Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983

Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983

All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Ramakrishna Hegde R. Gundu Rao Party Janata Party Indian National Congress Seats won 95 82 Popular vote 4,272,318 5,221,419 Percentage 33.07% 40.42%

Chief Minister before election R. Gundu Rao INC Elected Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde Janata Party

Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election, 1983 was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The elections resulted in a hung assembly with the Janata Party emerging as the single largest party winning 95 seats. ^[1] Later, Janata Party leader Ramakrishna Hegde formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of BJP and other smaller parties.

Results

 Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983^[1]

	Political Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Janata Party	193	95	4,272,318	33.07%	36
	Indian National Congress	221	82	5,221,419	40.42%	67
	Bharatiya Janata Party	110	18	1,024,892	7.93%	18
	Communist Party of India	7	3	161,192	1.25%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	3	115,320	0.89%	3
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	1	16,234	0.13%	1
	Independents	751	22	1,998,256	15.47%	12
	Total	1365	224	12,919,459

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