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1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections|
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Vasantdada Patil
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Sharad Pawar
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| Party
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INC
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Indian Congress (Socialist)
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JP
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| Leader's seat
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Sangli
|
Baramati
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| Seats before
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186
|
|
17
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| Seats won
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161
|
54
|
20
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| Seat change
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 25
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 54
|
3
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Fourth party
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| Party
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BJP
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| Seats won
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16
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| Seat change
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2
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Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in March 1985, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results[edit]
Indian National Congress won majority seats in the Assembly, Vasantdada Patil became Chief Minister. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Sharad Pawar became Leader of the Opposition.[2]
e • d
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Political Party
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No. of candidates
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No. of elected
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Number of Votes
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% of Votes
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Seat change
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Indian National Congress |
287 |
161 |
9,522,556 |
43.41% |
25
|
|
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Indian National Congress (Socialist) |
126 |
54 |
3,790,850 |
17.28% |
54
|
|
|
Janata Party |
61 |
20 |
1,618,101 |
7.38% |
20
|
|
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
67 |
16 |
1,590,351 |
7.25% |
2
|
|
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Peasants and Workers Party of India |
29 |
13 |
825,949 |
3.77% |
4
|
|
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Communist Party of India |
31 |
2 |
202,790 |
0.92% |
|
|
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
14 |
2 |
174,350 |
0.79% |
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|
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Independents |
1506 |
20 |
3,836,390 |
17.49% |
10
|
|
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Total |
2230 |
288 |
21,934,742 |
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Region-wise Results[edit]
List of winning candidates[edit]
The following is the list of candidates won:
| Constituency Name |
Member of Legislative Assembly |
Political party |
Votes polled
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| Achalpur |
Sudan Deshmukh |
CPI / Independent |
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| Amgaon |
Mahadevrao Shivankar |
BJP |
|
| Aurangabad East |
Haribhau Bagade |
BJP |
|
| Baramati |
Sharad Pawar |
INC(Socialist) |
53,545
|
| Borivali |
Ram Naik |
BJP |
|
| Chandwad |
Jayachand Kasliwal |
BJP |
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| Chembur |
Parvati Parihar |
Congress |
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| Dadar |
Sharayu Thakur |
Congress(I) |
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| Devalali |
Bhikchand Haribhau Donde |
BJP |
|
| Devgad |
Appa Gogte |
BJP |
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| Edlabad |
Jaware Haribhau |
ICS (Socialist Congress) |
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| Goregaon (Bhandara) |
Khushal Bopche |
BJP |
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| Goregaon (Mumbai) |
Mrinal Gore |
Janata Party |
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| Guhagar |
Shridhar Natu |
BJP |
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| Kalyan |
Ram Kapse |
BJP |
|
| Kasba Peth |
Ulhas Kalokhe |
Congress |
35,588
|
| Khamgaon |
Manikrao Gawande |
Congress |
|
| Khetwadi |
Premkumar Shankardatt Sharma |
BJP |
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| Lakhandur |
Namdeorao Diwate |
BJP |
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| Mahim |
Sham Shetty |
Congress |
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| Malkapur |
Vasantrao Shinde |
Congress |
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| Matunga |
V Subramanyam |
Congress(I) |
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| Mumbadevi |
Lalit Kapadia |
Congress |
|
| Nagpur East |
Avinash Pande |
Congress(I) |
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| Nagpur West |
Gev Avari |
Congress(I) |
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| Nagpur North |
Damuantibai Deshbhratar |
Congress |
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| Nagpur South |
Ashok Dhawad |
Congress(I) |
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| Nagpur Central |
Shoukat Rehman Qureshi |
Congress(I) |
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| Nashik |
Daulatrao Aher |
BJP |
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| Nehrunagar |
Babasaheb Bhosale |
Congress(I) |
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| Opera House |
Chandrashekhar Prabhu |
Congress |
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| Ratnagiri |
Shivajirao Jadyar |
Congress |
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| Raver |
Gunawant Sarode |
BJP |
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| Sakri |
Govindrao Chaudhary |
BJP |
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| Sangli |
Vasantdada Patil |
Congress(I) |
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| Satara |
Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle |
Congress(I) |
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| Shivajinagar |
Anna Joshi |
BJP |
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| Ulhasnagar |
Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani |
BJP |
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| Vaijapur |
Ramkrishna Baba Patil |
Congress |
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| Vile Parle |
Hans Bhugra |
Congress |
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References[edit]
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