Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985

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 the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.^[1] The elections resulted in a spectacular victory for the Janata Party led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.

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

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