1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 320 assembly constituencies 161 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1985. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Arjun Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister but was forced to resign as Chief Minister after just one day due to differences with Sriniwas Tiwari. Motilal Vora succeeded him as Chief Minister. Arjun Singh was sworn in as the Governor of Punjab after this.