Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the members of Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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. The election were hald alongside the election to the Lok Sabha, Which were not held in 1984.
Voter statistics Electors Title MenWomenTotalNo. of electors5879025 4849800 10728825No. of electors who voted4009724 3235557 7245281Polling Percentage68.20% 66.72%67.53%
No. of valid votes 6920818
No. of voted rejected 324463
No. of polling stations 12698
Performance of women and men candidates TitleMenWomenENTotalALNo. of contestants82433857Elected1134117Forfeited deposits58213595
Constituencies Data
No. of constituencies Type of Constituency Gen. SCStTotalNo. of constituencies88290117
Results
Result by Party
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 Partycontested Seats won change in seats popular vote %Shiromani Akali Dal10073 2326,30,27038.01Indian National Congress11732 3126,20,04237.86Bharatiya Janata Party266 53,45,5604.99Communist Party of India381 83,07,4964.44Janata Party51 175,3071.09Independents5424 28,09,25411.69Others 290 -1,32,8891.92Total85711769,20,818
Results by Region RegionSeatsSADINCBJPCPIOthersMalwa654812212 (Ind.)Majha271410201(JNP) Doaba251110202 (Ind.) Sum1177332615
Results By Constituency #ConstituencyPartyWinner1FatehgarhNirmal Singh2Batala Ashwani3QadianKulwant Singh4Sri HargobindpurNatha Singh5KahnuwanJohar Singh6DhariwalSucha Singh Chottepur7Gurdaspur Susheel8Dina Nagar (SC) Jai Muni9Narot Mehra (SC) Ram Lal10Pathankot Mohan Lal11Sujanpur Raghu Nath Sahai12Beas Sant Singh13Majitha Surinder Pal Singh14Verka Dalbir Singh15Jandiala (SC)Ranjit Singh16Amritsar North Brij Bhushan Mehra17Amritsar West Sewa Ram18Amritsar Central Darbari Lal19Amritsar SouthKirpal Singh S/O Uttam Singh20AjnalaRattan Singh21Raja SansiShashpal Singh22Attari (SC)Tara Singh23Tarn TaranPrem Singh Lalpura24Khadoor Sahib (SC)Tara Singh25Naushahra PanwanHarbhajan Singh26PattiNiranjan Singh27ValtohaMajor Singh28AdampurSurjit Singh29Jullundur Cantonment Indira30Jullundur North Vaid Om Prakash Dutt31Jullundur Central Manmohan Kalia32Jullundur South (SC) Mohinder Singh Kaypee33Kartarpur (SC) Jagjit Singh34LohianBalwant Singh35NakodarKuleep Singh Wadala36Nur MahalSurinder Paul Singh37Banga (SC)Balwant Singh38Nawanshahr Dilbagh Singh39Phillaur (SC)Sarwan Singh40BholathSukhjinder Singh41Kapurthala Kripal Singh42SultanpurBachan Singh43Phagwara (SC) Joginder Singh Mann44BalachaurRam Kishan45Garhshankar Sarwan Ram46Mahilpur (SC)Jagdish Kaur47Hoshiarpur Mohan Lal48Sham Chaurasi (SC) Hari Mittar49TandaUplar Singh50Garhdiwala (SC)Prakash Singh51DasuyaRomesh Chander52Mukerian Kewal Krishan53JagraonGurdip Singh54RaikotTalib Singh55Dakha (SC)Basant Singh56Qila RaipurArjan Singh57Ludhiana NorthSatpal Prashar58Ludhiana WestHarnam Dass Johar59Ludhiana EastOm Parkash Gupta60Ludhiana RuralJagdev Singh Tajpuri61PayalDavinder Singh62Kum Kalan (SC)Rajinder Singh63SamralaAmarjit Singh64Khanna (SC)Sukhdev Singh65NangalRam Prakash Bali66Anandpur Sahib RoparTara Singh67Chamkaur Sahib (SC)Bhag Singh68MorindaRavinder Singh69KhararBachittar Singh70BanurKanwaljit Singh71RajpuraPrem Chand72GhanaurJasdev Singh Sandhu73DakalaPrem Singh Chandumajra74Shutrana (SC)Satwant Singh Mohi75SamanaHardial Singh Rajla76Patiala TownBrahm Mohinder77NabhaNarinder Singh78Amloh (SC)Dalip Singh Pandhi79SirhindKirpal Singh80DhuriSurinder Singh81MalerkotlaNusrat Ali Khan82Sherpur (SC)Gobind Singh83BarnalaSurjit Singh Barnala84Bhadaur (SC)Kundan Singh85DhanaulaGobind Singh Longowal86SangrurRanjit Singh87DirbhaBaldev Singh88SunamSukhdev Singh89LehraInderjit Singh90Balluana (SC)Hansraj Arya91Abohar Arjan Singh92Fazilka Radha Krishan93JalalabadMehtab Singh94Guru Har SahaiSajwar Singh95FirozepurBal Mukand96Firozepur CantonmentMohinder Singh97ZiraHari Singh98Dharamkot (SC)Gurdev Singh Gill99MogaGurcharan Singh100Bagha PuranaMalkiat Singh Sidhu101Nihal Singh Wala (SC)Zora Singh102Panjgrain (SC)Gurdev Singh103KotkapuraMohinder Singh Brar104FaridkotKarnail Singh Doad105MuktsarGurbinder Kaur106GiddarbahaParkash Singh107Malout (SC)Shiv Chand108LambiHardipinder Singh109Talwandi SaboAmrinder Singh110Pakka Kalan (SC)Sujan Singh111BhatindaKasturi Lal112Nathana (SC)Jasmel Singh113Rampura PhulSukhdev Singh114JogaBaldev Singh Khiala115MansaJaswant Singh116BudhladaPurshotam Singh117SardulgarhBalwinder Singh
See also Elections in Punjab, India Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly
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