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Elections to the NinthOdisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.[2]
The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats.
There are seven national partiesCPI,INC,BJP,JNP,CPM,ICS andLKD, One state partyICJ three registered unrecognised partyJharkhand Party,JMM andSUC and someIndependent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117[3] seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become theChief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal[4] for the last few months of this assembly tenure.Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly.
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
 | Indian National Congress |  | 4,007,258 | 51.08 |  3.3 | 147 | 117 |  1 | |
 | Janata Party | | 2,401,566 | 30.61 | 26.47 | 140 | 21 | 18 | |
 | Communist Party of India |  | 259,508 | 3.31 | 1.78 | 27 | 1 | 3 | |
 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | 204,346 | 2.60 | 1.24 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | Independents | - | 823,850 | 10.50 | 1.38 | 374 | 7 |  | |
| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 7,845,050 | 51.15 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 171,533 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 8,016,583 | 52.57 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 7,320,617 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 15,337,200 | ||||||||
