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{{Infobox election&lt;br /&gt;
| election_name     = 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| country           = India&lt;br /&gt;
| type              = legislative&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_election = 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_year     = 1978&lt;br /&gt;
| next_election     = 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| next_year         = 1985&lt;br /&gt;
| seats_for_election= All 224 seats of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
| majority_seats    = 113&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- JP --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| image1            = &lt;br /&gt;
| party1            = Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
| leader1           = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]&lt;br /&gt;
| leaders_seat1     = &lt;br /&gt;
| last_election1    = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats_before1     = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats1            = 95&lt;br /&gt;
| seat_change1      = &lt;br /&gt;
| popular_vote1     = 4,272,318&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage1       = 33.07%&lt;br /&gt;
| swing1            = &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- INC --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| image2            = &lt;br /&gt;
| party2            = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| leader2           = [[R. Gundu Rao]]&lt;br /&gt;
| leaders_seat2     = [[Somwarpet]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(lost)&lt;br /&gt;
| last_election2    = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats_before2     = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats2            = 82&lt;br /&gt;
| seat_change2      = &lt;br /&gt;
| popular_vote2     = 5,221,419&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage2       = 40.42%&lt;br /&gt;
| swing2            = &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- bottom --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| title             = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]&lt;br /&gt;
| before_election   = [[R. Gundu Rao]]&lt;br /&gt;
| before_party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| after_election    = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]&lt;br /&gt;
| after_party       = Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was held in the [[India]]n 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.&amp;lt;ref name= pdf&amp;gt;{{cite web|url= |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India }}Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, [[Election Commission of India]]&amp;amp;nbsp;{{small|([http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf])}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Later,  Janata Party leader [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and other smaller parties.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Results==&lt;br /&gt;
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983&amp;lt;ref name=pdf /&amp;gt;|sortable=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;unsortable&amp;quot;|&amp;lt;!-- color --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; align=center|Political Party&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Seats Contested&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Seats Won&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Number of Votes&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |% of Votes&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Seat change&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Janata Party]]||193||95||4,272,318||33.07%||{{increase}} 36&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Indian National Congress]]||221||82||5,221,419||40.42%||{{decrease}} 67&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||110||18||1,024,892||7.93%||{{increase}} 18&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Communist Party of India]]||7||3||161,192||1.25%||{{nochange}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||4||3||115,320||0.89%||{{increase}} 3&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]||1||1||16,234||0.13%||{{increase}} 1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%||{{increase}} 12&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1365&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;224&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||12,919,459||||&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Karnataka elections}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:1983 State Assembly elections in India|Karnataka]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Karnataka]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1980s in Karnataka]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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