1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
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Registered21,228,702
Turnout54.93%
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3 May 1985
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All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 21,228,702 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 54.93% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in May 1985, to elect members of the 200 constituencies in Rajasthan, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and its leader, Hari Dev Joshi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.[1]
After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly was assigned 200 constituencies.[2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 5,342,920 | 46.57 | 113 |  20 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,437,594 | 21.24 | 39 |  7 | |
| Lok Dal | 1,360,826 | 11.86 | 27 | New | |
| Janata Party | 675,103 | 5.88 | 10 | 2 | |
| Communist Party of India | 141,063 | 1.23 | 1 | 0 | |
| Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) | 74,176 | 0.65 | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 66,921 | 0.58 | 0 | 1 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) | 9,731 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,365,641 | 11.90 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 11,473,975 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 11,473,975 | 98.40 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 186,527 | 1.60 | |||
| Total votes | 11,660,502 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 21,228,702 | 54.93 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||