1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Registered10,728,825
Turnout67.53% (Increase2.17%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Surjit Singh Barnala Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Party SAD INC
Leader's seat Barnala (won) Muktsar (won)
Seats won 73 32
Seat change Increase 36 Decrease 31
Popular vote 2,630,270 2,620,042
Percentage 38.01% 37.86%
Swing Increase 11.1% Decrease 7.4%
CM before election

President's rule
INC

Elected CM

Surjit Singh Barnala
SAD

Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the members of Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections.[2] The election were hald alongside the election to the Lok Sabha, Which were not held in 1984.

  1. ^ Tempest, Rone. "Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26, no. 2: 253–69. doi:10.2307/2644461.