Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985

All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Ramakrishna Hegde
Party	Janata Party	INC
Seats won	139	65
Popular vote	6,418,795	6,009,461
Percentage	43.60%	40.82%

Chief Minister before election

Ramakrishna Hegde
Janata Party

Elected Chief Minister

Ramakrishna Hegde
Janata Party

Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985 was held in Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Results

**Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985^[1]**
Political Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Janata Party	205	139	6,418,795	43.60%	44
Indian National Congress	223	65	6,009,461	40.82%	17
Communist Party of India	7	3	133,008	0.90%
Bharatiya Janata Party	116	2	571,280	3.88%	16
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7	2	127,333	0.86%	1
Independents	1200	13	1,393,626	9.47%	9
Total	1795	224	14,720,634

References

1 2 Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India PDF ()

Elections in Karnataka

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