1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
1985
All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.50% (2.17%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Surjit Singh Barnala Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Party SAD INC BJP
Leader's seat -
Seats won 73 32 6
Seat change 36 31 5
Popular vote 26,30,270 26,20,042 3,45,560
Percentage 38.01 37.86 4.99%
Chief Minister before election

President's rule
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Surjit Singh Barnala
SAD. President's rule

Voter Statistics

ELECTORS

Title MEN WOMEN TOTAL
NO. OF ELECTORS 5879025 4849800 10728825
NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED 4009724 3235557 7245281
POLLING PERCENTAGE 68.20% 66.72% 67.53%

NO. OF VALID VOTES 6920818

NO. OF VOTES REJECTED 324463

NO. OF POLLING STATIONS 12698

Performance of women and men candidates
Title MEN WOMEN TOTAL
NO. OF CONTESTANTS 824 33 857
ELECTED 113 4 117
FORFEITED DEPOSITS 582 13 595

Political Parties

List of Participating Political Parties

NATIONAL PARTIES

1 . BJP BHARATIYA JANTA PARTY

2 . CPI COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

3 . CPM COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)

4 . ICS INDIAN CONGRESS (SOCIALIST)

5 . INC INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

6 . JNP JANTA PARTY

STATE PARTIES

7 . SAD SHIROMANI AKALI DAL

INDEPENDENTS

8 . IND INDEPENDENT

Constituencies Data

NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES [1]
TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY GEN. SC St Total
NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES 88 29 0 117

NO. OF CONTESTANTS [1]
NO. OF CONTESTANTS 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 15 Above
NO. OF SUCH

CONSTITUENCIES

 0 2 4 16 18 60 15 2

Results

Result by Party
Performance of Political Parties
Parties Contested Won FD Votes %
NATIONAL PARTIES
BJP 26 6 12 345560 4.99% 23.61%
CPI 38 1 29 307496 4.44% 13.39%
CPM 28 0 25 132678 1.92% 8.08%
ICS 1 0 1 211 0.00% 0.36%
INC 117 32 4 2620042 37.86% 37.86%
JNP 5 1 2 75307 1.09% 26.37%
STATE PARTIES
SAD 100 73 3 2630270 38.01% 44.03%
OTHERS
IND. 542 4 519 809254 11.69% 12.15%


Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [2]
Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Shiromani Akali Dal 100 73 23 26,30,270 38.01
Indian National Congress 117 32 31 26,20,042 37.86
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 6 5 3,45,560 4.99
Communist Party of India 38 1 8 3,07,496 4.44
Janata Party 5 1 1 75,307 1.09
Independents 542 4 2 8,09,254 11.69
Others 29 0 - 1,32,889 1.92
Total 857 117 69,20,818

Results by Region
Region Seats SAD INC BJP CPI Others
Malwa 65 48 12 2 1 2 (Ind.)
Majha 27 14 10 2 0 1(JNP)
Doaba 25 11 10 2 0 2 (Ind.)
Sum 117 73 32 6 1 5

Results By Constituency
A. C. NO. Assembly Constituency Name Category Party Winner Sex
1 Fatehgarh GEN SAD Nirmal Singh M
2 Batala GEN INC Ashwani M
3 Qadian GEN SAD Kulwant Singh M
4 Sri Hargobindpur GEN SAD Natha Singh M
5 Kahnuwan GEN SAD Johar Singh M
6 Dhariwal GEN SAD Sucha Singh Chottepur M
7 Gurdaspur GEN INC Susheel M
8 Dina Nagar (SC) INC Jai Muni F
9 Narot Mehra (SC) BJP Ram Lal M
10 Pathankot GEN BJP Mohan Lal M
11 Sujanpur GEN INC Raghu Nath Sahai M
12 Beas GEN INC Sant Singh M
13 Majitha GEN INC Surinder Pal Singh M
14 Verka GEN INC Dalbir Singh M
15 Jandiala (SC) SAD Ranjit Singh M
16 Amritsar North GEN INC Brij Bhushan Mehra M
17 Amritsar West GEN INC Sewa Ram M
18 Amritsar Central GEN INC Darbari Lal M
19 Amritsar South GEN JNP Kirpal Singh S/O Uttam Singh M
20 Ajnala GEN SAD Rattan Singh M
21 Raja Sansi GEN SAD Shashpal Singh M
22 Attari (SC) SAD Tara Singh M
23 Tarn Taran GEN SAD Prem Singh Lalpura M
24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) SAD Tara Singh M
25 Naushahra Panwan GEN SAD Harbhajan Singh M
26 Patti GEN SAD Niranjan Singh M
27 Valtoha GEN SAD Major Singh M
28 Adampur GEN SAD Surjit Singh M
29 Jullundur Cantonment GEN INC Indira F
30 Jullundur North GEN BJP Vaid Om Prakash Dutt M
31 Jullundur Central GEN BJP Manmohan Kalia M
32 Jullundur South (SC) INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee M
33 Kartarpur (SC) INC Jagjit Singh M
34 Lohian GEN SAD Balwant Singh M
35 Nakodar GEN SAD Kuleep Singh Wadala M
36 Nur Mahal GEN SAD Surinder Paul Singh M
37 Banga (SC) SAD Balwant Singh M
38 Nawanshahr GEN INC Dilbagh Singh M
39 Phillaur (SC) SAD Sarwan Singh M
40 Bholath GEN SAD Sukhjinder Singh M
41 Kapurthala GEN INC Kripal Singh M
42 Sultanpur GEN SAD Bachan Singh M
43 Phagwara (SC) INC Joginder Singh Mann M
44 Balachaur GEN IND Ram Kishan M
45 Garhshankar GEN INC Sarwan Ram M
46 Mahilpur (SC) SAD Jagdish Kaur F
47 Hoshiarpur GEN INC Mohan Lal M
48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) INC Hari Mittar M
49 Tanda GEN SAD Uplar Singh M
50 Garhdiwala (SC) SAD Prakash Singh M
51 Dasuya GEN IND Romesh Chander M
52 Mukerian GEN INC Kewal Krishan M
53 Jagraon GEN SAD Gurdip Singh M
54 Raikot GEN SAD Talib Singh M
55 Dakha (SC) SAD Basant Singh M
56 Qila Raipur GEN SAD Arjan Singh M
57 Ludhiana North GEN INC Satpal Prashar M
58 Ludhiana West GEN INC Harnam Dass Johar M
59 Ludhiana East GEN INC Om Parkash Gupta M
60 Ludhiana Rural GEN SAD Jagdev Singh Tajpuri M
61 Payal GEN SAD Davinder Singh M
62 Kum Kalan (SC) SAD Rajinder Singh M
63 Samrala GEN SAD Amarjit Singh M
64 Khanna (SC) SAD Sukhdev Singh M
65 Nangal GEN INC Ram Prakash Bali M
66 Anandpur Sahib Ropar GEN SAD Tara Singh M
67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) INC Bhag Singh M
68 Morinda GEN SAD Ravinder Singh M
69 Kharar GEN SAD Bachittar Singh M
70 Banur GEN SAD Kanwaljit Singh M
71 Rajpura GEN SAD Prem Chand M
72 Ghanaur GEN SAD Jasdev Singh Sandhu M
73 Dakala GEN SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra M
74 Shutrana (SC) SAD Satwant Singh Mohi M
75 Samana GEN SAD Hardial Singh Rajla M
76 Patiala Town GEN INC Brahm Mohinder M
77 Nabha GEN SAD Narinder Singh M
78 Amloh (SC) SAD Dalip Singh Pandhi M
79 Sirhind GEN SAD Kirpal Singh M
80 Dhuri GEN SAD Surinder Singh M
81 Malerkotla GEN SAD Nusrat Ali Khan M
82 Sherpur (SC) SAD Gobind Singh M
83 Barnala GEN SAD Surjit Singh Barnala M
84 Bhadaur (SC) SAD Kundan Singh M
85 Dhanaula GEN SAD Gobind Singh Longowal M
86 Sangrur GEN SAD Ranjit Singh M
87 Dirbha GEN SAD Baldev Singh M
88 Sunam GEN SAD Sukhdev Singh M
89 Lehra GEN SAD Inderjit Singh M
90 Balluana (SC) INC Hansraj Arya M
91 Abohar GEN BJP Arjan Singh M
92 Fazilka GEN BJP Radha Krishan M
93 Jalalabad GEN CPI Mehtab Singh M
94 Guru Har Sahai GEN IND Sajwar Singh M
95 Firozepur GEN INC Bal Mukand M
96 Firozepur Cantonment GEN SAD Mohinder Singh M
97 Zira GEN SAD Hari Singh M
98 Dharamkot (SC) INC Gurdev Singh Gill M
99 Moga GEN INC Gurcharan Singh M
100 Bagha Purana GEN SAD Malkiat Singh Sidhu M
101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) SAD Zora Singh M
102 Panjgrain (SC) SAD Gurdev Singh M
103 Kotkapura GEN SAD Mohinder Singh Brar M
104 Faridkot GEN IND Karnail Singh Doad M
105 Muktsar GEN INC Gurbinder Kaur F
106 Giddarbaha GEN SAD Parkash Singh M
107 Malout (SC) INC Shiv Chand M
108 Lambi GEN SAD Hardipinder Singh M
109 Talwandi Sabo GEN SAD Amrinder Singh M
110 Pakka Kalan (SC) SAD Sujan Singh M
111 Bhatinda GEN SAD Kasturi Lal M
112 Nathana (SC) SAD Jasmel Singh M
113 Rampura Phul GEN SAD Sukhdev Singh M
114 Joga GEN SAD Baldev Singh M
115 Mansa GEN SAD Jaswant Singh M
116 Budhlada GEN SAD Purshotam Singh M
117 Sardulgarh GEN SAD Balwinder Singh M

References
  1. "Punjab 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. "List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985".
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