1985 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
March 5, 1985 (1985-03-05)
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 INC JP
Leader's seat Athagarh (retained)
Khurda (vacanted) 		Bhubaneswar
Seats won 117 21
Seat change 1 18
Popular vote 40,07,258 24,01,566
Percentage 51.08 32.03
Swing 3.3 26.47
Chief Minister before election

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
INC(I)

Elected Chief Minister

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
INC

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

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