1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
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Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the members of
Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 M ...
. The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the Assassination of Indira Gandhi, assassination of his mother, then–prime ...
and the Akali leader,
Harchand Singh Longowal Harchand Singh Longowal (2 January 1932 – 20 August 1985) was the President of the Akali Dal political party during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s. He had signed the Punjab accord, also known as the Rajiv-Longowal Accord with Rajiv Gandhi ...
, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections. The election were hald alongside the election to the
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, Which were not held in
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Voter statistics

Electors No. of valid votes 6920818 No. of voted rejected 324463 No. of polling stations 12698


Performance of women and men candidates


Constituencies Data


No. of constituencies


Results


Result by Party


Results by Region


Results By Constituency


See also

* Elections in Punjab, India * Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly


References

{{Reflist State Assembly elections in Punjab, India 1980s in Punjab, India
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...