Lok Sabha · 11 seats by-polled across 9 states

By-elections 1985

By-elections fill seats vacated mid-term. They are separate contests, not a general election: no government was formed and no majority was at stake, so these results are shown as a table rather than a map. All Lok Sabha elections →
Seats won
INC: 5 seats (45.5%)JNP: 3 seats (27.3%)CPM: 1 seats (9.1%)IND: 1 seats (9.1%)SSP: 1 seats (9.1%)11seats
Bihar · Delhi · Maharashtra · Odisha · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Uttar Pradesh · West Bengal

Seats by-polled — 1985

11 seats
ConstituencyWinnerPartyMargin
Kishanganj
PC 23
S.SHAHABUDDIN
JNP
73,692
19.2%
Godda
PC 28
SALAUDDIN
INC
11,577
2.7%
Banka
PC 29
C.SINGH
INC
37,095
10.0%
South Delhi
PC 2
A.SINGH
IND
39,914
13.5%
Baramati
PC 43
K.S.SAHEBRAO
JNP
48,552
14.9%
Kendrapara
PC 5
S.K.DEB
JNP
39,945
7.7%
Churu
PC 3
N.BUDNIA
INC
67,647
14.4%
Sikkim
PC 1
D.K.BHANDARI
SSP
Unopposed
no contest
Tiruchendur
PC 38
R.D.ATHITHAN
INC
75,819
27.7%
Bijnor(SC)
PC 5
M.KUMARI(W)
INC
5,339
1.6%
Bolpur
PC 41
S.CHATTERJEE
CPM
98,999
16.6%
Source: Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University