1985_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election

1985 Bihar legislative assembly election
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly; 163 seats needed for a majority
Registered	43,880,751
Turnout	56.27%
CM before election; Chandrashekhar Singh; INC	Elected CM ; Bindeshwari Dubey; INC

1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Election in India

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in March 1985 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and the popular vote and Bindeshwari Dubey became the new Chief Minister of Bihar.^[1]

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"List of Chief Ministers of Bihar till date (1950-2022)…".

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Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR

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Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Popular Vote	Percentage
Indian National Congress		323	196	9,558,562	39.30%
Lok Dal		261	46	3,573,173	14.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party		234	16	1,833,275	7.54%
Janata Party		229	13	1,754,705	7.21%
Communist Party of India		167	12	2,154,066	8.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		57	9	443,822	1.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		44	1	392,375	1.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)		59	1	160,159	0.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India		1	1	17,890	0.07%
Independents		2804	29	4,349,057	17.88%
Total		4237	324	24,323,868

1985_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election

1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Dhanaha	None	Nardeshwar Prasad Kushwaha	Lok Dal
Bagha	SC	Triloki Harijan	Indian National Congress
Ramnagar	None	Arjun Vikram Sah	Indian National Congress
Shikarpur	SC	Narsingh Baitha	Indian National Congress
Sikta	None	Dharmesh Prasad Verma	Janata Party
Lauria	None	Vishwa Mohan Sharma	Indian National Congress
Chanpatia	None	Birbal Sharma	Communist Party of India
Bettiah	None	Gauri Shanker Pandey	Indian National Congress
Nautan	None	Kamla Pandey	Indian National Congress
Raxaul	None	Sagir Ahmad	Indian National Congress
Sugauli	None	Suresh Kumar Mishra	Indian National Congress
Motihari	None	Triveni Tiwari	Communist Party of India
Adapur	None	Hari Shanker Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
Dhaka	None	Motiur Rahman	Indian National Congress
Ghorasahan	None	Pramod Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Madhuban	None	Sitaram Singh	Janata Party
Pipra	SC	Nand Lal Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Kesariya	None	Rai Hari Shankar Sharma	Indian National Congress
Harsidhi	None	Md. Hedaitullah Khan	Indian National Congress
Gobindganj	None	Yogendra Pandey	Independent
Kateya	None	Bachcha Choubey	Janata Party
Bhore	SC	Anil Kumar	Indian National Congress
Mirganj	None	Parbhudayal Singh	Indian National Congress
Gopalganj	None	Surendra Singh	Independent
Barauli	None	Adnan Khan	Indian National Congress
Baikunthpur	None	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
Basantpur	None	Manik Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
Goreakothi	None	Indra Deo Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
Siwan	None	Awadh Bihari Choudhary	Janata Party
Mairwa	SC	Gorakh Ram	Indian National Congress
Darauli	None	Shiv Shankar Yadav	Lok Dal
Ziradei	None	Tribhuan Singh	Indian National Congress
Maharajganj	None	Uma Shanker Singh	Janata Party
Raghunathpur	None	Vijay Shanker Dubey	Indian National Congress
Manjhi	None	Budhan Prasad Yadav	Independent
Baniapur	None	Uma Pnadey	Indian National Congress
Masrakh	None	Prabhu Nath Singh	Independent
Taraiya	None	Ram Das Rai	Bharatiya Janata Party
Marhaura	None	Bhishma Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
Jalalpur	None	Sudhir Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Chapra	None	Janak Yadav	Independent
Garkha	SC	Raghunandan Manjhi	Indian National Congress
Parsa	None	Chandrika Roy	Indian National Congress
Sonepur	None	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Lok Dal
Hajipur	None	Moti Lal Sinha Kanan	Lok Dal
Raghopur	None	Uday Narayan Rai	Lok Dal
Mahnar	None	Munshi Lal Rai	Lok Dal
Jandaha	None	Tulsi Das Mehta	Lok Dal
Patepur	SC	Baleshwar Singh Paswan	Indian National Congress
Mahua	SC	Dasai Chaudhary	Lok Dal
Lalganj	None	Bharat Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Vaishali	None	Brishin Patel	Lok Dal
Paru	None	Usha Singh	Lok Dal
Sahebganj	None	Shiv Sharan Singh	Indian National Congress
Baruraj	None	Shashi Kumar Rai	Lok Dal
Kanti	None	Nalini Ranjan Singh	Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kurhani	None	Sheonandan Rai	Indian National Congress
Sakra	SC	Shivnandan Paswan	Lok Dal
Muzaffarpur	None	Raghunath Pandey	Indian National Congress
Bochaha	SC	Ramai Ram	Lok Dal
Gaighatti	None	Virendra Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Aurai	None	Ganesh Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Minapur	None	Hind Keshari Yadav	Lok Dal
Runisaidpur	None	Nawal Kishore Shahi	Janata Party
Belsand	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	Lok Dal
Sheohar	None	Raghunath Jha	Janata Party
Sitamarhi	None	Khalil Ansari	Indian National Congress
Bathnaha	None	Ram Niwas	Indian National Congress
Majorganj	SC	Ram Vriksh Ram	Indian National Congress
Sonbarsa	None	Karpoori Thakur	Lok Dal
Sursand	None	Ravindra Prasad Sahi	Independent
Pupri	None	Ram Briksh Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Benipatti	None	Yugeshwar Jha	Indian National Congress
Bisfi	None	Shakeel Ahmad	Indian National Congress
Harlakhi	None	Mithilesh Kumar Pandey	Indian National Congress
Khajauli	SC	Bilat Paswan Vihangam	Indian National Congress
Babubarhi	None	Guna Nand Jha	Indian National Congress
Madhubani	None	Padma Chaubey	Indian National Congress
Pandaul	None	Kumud Ranjan Jha	Indian National Congress
Jhanjharpur	None	Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress
Phulparas	None	Hemlata Yadav	Indian National Congress
Laukaha	None	Abdul Hai Payami	Indian National Congress
Madhepur	None	Harkhu Jha	Indian National Congress
Manigachhi	None	Madan Mohan Jha	Indian National Congress
Bahera	None	Mahendra Jha Azad	Independent
Ghanshyampur	None	Mahabir Prasad	Lok Dal
Baheri	None	Permanand Thakur	Indian National Congress
Darbhanga Rural	SC	Ramchandra Paswan	Indian National Congress
Darbhanga	None	Asfak Ansari	Indian National Congress
Keoti	None	Klim Ahmad	Indian National Congress
Jale	None	Lokesh Nath Jha	Indian National Congress
Hayaghat	None	Umadhar Prasad Singh	Independent
Kalyanpur	None	Basistha Narain Singh	Lok Dal
Warisnagar	SC	Ramsevak Hazari	Independent
Samastipur	None	Ashok Singh	Lok Dal
Sarairanjan	None	Ramashray Ishwar	Indian National Congress
Mohiuddin Nagar	None	Anugrah Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
Dalsinghsarai	None	Vijay Kumar Choudhary	Indian National Congress
Bibhutpur	None	Chandra Vali Thakur	Indian National Congress
Rosera	SC	Bhola Mandar	Lok Dal
Singhia	None	Ashok Kumar	Indian National Congress
Hasanpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
Balia	None	Samsu Zeha	Indian National Congress
Matihani	None	Pramod Kumar Sharma	Indian National Congress
Begusarai	None	Bhola Singh	Indian National Congress
Barauni	None	Shakuntala Sinha	Communist Party of India
Bachwara	None	Ayodhya Prasad Singh	Communist Party of India
Cheria Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahto	Indian National Congress
Bakhri	SC	Ram Vinod Paswan	Communist Party of India
Raghopur	None	Amarendra Mishra	Indian National Congress
Kishunpur	None	Vishwanath Gurmita	Indian National Congress
Supaul	None	Pramod Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Tribeniganj	None	Anup Lal Yadav	Lok Dal
Chhatapur	SC	Kumbh Nr. Sardar	Indian National Congress
Kumarkhand	SC	Nawal Kishore Bharti	Lok Dal
Singheshwar	None	Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi	Lok Dal
Saharsa	None	Satish Chandra Jha	Indian National Congress
Mahishi	None	Lahtan Choudhary	Indian National Congress
Simri-bakhtiarpur	None	Choudhary Mohammad Salahiddin	Indian National Congress
Madhepura	None	Bholi Prasad Mandal	Indian National Congress
Sonbarsa	None	Surya Narayan Yadav	Lok Dal
Kishanganj	None	Rajnandan Prasad	Lok Dal
Alamnagar	None	Birendra Ku. Singh	Lok Dal
Rupauli	None	Dinesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Dhamdaha	None	Amar Nath Tiwari	Indian National Congress
Banmankhi	SC	Rasik Lal Rishideo	Indian National Congress
Raniganj	SC	Yamuna Pd. Ram	Indian National Congress
Narpatganj	None	Indra Nand Yadav	Indian National Congress
Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra	Indian National Congress
Araria	None	Halimuddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress
Sikti	None	Rameshwar Yadav	Indian National Congress
Jokihat	None	Taslimuddin	Janata Party
Bahadurganj	None	Najmudin	Indian National Congress
Thakurganj	None	Mohamad Husen Azad	Indian National Congress
Kishanganj	None	Md. Mustaque	Lok Dal
Amour	None	Jalil	Independent
Baisi	None	Abdus Subhan	Lok Dal
Kasba	None	Syed Gulam Hussain	Indian National Congress
Purnea	None	Ajit Chandras	Communist Party of India
Korha	SC	Vishwa Nath Rishi	Indian National Congress
Barari	None	Mansoor Alam	Lok Dal
Katihar	None	Satya Narayan Prasad	Indian National Congress
Kadwa	None	Usman Ghani	Indian National Congress
Barsoi	None	Byula Doja	Indian National Congress
Pranpur	None	Mangan Insan	Indian National Congress
Manihari	None	Md. Mobarak Hussain	Indian National Congress
Rajmahal	None	Dhruva Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
Borio	ST	Jon Hembrom	Indian National Congress
Barhait	ST	Thomas Hansda	Indian National Congress
Litipara	ST	Simon Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Pakaur	None	Hazi Muhammad Ainul Haque	Indian National Congress
Maheshpur	ST	Debidhan Basera	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Sikaripara	ST	David Murmu	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Nala	None	Bisheshwar Khan	Communist Party of India
Jamtara	None	Md. Furkan Ansari	Indian National Congress
Sarath	None	Udai Shanker Singh	Independent
Madhupur	None	Krishna Nand Jha	Indian National Congress
Deoghar	SC	Baidyanath Das	Indian National Congress
Jarmundi	None	Abhay Kant Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumka	ST	Stephan Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jama	ST	Shibu Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Poreyahat	None	Suraj Mandal	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Godda	None	Sumrit Mandal	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Mahagama	None	Awadh Bihari Singh	Indian National Congress
Pirpainti	None	Dilip Kumar Sinha	Indian National Congress
Colgong	None	Sada Nand Singh	Independent
Nathnagar	None	ChunChun Prasad Yadav	Lok Dal
Bhagalpur	None	Sheo Chandra Jha	Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	None	Madan Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Bihpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress
Sultanganj	SC	Umesh Chandras Das	Indian National Congress
Amarpur	None	Neel Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
Dhuraiya	SC	Ramroop Harijan	Indian National Congress
Banka	None	Chandra Shekhar Singh	Indian National Congress
Belhar	None	Siyaram Rai	Indian National Congress
Katoria	None	Suresh Prasad Yadav	Indian Congress
Chakai	None	Narendra Singh	Indian National Congress
Jhajha	None	Sheonandan Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
Tarapur	None	Shakuni Choudhary	Independent
Kharagpur	None	Rajendra Pd. Singh	Indian National Congress
Parbatta	None	Ram Chandra Mishra	Indian National Congress
Chautham	None	Kamleshwari Singh	Indian National Congress
Khagaria	None	Satdeo Singh	Indian National Congress
Alauli	SC	Pashupati Kumar	Lok Dal
Monghyr	None	Ramdeo Singh Yadav	Lok Dal
Jamalpur	None	Upendra Prasad Verma	Lok Dal
Surajgarha	None	Alakh Sharma	Indian National Congress
Jamui	None	Sushil Kr Singh	Indian National Congress
Sikandra	SC	Rameshwar Paswan	Indian National Congress
Lakhisarai	None	Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Sheikhpura	None	Rajo Singh	Independent
Barbigha	SC	Mahavir Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Asthawan	None	Raghunath Prasad	Independent
Bihar	None	Shakil Uzzama	Indian National Congress
Rajgir	SC	Satyadeo Narain Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
Nalanda	None	Shyam Sunder Singh	Indian National Congress
Islampur	None	Ram Swaroop Prasad	Indian National Congress
Hilsa	None	Surendra Prasad Tarun	Indian National Congress
Chandi	None	Anil Kumar	Indian National Congress
Harnaut	None	Nitish Kumar	Lok Dal
Mokameh	None	Shyam Sunder Singh	Indian National Congress
Barh	None	Bhuneshwar Singh	Indian National Congress
Bakhtiarpur	None	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav	Indian National Congress
Fatwa	SC	Punit Roy	Lok Dal
Masaurhi	None	Punam Devi	Indian National Congress
Patna West	None	Rama Nand Yadav	Independent
Patna Central	None	Akeel Haider	Indian National Congress
Patna East	None	Sharat Kumar Jain	Indian National Congress
Dinapur	None	Bijendra Rai	Independent
Maner	None	Rajmati Devi	Indian National Congress
Phulwari	SC	Sanjaeev Prasad Ton Tony	Indian National Congress
Bikram	None	Ram Nath Yadav	Communist Party of India
Paliganj	None	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Indian National Congress
Sandesh	None	Sonadhari	Lok Dal
Barhara	None	Raghvendra Pratap Singh	Janata Party
Arrah	None	S. M. Isha	Indian National Congress
Shahpur	None	Vindeshwari Dubey	Indian National Congress
Brahmpur	None	Rishikesh Tiwary	Indian National Congress
Buxar	None	Sri Kant Pathak	Indian National Congress
Rajpur	SC	Ram Narain Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumraon	None	Basant Singh	Indian National Congress
Jagdishpur	None	Hari Narayan Singh	Lok Dal
Piro	None	Raghupati Gop	Lok Dal
Sahar	SC	Jyoti	Indian National Congress
Karakat	None	Shashi Rani Mishra	Indian National Congress
Bikramganj	None	Meghraj Madhavi	Lok Dal
Dinara	None	Lakshuman Rai	Indian National Congress
Ramgarh	None	Jagdanand Singh	Lok Dal
Mohania	SC	Mahabir Paswan	Indian National Congress
Bhabhua	None	Ram Lal Singh	Communist Party of India
Chainpur	None	Parvej Ahsan Khan	Indian National Congress
Sasaram	None	Ram Sewak Singh	Lok Dal
Chenari	SC	Chhedi Paswan	Lok Dal
Nokha	None	Sumitra Devi	Indian National Congress
Dehri	None	Khalid Anwar Ansari	Indian National Congress
Nabinagar	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Deo	SC	Dilkeshwar Ram	Indian National Congress
Aurangabad	None	Brij Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
Rafiganj	None	Vijay Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Obra	None	Ram Vilas Singh	Lok Dal
Goh	None	Deo Kumar Sharma	Indian National Congress
Arwal	None	Krishna Nandan Prasad Singh	Independent
Kurtha	None	Nagmani	Independent
Makhdumpur	None	Ram Jatan Sinha	Indian National Congress
Jahanabad	None	Syed Asgar Hussain	Indian National Congress
Ghosi	None	Jagdish Sharma	Indian National Congress
Belaganj	None	Abhi Ram Sharma	Indian National Congress
Konch	None	Janki Yadav	Lok Dal
Gaya Mufassil	None	Awades Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
Gaya Town	None	Jai Kumar Palit	Indian National Congress
Imamganj	SC	Sri Chand Singh	Indian National Congress
Gurua	None	Md. Khan Ali	Indian National Congress
Bodh Gaya	SC	Rajesh Kumar	Lok Dal
Barachatti	SC	G.s.ramchander Das	Indian National Congress
Fatehpur	SC	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Indian National Congress
Atri	None	Ranjeet Signh	Indian National Congress
Nawada	None	Narendra Kumar	Indian National Congress
Rajauli	SC	Banwari Ram	Independent
Gobindpur	None	Gayatree Devi	Indian National Congress
Warsaliganj	None	Bandi Shankar Singh	Indian National Congress
Hisua	None	Aditya Singh	Independent
Kodarma	None	Rajendra Nath Dawan	Indian National Congress
Barhi	None	Niranjan Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Chatra	SC	Mahendra Prasad Signh Bhogta	Bharatiya Janata Party
Simaria	SC	Ishwari Ram Paswan	Indian National Congress
Barkagaon	None	Ramendra Kumar	Communist Party of India
Ramgarh	None	Jamuna Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress
Mandu	None	Tek Lal Mahto	Independent
Hazaribagh	None	H.h.rahman	Indian National Congress
Barkatha	None	Lambodar Pathak	Indian National Congress
Dhanwar	None	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bagodar	None	Gautam Sagar Rana	Lok Dal
Jamua	SC	Baldeo Hazra	Communist Party of India
Gandey	None	Salkhan Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Giridih	None	Om Lal Azad	Communist Party of India
Dumri	None	Shiva Mahto	Independent
Gomia	None	Madhava Lal Singh	Independent
Bermo	None	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Bokaro	None	Samaresh Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Tundi	None	Satya Narayan Dudani	Bharatiya Janata Party
Baghmara	None	Om Prakash Lal	Indian National Congress
Sindri	None	Vinod Vihari Mahato	Independent
Nirsa	None	Kripa Shanker Chatterjee	Indian National Congress
Dhanbad	None	Surendra Prasad Roy	Indian National Congress
Jharia	None	Suryadeo Singh	Janata Party
Chandankiyari	SC	Lata Devi (mali)	Indian National Congress
Baharagora	None	Devi Pada Upadhyay	Communist Party of India
Ghatsila	ST	Karan Chandra Mardi	Indian National Congress
Potka	ST	Sonatan Sardar	Indian National Congress
Jugsalai	SC	Trilochan Kalindi	Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur East	None	Darayus Nariman	Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur West	None	Mrigendra Pratap Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Ichagarh	None	Prabhat K. A. Deo	Indian National Congress
Seraikella	ST	Krishna Madri	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Chaibasa	ST	Radhey Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party
Majhgaon	ST	Devendra Nath Champia	Indian National Congress
Jaganathpur	ST	Ankura Ho Doreiburu	Indian National Congress
Manoharpur	ST	Devendra Manjhi	Independent
Chakradharpur	ST	Jagarnath Bakira	Bharatiya Janata Party
Kharasawan	ST	Vijay Singh Soy	Independent
Tamar	ST	Tirumuchi Rai Munda	Indian National Congress
Torpa	ST	Niral Enem Horo	Independent
Khunti	ST	Sushila Kerketta	Indian National Congress
Silli	None	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh	Indian National Congress
Khijri	ST	Gomeshri Manki	Indian National Congress
Ranchi	None	Jai Prakash Gupta	Indian National Congress
Hatia	None	Subodh Kant Sahay	Janata Party
Kanke	SC	Hari Ram	Indian National Congress
Mandar	ST	Ganga Bhagat	Indian National Congress
Sisai	ST	Bandi Oraon	Indian National Congress
Kolebira	ST	Birsing Munda	Independent
Simdega	ST	Nirmal Kumar Besra	Bharatiya Janata Party
Gumla	ST	Bairagi Oraon	Indian National Congress
Bishnupur	ST	Bhukhala Bhagat	Indian National Congress
Lohardaga	ST	Indra Nath Bhagat	Indian National Congress
Latehar	SC	Haridarshan Ram	Indian National Congress
Manika	ST	Yamuna Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Panki	None	Sankteshwar Singh	Indian National Congress
Daltonganj	None	Ishwar Chandra Pandey	Indian National Congress
Garhwa	None	Gopi Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhawanathpur	None	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo	Indian National Congress
Bishrampur	None	Chandrashekhar Dubey	Indian National Congress
Chhatarpur	SC	Radha Krishana Kishor	Indian National Congress
Hussainabad	None	Harihar Singh	Indian National Congress