1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.^[2]

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Biju Patnaik[1] Party INC JP Leader's seat Athagarh (retained) Khurda (vacanted) Bhubaneswar Seats won 117 21 Seat change 1 18 Popular vote 40,07,258 24,01,566 Percentage 51.08 32.03 Swing 3.3 26.47
Chief Minister before election Janaki Ballabh Patnaik INC(I) Elected Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik INC

Constituencies

The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats.

Contesting parties

There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party Jharkhand Party, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117^[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal^[4] for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.

Results

Source: Election Commission of India^[5]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Indian National Congress		4,007,258	51.08	3.3	147	117	1
		Janata Party		2,401,566	30.61	26.47	140	21	18
		Communist Party of India		259,508	3.31	1.78	27	1	3
		Bharatiya Janata Party		204,346	2.60	1.24	67	1	1
	-	Independents	-	823,850	10.50	1.38	374	7
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				7,845,050	51.15
Invalid Votes				171,533	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				8,016,583	52.57
Abstentation				7,320,617	-
Total No. of Electors				15,337,200

Elected Members

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Karunakar Naik		Indian National Congress
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Sambhunath Naik		Independent
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Bhagey Gobardhan		Janata Party
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Bhabendra Nath Majhi		Indian National Congress
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Kangoi Singh		Indian National Congress
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Pruthunath Kisku		Indian National Congress
	9	Khunta (ST)	Biram Murmu		Indian National Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Ramaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Umarani Patra		Indian National Congress
	12	Jaleswar	Judisthir Jena		Indian National Congress
	13	Basta	Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra		Indian National Congress
	14	Balasore	Gopanarayan Das		Indian National Congress
	15	Soro	Jadunath Das Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	16	Simulia	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
	17	Nilgiri	Sukumar Nayak		Indian National Congress
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Panchanan Mandal		Indian National Congress
	19	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattanayak		Indian National Congress
	20	Dhamnagar	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Malik		Indian National Congress
	22	Basudevpur	Madhu Sadan Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Sarata Rout		Indian National Congress
	24	Korai	Ramachandra Khuntia		Indian National Congress
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Jagannath Mallick		Janata Party
	26	Dharamsala	Kangali Charan Panda		Indian National Congress
	27	Barchana	Sitakanta Mahapatra		Indian National Congress
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Srikant Kumar Jena		Janata Party
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Nabakishore Mallick		Indian National Congress
	30	Aul	Olagobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Ganeswar Behera		Indian National Congress
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Party
	33	Kendrapara	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	34	Patkura	Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Party
	35	Tirtol	Nityananda Samntaray		Indian National Congress
	36	Ersama	Krushna Chandra Swain		Indian National Congress
	37	Balikuda	Jyotish Chandra Das		Indian National Congress
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Kailash Chandra Mallik		Indian National Congress
	39	Kissannagar	Batakrishna Jena		Indian National Congress
	40	Mahanga	S. K. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress
	41	Salepur (SC)	Mayadhar Sethi		Indian National Congress
	42	Gobindpur	Trilochan Kanungo		Independent
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Dola Gobind Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	44	Cuttack City	Sayad Mustafiz Ahemad		Janata Party
	45	Choudwar	Rasananda Sahu		Indian National Congress
	46	Banki	Akshaya Kumar Pattanaik		Indian National Congress
	47	Athgarh	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	48	Baramba	Lalit Mohan Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Raghab Chandra Seth		Indian National Congress
	50	Bhubaneswar	Biju Patnaik		Janata Party
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
	52	Pipli	Pradeep Maharathy		Janata Party
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress
	54	Kakatpur	Surendra Nath Naik		Janata Party
	55	Satyabadi	Rabindra Kumar Das		Indian National Congress
	56	Puri	Braja Kishore Tripathy		Janata Party
	57	Brahmagiri	Gangadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	58	Chilka	Debendranath Manasingh		Indian National Congress
	59	Khurda	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	60	Begunia	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	61	Ranpur	Ramakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
	62	Nayagarh	Bhagabat Behera		Janata Party
	63	Khandapara	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karan		Indian National Congress
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Damburudhar Sethi		Indian National Congress
	66	Bhanjanagar	Umakanta Misra		Indian National Congress
	67	Suruda	Sarat Chandra Panda		Indian National Congress
	68	Aska	Raghaba Parida		Indian National Congress
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Radha Govinda Sahu		Indian National Congress
	70	Kodala	Ram Krushna Patnaik		Janata Party
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Janata Party
	72	Chatrapur	Ashok Kumar Choudhury		Indian National Congress
	73	Hinjili	Udayanath Nayak		Indian National Congress
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Ghana Syama Behere		Indian National Congress
	75	Berhampur	Sibasankar Sahani		Indian National Congress
	76	Chikiti	Chintamani Dyan Samantara		Indian National Congress
	77	Mohana	Sarat Kumar Jena		Indian National Congress
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Haladhar Karji		Independent
	79	Parlakhemundi	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambaru Dhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Chandrama Santha		Indian National Congress
	85	Koraput	Nrushimananda Brahma		Indian National Congress
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Nadiabasi Biswas		Independent
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
	89	Jeypore	Gupta Prasad Das		Indian National Congress
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Bhogabati Pujari		Indian National Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Domburu Majhi		Indian National Congress
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Ghasi Ram Majhi		Janata Party
	95	Khariar	Anup Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Jugaram Behera		Indian National Congress
	97	Koksara	Rahas Bihari Behera		Indian National Congress
	98	Junagarh	Bikram Keshari Deo		Janata Party
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Bhakta Charan Das		Janata Party
	100	Narla (ST)	Kumarmani Sabar		Indian National Congress
	101	Kesinga	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Laxmikanta Mallik		Indian National Congress
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Nagarjuna Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Abhimanyu Behera		Indian National Congress
	105	Boudh	Sujit Kumar Padhi		Indian National Congress
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Purna Chandra Mahananda		Indian National Congress
	107	Kantabanji	Chaitanya Pradhan		Independent
	108	Patnagarh	Sushil Kumar Prushty		Indian National Congress
	109	Saintala	Radha Kanta Panda		Indian National Congress
	110	Loisingha	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
	111	Bolangir	Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Achyuta Biswal		Indian National Congress
	113	Binka	Chitaranjan Mishra		Indian National Congress
	114	Birmaharajpur	Kartika Prasad Taria		Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	116	Angul	Prafulla Misra		Indian National Congress
	117	Hindol (SC)	Rabinarayan Naik		Indian National Congress
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy		Independent
	119	Gondia	Prafulla Kumar Bhanja		Indian National Congress
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Prasan Pattanayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
	121	Pallahara	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress
	122	Talcher (SC)	Bhajaman Behara		Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Satyabhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakashchandra Debta		Indian National Congress
	125	Bijepur	Nikunja Bihari Singh		Janata Party
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress
	127	Bargarh	Jadummani Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	128	Sambalpur	Shraddhakar Supakar		Indian National Congress
	129	Brajarajnagar	Prasannakumar Panda		Communist Party of India
	130	Jharsuguda	Birendra Pandey		Indian National Congress
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateshwar Mirdha		Indian National Congress
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress
	134	Deogarh	Raj Kishore Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Bharatendra Sekher Deo		Janata Party
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan		Janata Party
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Remish Kerketta		Indian National Congress
	139	Rourkela	Dilip Ray		Janata Party
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Frida Topno		Indian National Congress
	141	Bonai (ST)	Basanta Kumar Singh Dandpat		Indian National Congress
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Dhanurjay Laguri		Indian National Congress
	143	Patna	Hrushikesh Naik		Indian National Congress
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Chhotaray Majhi		Janata Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Pranaballav Naik		Indian National Congress
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress