1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[1]
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Biju Patnaik[2]
Party Indian National Congress JNP
Leader's seat Athagarh & Khurda Bhubaneswar
Seats won 117 21
Seat change Decrease 1 "New"
Popular vote 40,07,258 24,01,566
Percentage 51.08 32.03
Swing Increase 3.3 "New"
Chief Minister before election

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Indian National Congress (I)

Elected Chief Minister

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Indian National Congress

Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.

  1. ^ "Orissa 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1985". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-06-17.