1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
← 1980 26 September 1985 1992 →
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
 
Leader Surjit Singh Barnala Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Party SAD INC
Leader's seat Barnala (won) Muktsar (won)
Seats won 73 32
Seat change Increase 36 Decrease 31
Popular vote 2,630,270 2,620,042
Percentage 38.01% 37.86%
Swing Increase 11.1% Decrease 7.4%
CM before election

President's rule
INC

Elected CM

Surjit Singh Barnala
SAD

Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the mambers of Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections.[2] The election were hald alongside the election to the Lok Sabha, Which were not held in 1984.

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 voted rejected 324463

No. of polling stations 12698

Performance of women and men candidates[edit]

Title Men WomenEN TotalAL
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[3] Gen. SC St Total
No. of constituencies 88 29 0 117

Results[edit]

Result by Party[edit]

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [4]
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 Others
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 Party Winner
1 Fatehgarh SAD Nirmal Singh
2 Batala INC Ashwani
3 Qadian SAD Kulwant Singh
4 Sri Hargobindpur SAD Natha Singh
5 Kahnuwan SAD Johar Singh
6 Dhariwal SAD Sucha Singh Chottepur
7 Gurdaspur INC Susheel
8 Dina Nagar (SC) INC Jai Muni
9 Narot Mehra (SC) BJP Ram Lal
10 Pathankot BJP Mohan Lal
11 Sujanpur INC Raghu Nath Sahai
12 Beas INC Sant Singh
13 Majitha INC Surinder Pal Singh
14 Verka INC Dalbir Singh
15 Jandiala (SC) SAD Ranjit Singh
16 Amritsar North INC Brij Bhushan Mehra
17 Amritsar West INC Sewa Ram
18 Amritsar Central INC Darbari Lal
19 Amritsar South JP Kirpal Singh S/O Uttam Singh
20 Ajnala SAD Rattan Singh
21 Raja Sansi SAD Shashpal Singh
22 Attari (SC) SAD Tara Singh
23 Tarn Taran SAD Prem Singh Lalpura
24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) SAD Tara Singh
25 Naushahra Panwan SAD Harbhajan Singh
26 Patti SAD Niranjan Singh
27 Valtoha SAD Major Singh
28 Adampur SAD Surjit Singh
29 Jullundur Cantonment INC Indira
30 Jullundur North BJP Vaid Om Prakash Dutt
31 Jullundur Central BJP Manmohan Kalia
32 Jullundur South (SC) INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee
33 Kartarpur (SC) INC Jagjit Singh
34 Lohian SAD Balwant Singh
35 Nakodar SAD Kuleep Singh Wadala
36 Nur Mahal SAD Surinder Paul Singh
37 Banga (SC) SAD Balwant Singh
38 Nawanshahr INC Dilbagh Singh
39 Phillaur (SC) SAD Sarwan Singh
40 Bholath SAD Sukhjinder Singh
41 Kapurthala INC Kripal Singh
42 Sultanpur SAD Bachan Singh
43 Phagwara (SC) INC Joginder Singh Mann
44 Balachaur Independent Ram Kishan
45 Garhshankar INC Sarwan Ram
46 Mahilpur (SC) SAD Jagdish Kaur
47 Hoshiarpur INC Mohan Lal
48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) INC Hari Mittar
49 Tanda SAD Uplar Singh
50 Garhdiwala (SC) SAD Prakash Singh
51 Dasuya Independent Romesh Chander
52 Mukerian INC Kewal Krishan
53 Jagraon SAD Gurdip Singh
54 Raikot SAD Talib Singh
55 Dakha (SC) SAD Basant Singh
56 Qila Raipur SAD Arjan Singh
57 Ludhiana North INC Satpal Prashar
58 Ludhiana West INC Harnam Dass Johar
59 Ludhiana East INC Om Parkash Gupta
60 Ludhiana Rural SAD Jagdev Singh Tajpuri
61 Payal SAD Davinder Singh
62 Kum Kalan (SC) SAD Rajinder Singh
63 Samrala SAD Amarjit Singh
64 Khanna (SC) SAD Sukhdev Singh
65 Nangal INC Ram Prakash Bali
66 Anandpur Sahib Ropar SAD Tara Singh
67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) INC Bhag Singh
68 Morinda SAD Ravinder Singh
69 Kharar SAD Bachittar Singh
70 Banur SAD Kanwaljit Singh
71 Rajpura SAD Prem Chand
72 Ghanaur SAD Jasdev Singh Sandhu
73 Dakala SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra
74 Shutrana (SC) SAD Satwant Singh Mohi
75 Samana SAD Hardial Singh Rajla
76 Patiala Town INC Brahm Mohinder
77 Nabha SAD Narinder Singh
78 Amloh (SC) SAD Dalip Singh Pandhi
79 Sirhind SAD Kirpal Singh
80 Dhuri SAD Surinder Singh
81 Malerkotla SAD Nusrat Ali Khan
82 Sherpur (SC) SAD Gobind Singh
83 Barnala SAD Surjit Singh Barnala
84 Bhadaur (SC) SAD Kundan Singh
85 Dhanaula SAD Gobind Singh Longowal
86 Sangrur SAD Ranjit Singh
87 Dirbha SAD Baldev Singh
88 Sunam SAD Sukhdev Singh
89 Lehra SAD Inderjit Singh
90 Balluana (SC) INC Hansraj Arya
91 Abohar BJP Arjan Singh
92 Fazilka BJP Radha Krishan
93 Jalalabad CPI Mehtab Singh
94 Guru Har Sahai Independent Sajwar Singh
95 Firozepur INC Bal Mukand
96 Firozepur Cantonment SAD Mohinder Singh
97 Zira SAD Hari Singh
98 Dharamkot (SC) INC Gurdev Singh Gill
99 Moga INC Gurcharan Singh
100 Bagha Purana SAD Malkiat Singh Sidhu
101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) SAD Zora Singh
102 Panjgrain (SC) SAD Gurdev Singh
103 Kotkapura SAD Mohinder Singh Brar
104 Faridkot Independent Karnail Singh Doad
105 Muktsar INC Gurbinder Kaur
106 Giddarbaha SAD Parkash Singh
107 Malout (SC) INC Shiv Chand
108 Lambi SAD Hardipinder Singh
109 Talwandi Sabo SAD Amrinder Singh
110 Pakka Kalan (SC) SAD Sujan Singh
111 Bhatinda SAD Kasturi Lal
112 Nathana (SC) SAD Jasmel Singh
113 Rampura Phul SAD Sukhdev Singh
114 Joga SAD Baldev Singh
115 Mansa SAD Jaswant Singh
116 Budhlada SAD Purshotam Singh
117 Sardulgarh SAD Balwinder Singh

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tempest, Rone. "Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26, no. 2: 253–69. doi:10.2307/2644461.
  3. ^ "Punjab 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985".
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