1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[1]
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly; 74 seats needed for a majority
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.

Constituencies

The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats.

Contesting parties

There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party JKD, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117^[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal^[4] for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.

Results

Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[5]

Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		147	117	1	79.59	40,07,258	51.08	3.3
Bharatiya Janata Party		67	1	1	0.68	2,04,346	5.66	1.43
Communist Party of India		27	1	3	0.68	2,59,508	16.12	13.4
Janata Party		140	21	-	14.28	24,01,566	32.03
Independent		374	7	N/A	4.76	8,23,850	11.54	N/A
		Total Seats	147 ( )	Voters	1,53,37,200	Turnout	80,16,583 (52.27%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Karanjia	ST	Karunakar Naik	Indian National Congress
Jashipur	ST	Sambhunath Naik	Independent
Bahalda	ST	Bahgey Gobardhan	Janata Party
Rairangpur	ST	Bhabendra Nath Majhi	Indian National Congress
Bangriposi	ST	Kangoi Singh	Indian National Congress
Kuliana	ST	Saraswati Hembram	Indian National Congress
Baripada	None	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Indian National Congress
Baisinga	ST	Pruthunath Kisku	Indian National Congress
Khunta	ST	Biram Murmu	Indian National Congress
Udala	ST	Ramaneswar Madhei	Indian National Congress
Bhograi	None	Umarani Patra	Indian National Congress
Jaleswar	None	Judisthir Jena	Indian National Congress
Basta	None	Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra	Indian National Congress
Balasore	None	Gopanarayan Das	Indian National Congress
Soro	None	Jadunath Das Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Simulia	None	Padamalochan Panda	Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Sukumar Nayak	Indian National Congress
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Panchanan Mandal	Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Jugal Kishore Pattanayak	Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Jagannath Rout	Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Netrananda Malik	Indian National Congress
Basudevpur	None	Madhu Sadan Panigrahi	Indian National Congress
Sukinda	None	Sarata Rout	Indian National Congress
Korai	None	Rama Chandra Khuntia	Indian National Congress
Jajpur	SC	Jagannath Mallick	Janata Party
Dharamsala	None	Kangali Charan Panda	Indian National Congress
Barchana	None	Sitakanta Mahapatra	Indian National Congress
Bari-derabisi	None	Srikanta Kumar Jena	Janata Party
Binjharpur	SC	Nabakishore Mallick	Indian National Congress
Aul	None	Olagobinda Nayak	Indian National Congress
Patamundai	SC	Ganeswar Behera	Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Nalinikanta Mohanty	Janata Party
Kendrapara	None	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty	Indian National Congress
Patkura	None	Bijoy Mohaptra	Janata Party
Tirtol	None	Nityananda Samanaray	Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Krushna Chandra Swain	Indian National Congress
Balikuda	None	Jyotish Chandra Das	Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Kailash Chandra Mallik	Indian National Congress
Kissannagar	None	Batakrishna Jena	Indian National Congress
Mahanga	None	S. K. Matlub Ali	Indian National Congress
Salepur	SC	Mayadhar Sethi	Indian National Congress
Gobindpur	None	Trilochan Kanungo	Independent
Cuttack Sadar	None	Dola Gobind Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Cuttack City	None	Sayad Mustafiz Ahemad	Janata Party
Choudwar	None	Rasananda Sahu	Indian National Congress
Banki	None	Akshaya Kumar Pattanaik	Indian National Congress
Athgarh	None	Janaki Ballav Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Baramba	None	Lalit Mohan Mohanty	Indian National Congress
Balipatna	SC	Raghab Chandra Seth	Indian National Congress
Bhubaneswar	None	Biju Patnaik	Janata Party
Jatni	None	Suresh Kumar Routary	Indian National Congress
Pipli	None	Pradeep Kumar Maharathy	Janata Party
Nimapara	SC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	Indian National Congress
Kakatpur	None	Surendranath Naik	Janata Party
Satyabadi	None	Rabindra Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Brajakishor Tripathy	Janata Party
Brahmagiri	None	Gangadhar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Debendranath Manasingh	Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	Janaki Ballav Pattnaik	Indian National Congress
Begunia	None	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Ramakanta Mishra	Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Bhagabat Behera	Janata Party
Khandapara	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj	Indian National Congress
Daspalla	None	Harihar Karan	Indian National Congress
Jaganathprasad	SC	Damburudhar Sethi	Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	Umakanta Misra	Indian National Congress
Suruda	None	Sarat Chandra Panda	Indian National Congress
Aska	None	Raghaba Parida	Indian National Congress
Kavisuryanagar	None	Radha Govinda Sahu	Indian National Congress
Kodala	None	Ram Krishna Pattnaik	Janata Party
Khallikote	None	V. Sugnani Kumari Deo	Janata Party
Chatrapur	None	Ashok Kumar Choudhury	Indian National Congress
Hinjili	None	Udayanath Nayak	Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	SC	Ghana Syama Behere	Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	Sibasankar Sahani	Indian National Congress
Chikati	None	Chintamani Dayan Samantara	Indian National Congress
Mohana	None	Sarat Kumar Jena	Indian National Congress
Ramagiri	ST	Hawadhar Karji	Independent
Parlakhemundi	None	Trinath Sahu	Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Gomango	Indian National Congress
Bissam-cuttack	ST	Dambaru Dhar Ulaka	Indian National Congress
Rayagada	ST	Ulaka Ramo Chandra	Indian National Congress
Lakshmipur	ST	Anantaram Majhi	Indian National Congress
Pottangi	None	Chandrama Saunta	Indian National Congress
Koraput	None	Nrushimananda Brahma	Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Nadiabasi Biswas	Independent
Chitrakonda	ST	Gangadhar Madi	Indian National Congress
Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi	Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Gupta Prasad Das	Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	None	Habibulla Khan	Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Bhogabati Pujari	Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Domburu Majhi	Indian National Congress
Umarkote	ST	Porama Pujari	Indian National Congress
Nawapara	None	Ghasi Ram Majhi	Janata Party
Khariar	None	Anup Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
Dharamgarh	SC	Jugaram Behera	Indian National Congress
Koksara	None	Rahas Bihari Behera	Indian National Congress
Junagarh	None	Bikram Keshari Deo	Janata Party
Bhawanipatna	SC	Bhaktacharan Das	Janata Party
Narla	ST	Kumarmani Sabar	Indian National Congress
Kesinga	None	Bhupinder Singh	Indian National Congress
Balliguda	ST	Laxmikanta Mallik	Indian National Congress
Udayagiri	ST	Nagarjun Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Phulbani	SC	Abhimanyu Behera	Indian National Congress
Boudh	None	Sujit Kumar Padhi	Indian National Congress
Titilagarh	SC	Purna Chandra Mahananda	Indian National Congress
Kantabanji	None	Chaitanya Pradhan	Independent
Patnagarh	None	Sushil Kumar Prushty	Indian National Congress
Saintala	None	Radha Kanta Panda	Indian National Congress
Loisingha	None	Balgopal Mishra	Independent
Bolangir	None	Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan	Indian National Congress
Sonepur	SC	Acgyuta Biswal	Indian National Congress
Binka	None	Chitiaranjan Mishra	Indian National Congress
Birmaharajpur	None	Kartika Prasad Taria	Indian National Congress
Athmallik	None	Amaranath Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Angul	None	Prafulla Misra	Indian National Congress
Hindol	SC	Rabinarayan Naik	Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	None	Nandini Satapathy	Independent
Gondia	None	Prafulla Kumar Bhanja	Indian National Congress
Kamakhyanagar	None	Prasan Pattanayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
Pallahara	None	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	Indian National Congress
Talcher	SC	Bhajaman Behera	Indian National Congress
Padampur	None	Satyabhusan Sahu	Indian National Congress
Melchhamunda	None	Prakashchandra Debta	Indian National Congress
Bijepur	None	Nikunja Bihari Singh	Janata Party
Bhatli	SC	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	Jadummani Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	None	Shadhakar Sopakar	Indian National Congress
Brajarajnagar	None	Prasannakumar Panda	Communist Party of India
Jharsuguda	None	Birendra Pandey	Indian National Congress
Laikera	ST	Hemananda Biswal	Indian National Congress
Kuchinda	ST	Jagateshwar Mirdha	Indian National Congress
Rairakhol	SC	Abhimanyu Kumar	Indian National Congress
Deogarh	None	Raj Kishore Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Sundargarh	None	Bharatendra Sekher Deo	Janata Party
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi	Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Mangala Kisan	Janata Party
Biramitrapur	ST	Remish Kerketta	Indian National Congress
Rourkela	None	Dillip Kumar Ray	Janata Party
Raghunathpali	ST	Frida Topno	Indian National Congress
Bonai	ST	Basanta Kumar Singh Dandpat	Indian National Congress
Champua	ST	Dhanurjay Laguri	Indian National Congress
Patna	ST	Hrusikesh Naik	Indian National Congress
Keonjhar	ST	Chhotaray Majhi	Janata Party
Telkoi	ST	Pranaballav Naik	Indian National Congress
Ramchandrapur	None	Niranjan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Anandapur	SC	Jayadev Jena	Indian National Congress

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