Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1985

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1985, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Results

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]

 Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985^[1]

	Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Indian National Congress	287	161	9,522,556	43.41%	25
	Indian National Congress (Socialist)	126	54	3,790,850	17.28%	54
	Janata Party	61	20	1,618,101	7.38%	20
	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	16	1,590,351	7.25%	2
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	29	13	825,949	3.77%	4
	Communist Party of India	31	2	202,790	0.92%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	14	2	174,350	0.79%
	Independents	1506	20	3,836,390	17.49%	10
	Total	2230	288	21,934,742

References

1. "Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Key Highlights of General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
2. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre". Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ()