Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1994

All 224 Legislative Assembly seats

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	H. D. Deve Gowda	B.S. Yeddyurappa
Party	Janata Dal	BJP
Leader's seat	Ramanagaram	Shikaripura
Seats before	24	4
Seats won	115	40
Seat change	81	36

Chief minister before election

Veerappa Moily
INC

Elected Chief minister

H. D. Devegowda
Janata Dal

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly election of 1994 took place in 2 phases on November 26 and December 1, 1994 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect a Government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The Janata Dal emerged victorious winning 115 seats. ^[1]

Results

**Summary of the 1994 Karnataka legislature election results**
Parties	Seat %age in 1994	1994 Seats	1989 Seats
Janata Dal	51.33%	115	24
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	17.85%	40	4
Indian National Congress	15.17%	34	178
Others	13.39%	30	16
Total (Turnout %)	100.0	224	224

References

↑ "General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

External links

Highlights of 1994 Karnataka Assembly elections

Elections in Karnataka

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