1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in March 1985 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and the popular vote and Bindeshwari Dubey became the new Chief Minister of Bihar.^[1]

1985 Bihar legislative assembly election

← 1980 2nd and 5th March 1985 1990 →
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority
Registered	43,880,751
Turnout	56.27%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bindeshwari Dubey Lalu Yadav Party INC LKD Seats won 196 46 Popular vote 9,558,562 3,573,173 Percentage 39.30% 14.69%
CM before election Chandrashekhar Singh INC Elected CM Bindeshwari Dubey INC

Result

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Popular Vote	Percentage
Indian National Congress		323	196	9,558,562	39.30%
Lok Dal		261	46	3,573,173	14.69%
Bharatiya Janata Party		234	16	1,833,275	7.54%
Janata Party		229	13	1,754,705	7.21%
Communist Party of India		167	12	2,154,066	8.86%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		57	9	443,822	1.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		44	1	392,375	1.61%
Indian Congress (Socialist)		59	1	160,159	0.66%
Socialist Unity Centre of India		1	1	17,890	0.07%
Independents		2804	29	4,349,057	17.88%
Total		4237	324	24,323,868

Source:^[2]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Dhanaha	None	Nardeshwar Prasad Kushwaha		Lok Dal
Bagha	SC	Triloki Harijan		Indian National Congress
Ramnagar	None	Arjun Vikram Sah		Indian National Congress
Shikarpur	SC	Narsingh Baitha		Indian National Congress
Sikta	None	Dharmesh Prasad Verma		Janata Party
Lauria	None	Vishwa Mohan Sharma		Indian National Congress
Chanpatia	None	Birbal Sharma		Communist Party of India
Bettiah	None	Gauri Shanker Pandey		Indian National Congress
Nautan	None	Kamla Pandey		Indian National Congress
Raxaul	None	Sagir Ahmad		Indian National Congress
Sugauli	None	Suresh Kumar Mishra		Indian National Congress
Motihari	None	Triveni Tiwari		Communist Party of India
Adapur	None	Hari Shanker Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
Dhaka	None	Motiur Rahman		Indian National Congress
Ghorasahan	None	Pramod Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Madhuban	None	Sitaram Singh		Janata Party
Pipra	SC	Nand Lal Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
Kesariya	None	Rai Hari Shankar Sharma		Indian National Congress
Harsidhi	None	Md. Hedaitullah Khan		Indian National Congress
Gobindganj	None	Yogendra Pandey		Independent
Kateya	None	Bachcha Choubey		Janata Party
Bhore	SC	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress
Mirganj	None	Parbhudayal Singh		Indian National Congress
Gopalganj	None	Surendra Singh		Independent
Barauli	None	Adnan Khan		Indian National Congress
Baikunthpur	None	Braj Kishore Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
Basantpur	None	Manik Chandra Roy		Indian National Congress
Goreakothi	None	Indra Deo Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Siwan	None	Awadh Bihari Choudhary		Janata Party
Mairwa	SC	Gorakh Ram		Indian National Congress
Darauli	None	Shiv Shankar Yadav		Lok Dal
Ziradei	None	Tribhuan Singh		Indian National Congress
Maharajganj	None	Uma Shanker Singh		Janata Party
Raghunathpur	None	Vijay Shanker Dubey		Indian National Congress
Manjhi	None	Budhan Prasad Yadav		Independent
Baniapur	None	Uma Pnadey		Indian National Congress
Masrakh	None	Prabhu Nath Singh		Independent
Taraiya	None	Ram Das Rai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Marhaura	None	Bhishma Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
Jalalpur	None	Sudhir Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Chapra	None	Janak Yadav		Independent
Garkha	SC	Raghunandan Manjhi		Indian National Congress
Parsa	None	Chandrika Roy		Indian National Congress
Sonepur	None	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Lok Dal
Hajipur	None	Moti Lal Sinha Kanan		Lok Dal
Raghopur	None	Uday Narayan Rai		Lok Dal
Mahnar	None	Munshi Lal Rai		Lok Dal
Jandaha	None	Tulsi Das Mehta		Lok Dal
Patepur	SC	Baleshwar Singh Paswan		Indian National Congress
Mahua	SC	Dasai Chaudhary		Lok Dal
Lalganj	None	Bharat Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Vaishali	None	Brishin Patel		Lok Dal
Paru	None	Usha Singh		Lok Dal
Sahebganj	None	Shiv Sharan Singh		Indian National Congress
Baruraj	None	Shashi Kumar Rai		Lok Dal
Kanti	None	Nalini Ranjan Singh		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kurhani	None	Sheonandan Rai		Indian National Congress
Sakra	SC	Shivnandan Paswan		Lok Dal
Muzaffarpur	None	Raghunath Pandey		Indian National Congress
Bochaha	SC	Ramai Ram		Lok Dal
Gaighatti	None	Virendra Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Aurai	None	Ganesh Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
Minapur	None	Hind Keshari Yadav		Lok Dal
Runisaidpur	None	Nawal Kishore Shahi		Janata Party
Belsand	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh		Lok Dal
Sheohar	None	Raghunath Jha		Janata Party
Sitamarhi	None	Khalil Ansari		Indian National Congress
Bathnaha	None	Ram Niwas		Indian National Congress
Majorganj	SC	Ram Vriksh Ram		Indian National Congress
Sonbarsa	None	Karpoori Thakur		Lok Dal
Sursand	None	Ravindra Prasad Sahi		Independent
Pupri	None	Ram Briksh Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
Benipatti	None	Yugeshwar Jha		Indian National Congress
Bisfi	None	Shakeel Ahmad		Indian National Congress
Harlakhi	None	Mithilesh Kumar Pandey		Indian National Congress
Khajauli	SC	Bilat Paswan Vihangam		Indian National Congress
Babubarhi	None	Guna Nand Jha		Indian National Congress
Madhubani	None	Padma Chaubey		Indian National Congress
Pandaul	None	Kumud Ranjan Jha		Indian National Congress
Jhanjharpur	None	Jagannath Mishra		Indian National Congress
Phulparas	None	Hemlata Yadav		Indian National Congress
Laukaha	None	Abdul Hai Payami		Indian National Congress
Madhepur	None	Harkhu Jha		Indian National Congress
Manigachhi	None	Madan Mohan Jha		Indian National Congress
Bahera	None	Mahendra Jha Azad		Independent
Ghanshyampur	None	Mahabir Prasad		Lok Dal
Baheri	None	Permanand Thakur		Indian National Congress
Darbhanga Rural	SC	Ramchandra Paswan		Indian National Congress
Darbhanga	None	Asfak Ansari		Indian National Congress
Keoti	None	Klim Ahmad		Indian National Congress
Jale	None	Lokesh Nath Jha		Indian National Congress
Hayaghat	None	Umadhar Prasad Singh		Independent
Kalyanpur	None	Basistha Narain Singh		Lok Dal
Warisnagar	SC	Ramsevak Hazari		Independent
Samastipur	None	Ashok Singh		Lok Dal
Sarairanjan	None	Ramashray Ishwar		Indian National Congress
Mohiuddin Nagar	None	Anugrah Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
Dalsinghsarai	None	Vijay Kumar Choudhary		Indian National Congress
Bibhutpur	None	Chandra Vali Thakur		Indian National Congress
Rosera	SC	Bhola Mandar		Lok Dal
Singhia	None	Ashok Kumar		Indian National Congress
Hasanpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
Balia	None	Samsu Zeha		Indian National Congress
Matihani	None	Pramod Kumar Sharma		Indian National Congress
Begusarai	None	Bhola Singh		Indian National Congress
Barauni	None	Shakuntala Sinha		Communist Party of India
Bachwara	None	Ayodhya Prasad Singh		Communist Party of India
Cheria Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahto		Indian National Congress
Bakhri	SC	Ram Vinod Paswan		Communist Party of India
Raghopur	None	Amarendra Mishra		Indian National Congress
Kishunpur	None	Vishwanath Gurmita		Indian National Congress
Supaul	None	Pramod Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Tribeniganj	None	Anup Lal Yadav		Lok Dal
Chhatapur	SC	Kumbh Nr. Sardar		Indian National Congress
Kumarkhand	SC	Nawal Kishore Bharti		Lok Dal
Singheshwar	None	Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi		Lok Dal
Saharsa	None	Satish Chandra Jha		Indian National Congress
Mahishi	None	Lahtan Choudhary		Indian National Congress
Simri-bakhtiarpur	None	Choudhary Mohammad Salahiddin		Indian National Congress
Madhepura	None	Bholi Prasad Mandal		Indian National Congress
Sonbarsa	None	Surya Narayan Yadav		Lok Dal
Kishanganj	None	Rajnandan Prasad		Lok Dal
Alamnagar	None	Birendra Ku. Singh		Lok Dal
Rupauli	None	Dinesh Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Dhamdaha	None	Amar Nath Tiwari		Indian National Congress
Banmankhi	SC	Rasik Lal Rishideo		Indian National Congress
Raniganj	SC	Yamuna Pd. Ram		Indian National Congress
Narpatganj	None	Indra Nand Yadav		Indian National Congress
Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra		Indian National Congress
Araria	None	Halimuddin Ahmed		Indian National Congress
Sikti	None	Rameshwar Yadav		Indian National Congress
Jokihat	None	Taslimuddin		Janata Party
Bahadurganj	None	Najmudin		Indian National Congress
Thakurganj	None	Mohamad Husen Azad		Indian National Congress
Kishanganj	None	Md. Mustaque		Lok Dal
Amour	None	Jalil		Independent
Baisi	None	Abdus Subhan		Lok Dal
Kasba	None	Syed Gulam Hussain		Indian National Congress
Purnea	None	Ajit Chandras		Communist Party of India
Korha	SC	Vishwa Nath Rishi		Indian National Congress
Barari	None	Mansoor Alam		Lok Dal
Katihar	None	Satya Narayan Prasad		Indian National Congress
Kadwa	None	Usman Ghani		Indian National Congress
Barsoi	None	Byula Doja		Indian National Congress
Pranpur	None	Mangan Insan		Indian National Congress
Manihari	None	Md. Mobarak Hussain		Indian National Congress
Rajmahal	None	Dhruva Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
Borio	ST	Jon Hembrom		Indian National Congress
Barhait	ST	Thomas Hansda		Indian National Congress
Litipara	ST	Simon Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Pakaur	None	Hazi Muhammad Ainul Haque		Indian National Congress
Maheshpur	ST	Debidhan Basera		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Sikaripara	ST	David Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Nala	None	Bisheshwar Khan		Communist Party of India
Jamtara	None	Md. Furkan Ansari		Indian National Congress
Sarath	None	Udai Shanker Singh		Independent
Madhupur	None	Krishna Nand Jha		Indian National Congress
Deoghar	SC	Baidyanath Das		Indian National Congress
Jarmundi	None	Abhay Kant Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumka	ST	Stephan Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jama	ST	Shibu Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Poreyahat	None	Suraj Mandal		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Godda	None	Sumrit Mandal		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Mahagama	None	Awadh Bihari Singh		Indian National Congress
Pirpainti	None	Dilip Kumar Sinha		Indian National Congress
Colgong	None	Sada Nand Singh		Independent
Nathnagar	None	ChunChun Prasad Yadav		Lok Dal
Bhagalpur	None	Sheo Chandra Jha		Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	None	Madan Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Bihpur	None	Rajendra Prasad Sharma		Indian National Congress
Sultanganj	SC	Umesh Chandras Das		Indian National Congress
Amarpur	None	Neel Mohan Singh		Indian National Congress
Dhuraiya	SC	Ramroop Harijan		Indian National Congress
Banka	None	Chandra Shekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
Belhar	None	Siyaram Rai		Indian National Congress
Katoria	None	Suresh Prasad Yadav		Indian Congress
Chakai	None	Narendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Jhajha	None	Sheonandan Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
Tarapur	None	Shakuni Choudhary		Independent
Kharagpur	None	Rajendra Pd. Singh		Indian National Congress
Parbatta	None	Ram Chandra Mishra		Indian National Congress
Chautham	None	Kamleshwari Singh		Indian National Congress
Khagaria	None	Satdeo Singh		Indian National Congress
Alauli	SC	Pashupati Kumar		Lok Dal
Monghyr	None	Ramdeo Singh Yadav		Lok Dal
Jamalpur	None	Upendra Prasad Verma		Lok Dal
Surajgarha	None	Alakh Sharma		Indian National Congress
Jamui	None	Sushil Kr Singh		Indian National Congress
Sikandra	SC	Rameshwar Paswan		Indian National Congress
Lakhisarai	None	Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh		Janata Party
Sheikhpura	None	Rajo Singh		Independent
Barbigha	SC	Mahavir Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
Asthawan	None	Raghunath Prasad		Independent
Bihar	None	Shakil Uzzama		Indian National Congress
Rajgir	SC	Satyadeo Narain Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nalanda	None	Shyam Sunder Singh		Indian National Congress
Islampur	None	Ram Swaroop Prasad		Indian National Congress
Hilsa	None	Surendra Prasad Tarun		Indian National Congress
Chandi	None	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress
Harnaut	None	Nitish Kumar		Lok Dal
Mokameh	None	Shyam Sunder Singh		Indian National Congress
Barh	None	Bhuneshwar Singh		Indian National Congress
Bakhtiarpur	None	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav		Indian National Congress
Fatwa	SC	Punit Roy		Lok Dal
Masaurhi	None	Punam Devi		Indian National Congress
Patna West	None	Rama Nand Yadav		Independent
Patna Central	None	Akeel Haider		Indian National Congress
Patna East	None	Sharat Kumar Jain		Indian National Congress
Dinapur	None	Bijendra Rai		Independent
Maner	None	Rajmati Devi		Indian National Congress
Phulwari	SC	Sanjaeev Prasad Ton Tony		Indian National Congress
Bikram	None	Ram Nath Yadav		Communist Party of India
Paliganj	None	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav		Indian National Congress
Sandesh	None	Sonadhari		Lok Dal
Barhara	None	Raghvendra Pratap Singh		Janata Party
Arrah	None	S. M. Isha		Indian National Congress
Shahpur	None	Vindeshwari Dubey		Indian National Congress
Brahmpur	None	Rishikesh Tiwary		Indian National Congress
Buxar	None	Sri Kant Pathak		Indian National Congress
Rajpur	SC	Ram Narain Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumraon	None	Basant Singh		Indian National Congress
Jagdishpur	None	Hari Narayan Singh		Lok Dal
Piro	None	Raghupati Gop		Lok Dal
Sahar	SC	Jyoti		Indian National Congress
Karakat	None	Shashi Rani Mishra		Indian National Congress
Bikramganj	None	Meghraj Madhavi		Lok Dal
Dinara	None	Lakshuman Rai		Indian National Congress
Ramgarh	None	Jagdanand Singh		Lok Dal
Mohania	SC	Mahabir Paswan		Indian National Congress
Bhabhua	None	Ram Lal Singh		Communist Party of India
Chainpur	None	Parvej Ahsan Khan		Indian National Congress
Sasaram	None	Ram Sewak Singh		Lok Dal
Chenari	SC	Chhedi Paswan		Lok Dal
Nokha	None	Sumitra Devi		Indian National Congress
Dehri	None	Khalid Anwar Ansari		Indian National Congress
Nabinagar	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Deo	SC	Dilkeshwar Ram		Indian National Congress
Aurangabad	None	Brij Mohan Singh		Indian National Congress
Rafiganj	None	Vijay Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Obra	None	Ram Vilas Singh		Lok Dal
Goh	None	Deo Kumar Sharma		Indian National Congress
Arwal	None	Krishna Nandan Prasad Singh		Independent
Kurtha	None	Nagmani		Independent
Makhdumpur	None	Ram Jatan Sinha		Indian National Congress
Jahanabad	None	Syed Asgar Hussain		Indian National Congress
Ghosi	None	Jagdish Sharma		Indian National Congress
Belaganj	None	Abhi Ram Sharma		Indian National Congress
Konch	None	Janki Yadav		Lok Dal
Gaya Mufassil	None	Awades Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Gaya Town	None	Jai Kumar Palit		Indian National Congress
Imamganj	SC	Sri Chand Singh		Indian National Congress
Gurua	None	Md. Khan Ali		Indian National Congress
Bodh Gaya	SC	Rajesh Kumar		Lok Dal
Barachatti	SC	G.s.ramchander Das		Indian National Congress
Fatehpur	SC	Jitan Ram Manjhi		Indian National Congress
Atri	None	Ranjeet Signh		Indian National Congress
Nawada	None	Narendra Kumar		Indian National Congress
Rajauli	SC	Banwari Ram		Independent
Gobindpur	None	Gayatree Devi		Indian National Congress
Warsaliganj	None	Bandi Shankar Singh		Indian National Congress
Hisua	None	Aditya Singh		Independent
Kodarma	None	Rajendra Nath Dawan		Indian National Congress
Barhi	None	Niranjan Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Chatra	SC	Mahendra Prasad Signh Bhogta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Simaria	SC	Ishwari Ram Paswan		Indian National Congress
Barkagaon	None	Ramendra Kumar		Communist Party of India
Ramgarh	None	Jamuna Prasad Sharma		Indian National Congress
Mandu	None	Tek Lal Mahto		Independent
Hazaribagh	None	H.h.rahman		Indian National Congress
Barkatha	None	Lambodar Pathak		Indian National Congress
Dhanwar	None	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bagodar	None	Gautam Sagar Rana		Lok Dal
Jamua	SC	Baldeo Hazra		Communist Party of India
Gandey	None	Salkhan Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Giridih	None	Om Lal Azad		Communist Party of India
Dumri	None	Shiva Mahto		Independent
Gomia	None	Madhava Lal Singh		Independent
Bermo	None	Rajendra Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Bokaro	None	Samaresh Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Tundi	None	Satya Narayan Dudani		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baghmara	None	Om Prakash Lal		Indian National Congress
Sindri	None	Vinod Vihari Mahato		Independent
Nirsa	None	Kripa Shanker Chatterjee		Indian National Congress
Dhanbad	None	Surendra Prasad Roy		Indian National Congress
Jharia	None	Suryadeo Singh		Janata Party
Chandankiyari	SC	Lata Devi (mali)		Indian National Congress
Baharagora	None	Devi Pada Upadhyay		Communist Party of India
Ghatsila	ST	Karan Chandra Mardi		Indian National Congress
Potka	ST	Sonatan Sardar		Indian National Congress
Jugsalai	SC	Trilochan Kalindi		Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur East	None	Darayus Nariman		Indian National Congress
Jamshedpur West	None	Mrigendra Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ichagarh	None	Prabhat K. A. Deo		Indian National Congress
Seraikella	ST	Krishna Madri		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Chaibasa	ST	Radhey Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Majhgaon	ST	Devendra Nath Champia		Indian National Congress
Jaganathpur	ST	Ankura Ho Doreiburu		Indian National Congress
Manoharpur	ST	Devendra Manjhi		Independent
Chakradharpur	ST	Jagarnath Bakira		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kharasawan	ST	Vijay Singh Soy		Independent
Tamar	ST	Tirumuchi Rai Munda		Indian National Congress
Torpa	ST	Niral Enem Horo		Independent
Khunti	ST	Sushila Kerketta		Indian National Congress
Silli	None	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh		Indian National Congress
Khijri	ST	Gomeshri Manki		Indian National Congress
Ranchi	None	Jai Prakash Gupta		Indian National Congress
Hatia	None	Subodh Kant Sahay		Janata Party
Kanke	SC	Hari Ram		Indian National Congress
Mandar	ST	Ganga Bhagat		Indian National Congress
Sisai	ST	Bandi Oraon		Indian National Congress
Kolebira	ST	Birsing Munda		Independent
Simdega	ST	Nirmal Kumar Besra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gumla	ST	Bairagi Oraon		Indian National Congress
Bishnupur	ST	Bhukhala Bhagat		Indian National Congress
Lohardaga	ST	Indra Nath Bhagat		Indian National Congress
Latehar	SC	Haridarshan Ram		Indian National Congress
Manika	ST	Yamuna Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Panki	None	Sankteshwar Singh		Indian National Congress
Daltonganj	None	Ishwar Chandra Pandey		Indian National Congress
Garhwa	None	Gopi Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhawanathpur	None	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo		Indian National Congress
Bishrampur	None	Chandrashekhar Dubey		Indian National Congress
Chhatarpur	SC	Radha Krishana Kishor		Indian National Congress
Hussainabad	None	Harihar Singh		Indian National Congress

References

1. "List of Chief Ministers of Bihar till date (1950-2022)…".
2. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR