1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

Template:Annotated image The 1985 Karnataka 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 spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ramakrishna Hegde Party JP INC Seats won 139 65 Popular vote 6,418,795 6,009,461 Percentage 43.60% 40.82%
Chief Minister before election Ramakrishna Hegde JP Elected Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde JP

Results

	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

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