1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
← 1978 1985 →
All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly; 113 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; R. Gundu Rao; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Ramakrishna Hegde; JP

Template:Annotated image The 1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election 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[edit]

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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
All India 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

References[edit]

↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India ([1])

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