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1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Election in India

Field	Value
election_name	1985 Bihar legislative assembly election
country	India
type	Legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1980
next_election	1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
next_year	1990
election_date	2nd and 5th March 1985
seats_for_election	324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	163
turnout	56.27%
registered
party1	Indian National Congress
image1
leader1	Bindeshwari Dubey
seats1	196
popular_vote1	9,558,562
percentage1	39.30%
party2	Lok Dal
image2
leader2	Lalu Prasad Yadav
seats2	46
popular_vote2	3,573,173
percentage2	14.69%
title	CM
before_party	Indian National Congress
before_election	Chandrashekhar Singh
after_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Bindeshwari Dubey

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.

Result

[[File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]	Party
Indian National Congress
Lok Dal	[[File:No flag.svg	45px]]
Bharatiya Janata Party
Janata Party	[[File:No flag.svg	45px]]
Communist Party of India	[[File:CPI-banner.svg	45px]]
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	[[File:No flag.svg	45px]]
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[[File:CPI-M-flag.svg	45px]]
Indian Congress (Socialist)	[[File:No flag.svg	45px]]
Socialist Unity Centre of India	[[File:SUCI_flag.svg	45px]]
Independents	[[File:No flag.svg	45px]]
Total

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Elected members

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

References

"List of Chief Ministers of Bihar till date (1950-2022)…".
Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalRep_BH_85.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''

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