1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1985 Bihar legislative assembly election
2nd and 5th March 1985
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,880,751
Turnout56.27%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bindeshwari Dubey Lalu Prasad 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

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.

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