The 1985 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in March 1985. A total of 288 seats were contested.

List of participating political parties

Results

The

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

won the majority of seats.

Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (9 February 1931 – 5 August 2020) was a leader of Indian National Congress party who served as chief minister of Maharashtra. He was chief minister from June 1985 to March 1986. His rule was the briefest of all c ...

became

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

. Shankarrao Chimaji Jagatap became Speaker.

Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (, pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers ...

became leader of the opposition.

Party results

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, , 287, , 161, , 25 ''(from INC(I) seats)'', , 9,522,556, , 43.41%, , 1.09% ''(from INC(I) vote share)'' , - , , align="left", Indian Congress (Socialist), , 126, , 54, , 7 ''(from INC(U) seats)'', , 3,790,850, , 17.28%, , 3.21% ''(from INC(U) vote share)'' , - , , align="left",

Janata Party The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...

, , 61, , 20, , 3, , 1,618,101, , 7.38%, , 1.23% , - , , align="left",

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, , 67, , 16, , 2, , 1,590,351, , 7.25%, , 2.13% , - , , align="left",

Peasants and Workers Party of India The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is large ...

, , 29, , 13, , 4, , 825,949, , 3.77%, , 0.37% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

, , 31, , 2, , , , 202,790, , 0.92%, , 0.39% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, , 14, , 2, , , , 174,350, , 0.79%, , 0.14% , - , , 54 , 0 , , 220,230 , 1.00% , 0.24% , - , , align="left", Republican Party of India (Khobragade), , 16, , 0, , 1, , 113,632, , 0.52%, , 0.84% , - , , align="left", Independents, , 1506, , 20, , 10, , 3,836,390, , 17.49%, , 9.46% , -style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , align="left", Total, , 2230, , 288, , , , 21,934,742, , 59.17%, , 5.87% , -

Regional results

Elected members

References

{{Maharashtra State Assembly election State Assembly elections in Maharashtra 1980s in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...