1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1985

All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Biju Patnaik
Party Congress(I) JNP
Leader's seat Athagarh & Khurda Bhubaneswar
Seats won 117 21
Seat change 1 "New"
Popular vote 40,07,258 24,01,566
Percentage 51.08 32.03
Swing 3.3 "New"

Chief Minister before election

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Congress(I)

Elected Chief Minister

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Congress(I)

Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.