1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[1]

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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[2] Party Congress(I) JNP Leader's seat Athagarh & Khurda Bhubaneswar Seats won 117 21 Seat change 1 "New" Popular vote 40,07,258 24,01,566 Percentage 51.08 32.03 Swing 3.3 "New"
Chief Minister before election Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Congress(I) Elected Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Congress(I)

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

Summary of results of the 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[5]

	Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		147	117	1	79.59	40,07,258	51.08	3.3
	Bharatiya Janata Party		67	1	1	0.68	2,04,346	5.66	1.43
	Communist Party of India		27	1	3	0.68	2,59,508	16.12	13.4
	Janata Party		140	21	-	14.28	24,01,566	32.03
	Independent		374	7	N/A	4.76	8,23,850	11.54	N/A
			Total Seats	147 ( )	Voters	1,53,37,200	Turnout	80,16,583 (52.27%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Karanjia	ST	Karunakar Naik		Indian National Congress
Jashipur	ST	Sambhunath Naik		Independent
Bahalda	ST	Bahgey Gobardhan		Janata Party
Rairangpur	ST	Bhabendra Nath Majhi		Indian National Congress
Bangriposi	ST	Kangoi Singh		Indian National Congress
Kuliana	ST	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress
Baripada	None	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
Baisinga	ST	Pruthunath Kisku		Indian National Congress
Khunta	ST	Biram Murmu		Indian National Congress
Udala	ST	Ramaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress
Bhograi	None	Umarani Patra		Indian National Congress
Jaleswar	None	Judisthir Jena		Indian National Congress
Basta	None	Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra		Indian National Congress
Balasore	None	Gopanarayan Das		Indian National Congress
Soro	None	Jadunath Das Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Simulia	None	Padamalochan Panda		Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Sukumar Nayak		Indian National Congress
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Panchanan Mandal		Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Jugal Kishore Pattanayak		Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Netrananda Malik		Indian National Congress
Basudevpur	None	Madhu Sadan Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
Sukinda	None	Sarata Rout		Indian National Congress
Korai	None	Rama Chandra Khuntia		Indian National Congress
Jajpur	SC	Jagannath Mallick		Janata Party
Dharamsala	None	Kangali Charan Panda		Indian National Congress
Barchana	None	Sitakanta Mahapatra		Indian National Congress
Bari-derabisi	None	Srikanta Kumar Jena		Janata Party
Binjharpur	SC	Nabakishore Mallick		Indian National Congress
Aul	None	Olagobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
Patamundai	SC	Ganeswar Behera		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Party
Kendrapara	None	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Patkura	None	Bijoy Mohaptra		Janata Party
Tirtol	None	Nityananda Samanaray		Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Krushna Chandra Swain		Indian National Congress
Balikuda	None	Jyotish Chandra Das		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Kailash Chandra Mallik		Indian National Congress
Kissannagar	None	Batakrishna Jena		Indian National Congress
Mahanga	None	S. K. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress
Salepur	SC	Mayadhar Sethi		Indian National Congress
Gobindpur	None	Trilochan Kanungo		Independent
Cuttack Sadar	None	Dola Gobind Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Cuttack City	None	Sayad Mustafiz Ahemad		Janata Party
Choudwar	None	Rasananda Sahu		Indian National Congress
Banki	None	Akshaya Kumar Pattanaik		Indian National Congress
Athgarh	None	Janaki Ballav Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Baramba	None	Lalit Mohan Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Balipatna	SC	Raghab Chandra Seth		Indian National Congress
Bhubaneswar	None	Biju Patnaik		Janata Party
Jatni	None	Suresh Kumar Routary		Indian National Congress
Pipli	None	Pradeep Kumar Maharathy		Janata Party
Nimapara	SC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress
Kakatpur	None	Surendranath Naik		Janata Party
Satyabadi	None	Rabindra Kumar Das		Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Brajakishor Tripathy		Janata Party
Brahmagiri	None	Gangadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Debendranath Manasingh		Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	Janaki Ballav Pattnaik		Indian National Congress
Begunia	None	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Ramakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Bhagabat Behera		Janata Party
Khandapara	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
Daspalla	None	Harihar Karan		Indian National Congress
Jaganathprasad	SC	Damburudhar Sethi		Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	Umakanta Misra		Indian National Congress
Suruda	None	Sarat Chandra Panda		Indian National Congress
Aska	None	Raghaba Parida		Indian National Congress
Kavisuryanagar	None	Radha Govinda Sahu		Indian National Congress
Kodala	None	Ram Krishna Pattnaik		Janata Party
Khallikote	None	V. Sugnani Kumari Deo		Janata Party
Chatrapur	None	Ashok Kumar Choudhury		Indian National Congress
Hinjili	None	Udayanath Nayak		Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	SC	Ghana Syama Behere		Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	Sibasankar Sahani		Indian National Congress
Chikati	None	Chintamani Dayan Samantara		Indian National Congress
Mohana	None	Sarat Kumar Jena		Indian National Congress
Ramagiri	ST	Hawadhar Karji		Independent
Parlakhemundi	None	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
Bissam-cuttack	ST	Dambaru Dhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	ST	Ulaka Ramo Chandra		Indian National Congress
Lakshmipur	ST	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
Pottangi	None	Chandrama Saunta		Indian National Congress
Koraput	None	Nrushimananda Brahma		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Nadiabasi Biswas		Independent
Chitrakonda	ST	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress
Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Gupta Prasad Das		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	None	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Bhogabati Pujari		Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Domburu Majhi		Indian National Congress
Umarkote	ST	Porama Pujari		Indian National Congress
Nawapara	None	Ghasi Ram Majhi		Janata Party
Khariar	None	Anup Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
Dharamgarh	SC	Jugaram Behera		Indian National Congress
Koksara	None	Rahas Bihari Behera		Indian National Congress
Junagarh	None	Bikram Keshari Deo		Janata Party
Bhawanipatna	SC	Bhaktacharan Das		Janata Party
Narla	ST	Kumarmani Sabar		Indian National Congress
Kesinga	None	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress
Balliguda	ST	Laxmikanta Mallik		Indian National Congress
Udayagiri	ST	Nagarjun Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Phulbani	SC	Abhimanyu Behera		Indian National Congress
Boudh	None	Sujit Kumar Padhi		Indian National Congress
Titilagarh	SC	Purna Chandra Mahananda		Indian National Congress
Kantabanji	None	Chaitanya Pradhan		Independent
Patnagarh	None	Sushil Kumar Prushty		Indian National Congress
Saintala	None	Radha Kanta Panda		Indian National Congress
Loisingha	None	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
Bolangir	None	Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress
Sonepur	SC	Acgyuta Biswal		Indian National Congress
Binka	None	Chitiaranjan Mishra		Indian National Congress
Birmaharajpur	None	Kartika Prasad Taria		Indian National Congress
Athmallik	None	Amaranath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Angul	None	Prafulla Misra		Indian National Congress
Hindol	SC	Rabinarayan Naik		Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	None	Nandini Satapathy		Independent
Gondia	None	Prafulla Kumar Bhanja		Indian National Congress
Kamakhyanagar	None	Prasan Pattanayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pallahara	None	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress
Talcher	SC	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress
Padampur	None	Satyabhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
Melchhamunda	None	Prakashchandra Debta		Indian National Congress
Bijepur	None	Nikunja Bihari Singh		Janata Party
Bhatli	SC	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	Jadummani Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	None	Shadhakar Sopakar		Indian National Congress
Brajarajnagar	None	Prasannakumar Panda		Communist Party of India
Jharsuguda	None	Birendra Pandey		Indian National Congress
Laikera	ST	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress
Kuchinda	ST	Jagateshwar Mirdha		Indian National Congress
Rairakhol	SC	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress
Deogarh	None	Raj Kishore Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Sundargarh	None	Bharatendra Sekher Deo		Janata Party
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Mangala Kisan		Janata Party
Biramitrapur	ST	Remish Kerketta		Indian National Congress
Rourkela	None	Dillip Kumar Ray		Janata Party
Raghunathpali	ST	Frida Topno		Indian National Congress
Bonai	ST	Basanta Kumar Singh Dandpat		Indian National Congress
Champua	ST	Dhanurjay Laguri		Indian National Congress
Patna	ST	Hrusikesh Naik		Indian National Congress
Keonjhar	ST	Chhotaray Majhi		Janata Party
Telkoi	ST	Pranaballav Naik		Indian National Congress
Ramchandrapur	None	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Anandapur	SC	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress