.71%	48.1%
RAJNAGAR	JNPNALINIKANTA MOHANTY	INCBOJOY KUMAR PRADHAN	4,0215.12%	73.0%
RAMAGIRI	INDHAWADHAR KARJI	INCGROSANG SAYARA	1,8654.95%	42.6%
RAMCHANDRAPUR	INCNIRANJAN PATNAIK	JNPPRASANNA KUMAR MAHAPATRA	32,28061.64%	50.5%
RANPUR	INCRAMAKANTA MISHRA	JNPSHANTI DAS	27,68143.18%	58.9%
RAYAGADA	INCULAKA RAMO CHANDRA	JNPHIMIRIKA LALBEHARI	29,29757.89%	46.5%
ROURKELA	JNPDILLIP KUMAR RAY	INCLOPAMUDRA MOHANTY	7,6159.74%	52.5%
SAINTALA	INCRADHA KANTA PANDA	JNPJAGNESWAR BABU	7,99020.42%	44.3%
SALEPUR	INCMAYADHAR SETHI	JNPKALANDI BEHRA	7,12212.18%	58.9%
SAMBALPUR	INCSHADHAKAR SOPAKAR	INDSURESH PUJHARI	25,08040.43%	45.3%
SATYABADI	INCRABINDRA KUMAR DAS	JNPCHANDRAMADHAB MISHRA	6,84911.72%	56.5%
SIMULIA	INCPADAMALOCHAN PANDA	JNPPARSURAM PANIGRAHI	7,45914.45%	51.9%
SONEPUR	INCACGYUTA BISWAL	JNPDEBRAJ SETH	16,07444.63%	33.6%
SORO	INCJADUNATH DAS MOHAPATRA	CPIPITAMBER PANDA	32,89150.05%	62.3%
SUKINDA	INCSARATA ROUT	JNPPRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI	5,3477.71%	68.1%
SUNDARGARH	JNPBHARATENDRA SEKHER DEO	INCKISHORE CHANDRA PATEL	11,48219.14%	59.7%
SURUDA	INCSARAT CHANDRA PANDA	JNPA. N. SINGH DEO	6,27710.29%	56.7%
TALCHER	INCBHAJAMAN BEHERA	JNPBRUNDABAN BEHERA	15,75525.93%	48.4%
TALSARA	INCGAJADHAR MAJHI	LKDNELSON SORENG	11,52639.41%	34.1%
TELKOI	INCPRANABALLAV NAIK	JNPNILADRI NAYAK	9,95632.15%	28.9%
TIRTOL	INCNITYANANDA SAMANARAY	JNPPRATAP CHANDRA MOHANTY	36,44044.60%	67.7%
TITILAGARH	INCPURNA CHANDRA MAHANANDA	JNPJOGENDRA BEHERA	13,99343.61%	34.1%
UDALA	INCRAMANESWAR MADHEI	JNPROHIDAS SOREN	3,49610.59%	37.0%
UDAYAGIRI	INCNAGARJUN PRADHAN	INDPAUL PRADHAN	19,04044.11%	41.3%
UMARKOTE	INCPORAMA PUJARI	BJPPURNA CHANDRA PUJARI	7,13620.25%	38.0%

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.