1985 By-elections

West Bengal

8 seats contested

By-elections held in West Bengal during 1985 — 8 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.

Seats won by party

CPM450.0%
INC337.5%
IND112.5%

Also polled — no seats won

CPI4.6%

RSP3.5%

Vote share of the vote across the seats contested here. Parties below 1% are not shown.

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Share	Margin	Turnout
19	Kranti	S.RAHA	CPM	40,918	56.1%	12,832	—
51	Aurangabad	H.REZA	INC	40,477	49.2%	1,133	—
65	Kandi	B.TRIVEDI	INC	55,306	63.2%	26,043	—
158	Burtola	S.PANDE	INC	39,521	61.9%	17,101	—
192	Pursurah	S.GHOSH	CPM	43,551	53.5%	6,992	—
272	Khandaghosh	S.P.DALUI	CPM	52,626	59.1%	16,245	—
283	Nanur	A.G.DAS	CPM	47,361	54.6%	9,936	—
292	Hansan	U.ROY	IND	37,573	51.5%	3,478	—

Election data: ECI