1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

| country = India

| type = legislative

| vote_type = Popular

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1980

| election_date = 3 May 1985

| next_election = 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 1990

| seats_for_election = 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 16

| registered = {{formatnum:388472}}

| turnout = 78.39%

| image_size = 100px

| party1 = Indian National Congress

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand_INC.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=17|oTop=03}}

| leader1 = M. O. H. Farook

| leaders_seat1 =

| leader_since1 =

| seats1 = 15

| seats_before1 = 10

| popular_vote1 =

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5

| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=80|oLeft=07|oTop=0}}

| leader2 =

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| leader_since2 =

| seats2 = 6

| seats_before2 = 0

| popular_vote2 =

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}6

| title = CM

| before_election = President's rule

| after_party = Indian National Congress

| after_election = M. O. H. Farook

}}

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in May 1985, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html |title=Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule |magazine=The Week (Indian magazine) |date=26 March 2021 |quote=6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades. |access-date= 4 September 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1985.PDF |title=Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985 |access-date= 4 September 2022}} The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121|title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703132641/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121|archive-date=3 July 2011|url-status=dead}}