1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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. Later, Janata Party leader Ramakrishna Hegde formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of BJP and other smaller parties.

1983 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 R. Gundu Rao Party JP INC Leader's seat Somwarpet (lost) Seats won 95 82 Popular vote 4,272,318 5,221,419 Percentage 33.07% 40.42%
Chief Minister before election R. Gundu Rao INC Elected Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde JP

Results

	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

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