1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election information
Legislative Assembly election in Punjab, India
1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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26 September 1985
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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Registered
10,728,825
Turnout
67.53% (2.17%)
First party
Second party
Leader
Surjit Singh Barnala
Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Party
SAD
INC
Leader's seat
Barnala (won)
Muktsar (won)
Seats won
73
32
Seat change
36
31
Popular vote
2,630,270
2,620,042
Percentage
38.01%
37.86%
Swing
11.1%
7.4%
CM before election
President's rule
INC
Elected CM
Surjit Singh Barnala
SAD
Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the members of Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections.[2] The election were hald alongside the election to the Lok Sabha, Which were not held in 1984.
^Tempest, Rone. "Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26, no. 2: 253–69. doi:10.2307/2644461.
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