1985 Bihar legislative assembly election

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324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority
Registered	43,880,751
Turnout	56.27%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bindeshwari Dubey Lalu Prasad Yadav Party INC LKD Seats won 196 46 Popular vote 9,558,562 3,573,173 Percentage 39.30% 14.69%
CM before election Chandrashekhar Singh INC Elected CM Bindeshwari Dubey INC

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in March 1985 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and the popular vote and Bindeshwari Dubey became the new Chief Minister of Bihar.^[1]

Result

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Popular Vote	Percentage
Indian National Congress		323	196	9,558,562	39.30%
Lok Dal		261	46	3,573,173	14.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party		234	16	1,833,275	7.54%
Janata Party		229	13	1,754,705	7.21%
Communist Party of India		167	12	2,154,066	8.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		57	9	443,822	1.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		44	1	392,375	1.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)		59	1	160,159	0.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India		1	1	17,890	0.07%
Independents		2804	29	4,349,057	17.88%
Total		4237	324	24,323,868

Source:^[2]

Elected members

References