1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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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 Third party
  The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari with the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (cropped) (Surjit Singh Barnala).png Gurbinder Kaur Brar Official portrait 1980.jpg
Leader Surjit Singh Barnala Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Party SAD INC BJP
Leader's seat -
Seats won 73 32 6
Seat change Increase 36 Decrease 31 Increase 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[edit]

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[edit]

Title MEN WOMEN TOTAL
NO. OF CONTESTANTS 824 33 857
ELECTED 113 4 117
FORFEITED DEPOSITS 582 13 595

Constituencies Data[edit]

NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Result by Party[edit]

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

Results by Region[edit]

Region Seats SAD INC BJP CPI style="background:gray;
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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[edit]

# Constituency Reserved for
(SC/None) 		Party Winner
1 Fatehgarh None SAD Nirmal Singh
2 Batala None INC Ashwani
3 Qadian None SAD Kulwant Singh
4 Sri Hargobindpur None SAD Natha Singh
5 Kahnuwan None SAD Johar Singh
6 Dhariwal None SAD Sucha Singh Chottepur
7 Gurdaspur None INC Susheel
8 Dina Nagar SC INC Jai Muni
9 Narot Mehra SC BJP Ram Lal
10 Pathankot None BJP Mohan Lal
11 Sujanpur None INC Raghu Nath Sahai
12 Beas None INC Sant Singh
13 Majitha None INC Surinder Pal Singh
14 Verka None INC Dalbir Singh
15 Jandiala SC SAD Ranjit Singh
16 Amritsar North None INC Brij Bhushan Mehra
17 Amritsar West None INC Sewa Ram
18 Amritsar Central None INC Darbari Lal
19 Amritsar South None JP Kirpal Singh S/O Uttam Singh
20 Ajnala None SAD Rattan Singh
21 Raja Sansi None SAD Shashpal Singh
22 Attari SC SAD Tara Singh
23 Tarn Taran None SAD Prem Singh Lalpura
24 Khadoor Sahib SC SAD Tara Singh
25 Naushahra Panwan None SAD Harbhajan Singh
26 Patti None SAD Niranjan Singh
27 Valtoha None SAD Major Singh
28 Adampur None SAD Surjit Singh
29 Jullundur Cantonment None INC Indira
30 Jullundur North None BJP Vaid Om Prakash Dutt
31 Jullundur Central None BJP Manmohan Kalia
32 Jullundur South SC INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee
33 Kartarpur SC INC Jagjit Singh
34 Lohian None SAD Balwant Singh
35 Nakodar None SAD Kuleep Singh Wadala
36 Nur Mahal None SAD Surinder Paul Singh
37 Banga SC SAD Balwant Singh
38 Nawanshahr None INC Dilbagh Singh
39 Phillaur SC SAD Sarwan Singh
40 Bholath None SAD Sukhjinder Singh
41 Kapurthala None INC Kripal Singh
42 Sultanpur None SAD Bachan Singh
43 Phagwara SC INC Joginder Singh Mann
44 Balachaur None Independent Ram Kishan
45 Garhshankar None INC Sarwan Ram
46 Mahilpur SC SAD Jagdish Kaur
47 Hoshiarpur None INC Mohan Lal
48 Sham Chaurasi SC INC Hari Mittar
49 Tanda None SAD Uplar Singh
50 Garhdiwala SC SAD Prakash Singh
51 Dasuya None Independent Romesh Chander
52 Mukerian None INC Kewal Krishan
53 Jagraon None SAD Gurdip Singh
54 Raikot None SAD Talib Singh
55 Dakha SC SAD Basant Singh
56 Qila Raipur None SAD Arjan Singh
57 Ludhiana North None INC Satpal Prashar
58 Ludhiana West None INC Harnam Dass Johar
59 Ludhiana East None INC Om Parkash Gupta
60 Ludhiana Rural None SAD Jagdev Singh Tajpuri
61 Payal None SAD Davinder Singh
62 Kum Kalan SC SAD Rajinder Singh
63 Samrala None SAD Amarjit Singh
64 Khanna SC SAD Sukhdev Singh
65 Nangal None INC Ram Prakash Bali
66 Anandpur Sahib Ropar None SAD Tara Singh
67 Chamkaur Sahib SC INC Bhag Singh
68 Morinda None SAD Ravinder Singh
69 Kharar None SAD Bachittar Singh
70 Banur None SAD Kanwaljit Singh
71 Rajpura None SAD Prem Chand
72 Ghanaur None SAD Jasdev Singh Sandhu
73 Dakala None SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra
74 Shutrana SC SAD Satwant Singh Mohi
75 Samana None SAD Hardial Singh Rajla
76 Patiala Town None INC Brahm Mohinder
77 Nabha None SAD Narinder Singh
78 Amloh SC SAD Dalip Singh Pandhi
79 Sirhind None SAD Kirpal Singh
80 Dhuri None SAD Surinder Singh
81 Malerkotla None SAD Nusrat Ali Khan
82 Sherpur SC SAD Gobind Singh
83 Barnala None SAD Surjit Singh Barnala
84 Bhadaur SC SAD Kundan Singh
85 Dhanaula None SAD Gobind Singh Longowal
86 Sangrur None SAD Ranjit Singh
87 Dirbha None SAD Baldev Singh
88 Sunam None SAD Sukhdev Singh
89 Lehra None SAD Inderjit Singh
90 Balluana SC INC Hansraj Arya
91 Abohar None BJP Arjan Singh
92 Fazilka None BJP Radha Krishan
93 Jalalabad None CPI Mehtab Singh
94 Guru Har Sahai None Independent Sajwar Singh
95 Firozepur None INC Bal Mukand
96 Firozepur Cantonment None SAD Mohinder Singh
97 Zira None SAD Hari Singh
98 Dharamkot SC INC Gurdev Singh Gill
99 Moga None INC Gurcharan Singh
100 Bagha Purana None SAD Malkiat Singh Sidhu
101 Nihal Singh Wala SC SAD Zora Singh
102 Panjgrain SC SAD Gurdev Singh
103 Kotkapura None SAD Mohinder Singh Brar
104 Faridkot None Independent Karnail Singh Doad
105 Muktsar None INC Gurbinder Kaur
106 Giddarbaha None SAD Parkash Singh
107 Malout SC INC Shiv Chand
108 Lambi None SAD Hardipinder Singh
109 Talwandi Sabo None SAD Amrinder Singh
110 Pakka Kalan SC SAD Sujan Singh
111 Bhatinda None SAD Kasturi Lal
112 Nathana SC SAD Jasmel Singh
113 Rampura Phul None SAD Sukhdev Singh
114 Joga None SAD Baldev Singh
115 Mansa None SAD Jaswant Singh
116 Budhlada None SAD Purshotam Singh
117 Sardulgarh None SAD Balwinder Singh

References[edit]

  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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