1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1985 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
← 1980 3 February and 3 May 1985 1989 →
All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
213 seats needed for a majority
Registered65,404,531
Turnout45.64%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Narayan Datt Tiwari Charan Singh Chandra Shekhar
Party INC LKD JP
Leader's seat Haldwani
Last election 309[1] New 4
Seats won 269 84 20
Seat change Decrease 40 New Increase 16
Popular vote 11,544,698 6,304,455 1,646,005
Percentage 39.25% 21.43% 5.60%
Swing Increase 1.6 New Increase 5.59
Chief Minister before election

Narayan Datt Tiwari
Indian National Congress

Elected Chief Minister

Narayan Datt Tiwari
Indian National Congress

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in phases, in February and May 1985, to elect members of the 425 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Narayan Datt Tiwari was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[2][3][4]

This election was scheduled, as the five-year term[5] of the members elected in the previous election, in 1980, was due to end in May 1985. After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.[6]

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "ND Tiwari passes away: Only Indian to serve as CM of two states breathes his last on 93rd birthday". The Financial Express (India). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Biographical Sketch - Shri Narayan Datt Tiwari". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. ^ P D T Achary (1 July 2018). "On what grounds will assemblies be dissolved?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2022. The normal term of the assembly, under Article 172, is five years
  6. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.