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Elections to the ninth Legislative Assembly of Orissa were held in March 1985. Out of 147 Assembly constituencies, elections were held in 145 seats as death of some candidates contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar had taken place. The Indian National Congress won with a thumping majority, bagging 117 out of the 145 seats, and formed the government in the state. No other party could compete with the Congress. Padma Shri Bishambhar Nath Pande continued in the prestigious post of the Governor of Orissa for the first few months of the ninth Assembly term, before he was replaced by Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan, eminent Indian historian and elder statesman of the Government of India. Prasanna Kumar Dash was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period, while Chintamani Dyan Samantra was the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik of the Indian National Congress continued in power as the Chief Minister of Orissa during this period till December 1989, when he was replaced by Hemananda Biswal for the last few months of this tenure. The Janata Party leader, Biju Patnaik, was the Leader of Opposition in the Orissa Legislative Assembly.

Some of the most significant legislations passed in the Orissa Assembly in its ninth Assembly were:

Orissa Development Authorities (Amendment) Act, 1985
Kandhamals Laws Regulation (Repeal) Act, 1985
Orissa Merged States (Laws) (Amendment) Act, 1985
Orissa Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1985
Utkal University (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985
Orissa Famine Relief Fund Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1986
Police (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1986
Indian Penal Code (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1986
Orissa Appropriation Act, 1987
Orissa Forest Produce (Control of Trade)(Amendment and Validation) Act, 1987
Orissa Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987
Orissa Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1988
Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in Posts for SC/STs Act, 1988
Orissa Aided Educational Institutions Act, 1989
Orissa Public Premises (Evictions of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Act, 1989

List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1985

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Gender	Party
1	Karanjia	(ST)	Karunakar Naik	M	INC
2	Jashipur	(ST)	Sambhunath Naik	M	IND
3	Bahalda	(ST)	Bahgey Gobardhan	M	JNP
4	Rairangpur	(ST)	Bhabendra Nath Majhi	M	INC
5	Bangriposi	(ST)	Kangoi Singh	M	INC
6	Kuliana	(ST)	Saraswati Hembram	F	INC
7	Baripada	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Dash	M	INC
8	Baisinga	(ST)	Pruthunath Kisku	M	INC
9	Khunta	(ST)	Biram Murmu	M	INC
10	Udala	(ST)	Ramaneswar Madhei	M	INC
11	Bhograi	Gen	Umarani Patra	F	INC
12	Jaleswar	Gen	Judisthir Jena	M	INC
13	Basta	Gen	Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra	M	INC
14	Balasore	Gen	Gopanarayan Das	M	INC
15	Soro	Gen	Jadunath Das Mohapatra	M	INC
16	Simulia	Gen	Padamalochan Panda	M	INC
17	Nilgiri	Gen	Sukumar Nayak	M	INC
18	Bhandaripokhari	(SC)	Panchanan Mandal	M	INC
19	Bhadrak	Gen	Jugal Kishore Pattanayak	M	INC
20	Dhamnagar	Gen	Jagannath Rout	M	INC
21	Chandbali	(SC)	Netrananda Malik	M	INC
22	Basudevpur	Gen	Madhu Sadan Panigrahi	M	INC
23	Sukinda	Gen	Sarata Rout	M	INC
24	Korai	Gen	Rama Chandra Khuntia	M	INC
25	Jajpur	(SC)	Jagannath Mallick	M	JNP
26	Dharamsala	Gen	Kangali Charan Panda	M	INC
27	Barchana	Gen	Sitakanta Mahapatra	M	INC
28	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Srikanta Kumar Jena	M	JNP
29	Binjharpur	(SC)	Nabakishore Mallick	M	INC
30	Aul	Gen	Olagobinda Nayak	M	INC
31	Patamundai	(SC)	Ganeswar Behera	M	INC
32	Rajanagar	Gen	Nalinikanta Mohanty	M	JNP
33	Kendrapara	Gen	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty	M	INC
34	Patkura	Gen	Bijoy Mohaptra	M	JNP
35	Tirtol	Gen	Nityananda Samanaray	M	INC
36	Ersama	Gen	Krushna Chandra Swain	M	INC
37	Balikuda	Gen	Jyotish Chandra Das	M	INC
38	Jagatsinghpur	(SC)	Kailash Chandra Mallik	M	INC
39	Kissannagar	Gen	Batakrishna Jena	M	INC
40	Mahanga	Gen	S. K. Matlub Ali	M	INC
41	Salepur	(SC)	Mayadhar Sethi	M	INC
42	Gobindpur	Gen	Trilochan Kanungo	M	IND
43	Cuttack Sadar	Gen	Dola Gobind Pradhan	M	INC
44	Cuttack City	Gen	Sayad Mustafiz Ahemad	M	JNP
45	Choudwar	Gen	Rasananda Sahu	M	INC
46	Banki	Gen	Akshaya Kumar Pattanaik	M	INC
47	Athagarh	Gen	Janaki Ballav Patnaik	M	INC
48	Baramba	Gen	Lalit Mohan Mohanty	M	INC
49	Balipatna	(SC)	Raghab Chandra Seth	M	INC
50	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Biju Patnaik	M	JNP
51	Jatni	Gen	Suresh Kumar Routary	M	INC
52	Pipili	Gen	Pradeep Kumar Maharathy	M	JNP
53	Nimapara	(SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	M	INC
54	Kakatpur	Gen	Surendranath Naik	M	JNP
55	Satyabadi	Gen	Rabindra Kumar Das	M	INC
56	Puri	Gen	Brajakishor Tripathy	M	JNP
57	Brahmagiri	Gen	Gangadhar Mohapatra	M	INC
58	Chilka	Gen	Debendranath Manasingh	M	INC
59	Khurda	Gen	Janaki Ballav Pattnaik	M	INC
60	Begunia	Gen	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	M	INC
61	Ranpur	Gen	Ramakanta Mishra	M	INC
62	Nayagarh	Gen	Bhagabat Behera	M	JNP
63	Khandapada	Gen	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj	M	INC
64	Daspalla	Gen	Harihar Karan	M	INC
65	Jagannathprasad	(SC)	Damburudhar Sethi	M	INC
66	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Umakanta Misra	M	INC
67	Surada	Gen	Sarat Chandra Panda	M	INC
68	Aska	Gen	Raghaba Parida	M	INC
69	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Radha Govinda Sahu	M	INC
70	Kodala	Gen	Ram Krishna Pattnaik	M	JNP
71	Khallikote	Gen	V. Sugnani Kumari Deo	F	JNP
72	Chhatrapur	Gen	Ashok Kumar Choudhury	M	INC
73	Hinjili	Gen	Udayanath Nayak	M	INC
74	Gopalpur	(SC)	Ghana Syama Behere	M	INC
75	Berhampur	Gen	Sibasankar Sahani	M	INC
76	Chikiti	Gen	Chintamani Dayan Samantara	M	INC
77	Mohana	Gen	Sarat Kumar Jena	M	INC
78	Ramagiri	(ST)	Hawadhar Karji	M	IND
79	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Trinath Sahu	M	INC
80	Gunupur	(ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango	M	INC
81	Bissam Cuttack	(ST)	Dambaru Dhar Ulaka	M	INC
82	Rayagada	(ST)	Ulaka Ramo Chandra	M	INC
83	Laxmipur	(ST)	Anantaram Majhi	M	INC
84	Pottangi	Gen	Chandrama Saunta	F	INC
85	Koraput	Gen	Nrushimananda Brahma	M	INC
86	Malkangiri	(SC)	Nadiabasi Biswas	M	IND
87	Chitrakonda	(ST)	Gangadhar Madi	M	INC
88	Kotpad	(ST)	Basudev Majhi	M	INC
89	Jeypore	Gen	Gupta Prasad Das	M	INC
90	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	M	INC
91	Kodinga	(ST)	Bhogabati Pujari	F	INC
92	Dabugam	(ST)	Domburu Majhi	M	INC
93	Umarkote	(ST)	Porama Pujari	F	INC
94	Nawapara	Gen	Ghasi Ram Majhi	M	JNP
95	Khariar	Gen	Anup Singh Deo	M	INC
96	Dharamgarh	(SC)	Jugaram Behera	M	INC
97	Koksara	Gen	Rahas Bihari Behera	M	INC
98	Junagarh	Gen	Bikram Keshari Deo	M	JNP
99	Bhawanipatna	(SC)	Bhaktacharan Das	M	JNP
100	Narla	(ST)	Kumarmani Sabar	M	INC
101	Kesinga	Gen	Bhupinder Singh	M	INC
102	Baliguda	(ST)	Laxmikanta Mallik	M	INC
103	Udayagiri	(ST)	Nagarjun Pradhan	M	INC
104	Phulbani	(SC)	Abhimanyu Behera	M	INC
105	Boudh	Gen	Sujit Kumar Padhi	M	INC
106	Titlagarh	(SC)	Purna Chandra Mahananda	M	INC
107	Kantabanji	Gen	Chaitanya Pradhan	M	IND
108	Patnagarh	Gen	Sushil Kumar Prushty	M	INC
109	Saintala	Gen	Radha Kanta Panda	M	INC
110	Loisingha	Gen	Balgopal Mishra	M	IND
111	Bolangir	Gen	Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan	M	INC
112	Sonepur	(SC)	Acgyuta Biswal	M	INC
113	Binka	Gen	Chitiaranjan Mishra	M	INC
114	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Kartika Prasad Taria	M	INC
115	Athmallik	Gen	Amaranath Pradhan	M	INC
116	Angul	Gen	Prafulla Misra	M	INC
117	Hindol	(SC)	Rabinarayan Naik	M	INC
118	Dhenkanal	Gen	Nandini Satapathy	F	IND
119	Gondia	Gen	Prafulla Kumar Bhanja	M	INC
120	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Prasan Pattanayak	M	BJP
121	Pallahara	Gen	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	M	INC
122	Talcher	(SC)	Bhajaman Behera	M	INC
123	Padampur	Gen	Satyabhusan Sahu	M	INC
124	Melchhamunda	Gen	Prakashchandra Debta	M	INC
125	Bijepur	Gen	Nikunja Bihari Singh	M	JNP
126	Bhatli	(SC)	Mohan Nag	M	INC
127	Bargarh	Gen	Jadummani Pradhan	M	INC
128	Sambalpur	Gen	Shadhakar Sopakar	M	INC
129	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Prasannakumar Panda	M	CPI
130	Jharsuguda	Gen	Birendra Pandey	M	INC
131	Laikera	(ST)	Hemananda Biswal	M	INC
132	Kuchinda	(ST)	Jagateshwar Mirdha	M	INC
133	Rairakhol	(SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar	M	INC
134	Deogarh	Gen	Raj Kishore Pradhan	M	INC
135	Sundargarh	Gen	Bharatendra Sekher Deo	M	JNP
136	Talsara	(ST)	Gajadhar Majhi	M	INC
137	Rajgangpur	(ST)	Mangala Kisan	M	JNP
138	Biramitrapur	(ST)	Remish Kerketta	M	INC
139	Rourkela	Gen	Dillip Kumar Ray	M	JNP
140	Raghunathpalli	(ST)	Frida Topno	F	INC
141	Bonai	(ST)	Basanta Kumar Singh Dandpat	M	INC
142	Champua	(ST)	Dhanurjay Laguri	M	INC
143	Patna	(ST)	Hrusikesh Naik	M	INC
144	Keonjhar	(ST)	Chhotaray Majhi	M	JNP
145	Telkoi	(ST)	Pranaballav Naik	M	INC
146	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Niranjan Patnaik	M	INC
147	Anandapur	(SC)	Jayadev Jena	M	INC

List of Participating Political Parties in Orissa Assembly Election in 1985

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	ICS	INDIAN CONGRESS (SOCIALIST)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JNP	JANTA PARTY
7	LKD	Lok Dal
State Parties
8	ICJ	Indian Conress (J)
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
9	JKD	Jharkhand Party
10	JMM	JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA
11	SUC	Socialist Unity Centre of India
Independents
12	IND	Independent

Last Updated on August 11, 2014