1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

The 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in two phases on 26 November and 1 December 1994 in all the 224 legislative assembly constituencies in the Indian State of Karnataka. The Janata Dal emerged victorious winning 115 seats.

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

13 December 1994
All 224 Legislative Assembly seats 113 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader H. D. Deve Gowda B.S. Yeddyurappa Veerappa Moily Party JD BJP INC Leader's seat Ramanagara Shikaripura Karkala Last election 24 4 178 Seats won 115 40 34 Seat change 81 36 143 Percentage 33.54% 16.99% 26.95% Swing 6.46% 12.85% 16.55%
Chief minister before election Veerappa Moily INC Elected Chief minister H. D. Devegowda JD

Results

Parties and coalitions		Seats contested	Popular vote		Seats
			%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Janata Dal (JD)	221	33.54	6.46	115	77
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	223	16.99	12.85	40	36
	Indian National Congress (INC)	221	26.95	16.55	34	143
	Karnataka Congress Party (KCP)	218	7.31	new	10	new
	Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS)	88	2.26		1
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	77	0.78		1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	13	0.49		1
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)	4	0.24		1
	Indian National League (INL)	2	0.29		1
bgcolor=" F8F9FA" |	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (KCVP)	42	0.18		1
	Bharatiya Republic Paksha (BRP)	2	0.13		1
	Independents (IND)		9.66	3.5	18	8
Total			100.00		224

List of Winning candidates

#	Constituency	Winner				Runner-up				Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	Runner-up	Party		Votes
Bidar district
1	Aurad	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		JD	29479	Shekhar Patil		INC	28800	679
2	Bhalki	Vijaykumar Khandre		INC	35739	Baburao Madkatti		BJP	18100	17639
3	Hulsoor (SC)	L. K. Chavan		BJP	28402	Manikrao Samhaji Paranjepe		INC	24034	4368
4	Bidar	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi		BSP	25433	Amruth Rao Chimkode		JD	21881	3552
5	Humnabad	Merajuddin Patel		JD	25704	Basavaraj Havagiyappa Patil		INC	21816	3888
6	Basavakalyan	Basavaraj Patil Attur		JD	34728	Marutihrao Muley		INC	28299	6429
Gulbarga district
7	Chincholi	Vaijnath Patil		JD	56373	Kailash Nath Patil		INC	17320	39053
8	Kamalapur (SC)	Revu Naik Belamgi		BJP	19398	G. Ramakrishna		INC	13818	5571
9	Aland	Subhash Guttedar		KCP	35549	B. R. Patil		JD	17225	18324
10	Gulbarga	Qamar ul Islam		INC	58719	Shashil G. Namoshi		BJP	40829	17890
11	Shahabad (SC)	C. Gurunath		JD	32937	Babu Rao Chavan		INC	16086	16851
12	Afzalpur	Malikayya Guttedar		KCP	39924	M. Y. Patil		INC	35703	4221
13	Chittapur	Baburao Chinchansur		INC	25355	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal		Ind	24529	826
14	Sedam	Chandrasekharreddy Deshmukh		JD	37118	Baswanthreddy Motakpalli		INC	24485	12633
15	Jevargi	Dharam Singh		INC	30840	Shivalingappa Patil Naribol		KCP	26785	4055
16	Gurmitkal	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	42588	K. B. Shanappa		JD	23252	19336
17	Yadgir	Malakareddy Lakshmareddy		INC	26359	Sadashivareddy Kandakur		JD	19635	6724
18	Shahapur	Sharanabasappa Darshanpur		JD	40984	Shivashekharappa Gouda		INC	27158	13826
19	Shorapur	Raja Venkatappa Naik		KCP	34078	Diwan Shivappa Mangihal		JD	28419	5659
Raichur district
20	Devadurga (SC)	B. T. Lalitha Naik		JD	20946	Yellappa		KCP	14943	6003
21	Raichur	M. S. Patil		JD	28776	Syed Yaseen		INC	23715	5061
22	Kalmala	Muniyappa		JD	32332	Basavaraj Patel Sirwar		INC	20244	12088
23	Manvi	Gangadhar Naik		JD	22130	Basavana Gouda Patil Byagwat		INC	20420	1710
24	Lingsugur	Amaregouda Patil		JD	32487	Raja Amareshwara Naik		INC	19799	12688
25	Sindhanur	K Virupakshappa		INC	51415	Badarli Hampanagouda		JD	50968	447
26	Kushtagi	K. Sharnappa		JD	41972	Hanamagouda Patil		INC	24838	17134
27	Yelburga	Basavaraj Rayareddy		JD	47215	Jayshree Patil		INC	15347	31868
28	Kanakagiri	Nagappa Saloni		JD	32238	M. Mallikarjuna Nagappa		INC	32045	193
29	Gangawati	Srirangadevarayalu		INC	25478	Gunjalli Rajaseekharappa Basappa		JD	21152	4326
30	Koppal	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa		Ind	19850	Hanumanthappa Angadi		JD	12596	7254
Bellary district
31	Siruguppa	T.N. Chandrashekaraiah		JD	41673	M. Shankar Reddy		INC	31552	10121
32	Kurugodu	Allum Veerabhadrappa		INC	31341	M. Ramappa		KCP	26400	4941
33	Bellary	M. Divakar Babu		Ind	40156	Venkat Mahipal		INC	17280	22876
34	Hospet	G. Shankar Goud		BJP	48249	H. Abdul Wahab		INC	29988	18261
35	Sandur	M. Y. Ghorpade		INC	39176	Sudhakar Hiremath		KCP	14797	24379
36	Kudligi	N.M. Nabi		JD	34413	N.T. Bommanna		INC	22696	11717
37	Kottur	T. Marulasiddana Goud		INC	29922	M.M.J. Swaroopananda		JD	27102	2820
38	Hadagalli	M. P. Prakash		JD	59056	Kotraiah Guruvina		INC	32345	26711
39	Harapanahalli (SC)	D.Narayana Das		Ind	21798	B.H. Yanka Naik		INC	17514	4284
Tumakuru district
51	Pavagada (SC)	Somlanaik		JD	46739	Venkataravanappa		INC	41543	5196
52	Sira	B. Sathyanarayana		JD	28272	S.K. Siddanna		KCP	25513	2759
53	Kalambella	T. B. Jayachandra		INC	28729	B. Ganganna		JD	20158	8571
54	Bellavi (SC)	R. Narayana		INC	22777	C.N. Bhaskarappa		JD	20946	1831
55	Madhugiri (SC)	Gangahanumaiah		JD	45303	G. Parameshwara		INC	42131	3172
56	Koratagere	C. Channigappa		JD	35672	G. Venkatachalaiah		INC	27937	7735
57	Tumkur	Sogadu Shivanna		BJP	39101	S. Shafi Ahamed		INC	29997	9104
58	Kunigal	S. P. Muddahanumegowda		INC	37823	Y.K. Ramaiah		SP	28666	9157
59	Huliyurdurga	D. Nagarajaiah		JD	41993	Ramachandra Prasad		INC	23128	18865
60	Gubbi	G.S. Shivananjappa		Ind	37374	G. S. Basavaraj		INC	28684	8690
61	Turuvekere	H.B. Nanjegowda		JD	44384	M. D. Lakshminarayana		BJP	29780	14604
62	Tiptur	B. Nanjamari		BJP	43769	Annapurnamma Manjunath		INC	27708	16061
63	Chikkanayakanahalli	N.Basavaiah		KCP	38025	J. C. Madhu Swamy		JD	24140	13885
Bangalore Urban district
76	Malleshwaram	Anant Nag		JD	43772	H.N. Chandrashekara		BJP	19142	24630
77	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar		BJP	67175	R.V. Hareesh		JD	47677	19498
78	Gandhi Nagar	B. Muniyappa		ADMK	16893	R. Dayananda Rao		INC	14227	2666
79	Chickpet	Jeevaraj Alva		BJP	14761	Perikal M. Mallappa		INC	13801	960
80	Binnypet	V. Somanna		JD	82354	Naseer Ahmed		KCP	32369	49985
81	Chamrajpet	Pramila Nesargi		BJP	15665	R. V. Devraj		KCP	14488	1177
82	Basavanagudi	H. N. Nanje Gowda		BJP	40013	Vajramuni		INC	23077	16936
83	Jayanagar	Ramalinga Reddy		INC	43215	K.N. Subba Reddy		BJP	40656	2559
84	Shanti Nagar (SC)	D.G. Hemavathy		JD	21722	M. Muniswamy		INC	21001	721
85	Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		JD	22752	Katta Subramanya Naidu		BJP	14074	8678
86	Bharathinagar	N. Rajanna		JD	20232	M.J. Victor		INC	11086	9146
87	Jayamahal	R. Krishnappa		JD	29011	S.M. Yahya		INC	26163	2848
88	Yelahanka (SC)	M. H. Jayaprakashanarayan		JD	63776	B. Prasanna Kumar		INC	61755	2021
89	Uttarahalli	M. Srinivas		BJP	144193	S. Ramesh		INC	98315	45878
90	Varthur	Aswathanarayana Reddy		JD	87295	A. Krishnappa		INC	59085	28210
Bangalore Rural district
91	Kanakapura	P. G. R. Sindhia		JD	68561	K.T. Channabasavegowda		INC	19559	49002
92	Sathanur	D. K. Shivakumar		Ind	48270	U.K. Swamy		JD	47702	568
93	Channapatna	M.Varade Gowda		JD	67661	Sadath Ali Khan		INC	39428	28233
94	Ramanagara	H. D. Deve Gowda		JD	47986	C.M. Lingappa		INC	38392	9594
95	Magadi	H.C. Balakrishna		BJP	56735	H. M. Revanna		INC	42131	14604
96	Nelamangala (SC)	M. Shankar Naik		JD	39459	Anjana Murthy		INC	36408	3051
97	Doddaballapur	R. L. Jalappa		JD	59764	V. Krishnappa		INC	37130	22634
98	Devanahalli (SC)	G. Chandranna		JD	67819	Muninarasimhaiah		INC	40160	27659
99	Hosakote	B. N. Bache Gowda		JD	70517	Munegowda		INC	47467	23050
Bangalore Urban district
100	Anekal	Y. Ramakrishna		BJP	37999	M. Ganapathiraja		JD	37131	868
Mandya district
101	Nagamangala	L. R. Shivarame Gowda		Ind	44719	B.V. Dharanendra Babu		BJP	27768	16951
102	Maddur	Dr. M. Mahesh Chand		JD	40695	S. M. Krishna		INC	37231	3464
103	Kiragaval	K.N. Nagegowda		JD	36348	B. Basavaraju		INC	28866	7482
104	Malavalli (SC)	B. Somasekhar		JD	63808	Mallajamma		INC	27435	36373
105	Mandya	S.D. Jayaram		JD	57216	M.S. Athmananda		INC	27183	30033
106	Keragodu	G.B. Shivakumar		JD	48124	M.D. Ramesh Raju		INC	14838	33286
107	Shrirangapattana	Vijaya Bandisiddegowda		JD	43062	K.S. Nanjundegowda		Ind	19635	23427
108	Pandavapura	K. S. Puttannaiah	bgcolor= F8F9FA|	KRRS	43323	K. Kempegowda		Ind	30739	12584
109	Krishnarajpete	Krishna		JD	59841	K. N. Kengegowda		BJP	22785	37056
Mysore district
110	Hanur	H Nagappa		JD	65851	G. Rajugowda		INC	45209	20642
111	Kollegal (SC)	S. Jayanna		JD	39568	G.N. Nanjundaswamy		BJP	13988	25580
112	Bannur	S. Krishnappa		JD	46992	K.M. Chikkamadanaika		INC	34398	12594
113	T. Narasipur (SC)	H. C. Mahadevappa		JD	51874	M. Srinivasaiah		INC	20615	31259
114	Krishnaraja	S. A. Ramadas		BJP	28190	M. Vedantha Hemmige		JD	18827	9363
115	Chamaraja	H. S. Shankarlinge Gowda		BJP	32620	C. Basavegowda		JD	19937	12683
116	Narasimharaja	E. Maruthirao Pawar		BJP	31592	Azeez Sait		Ind	30141	1451
117	Chamundeshwari	Siddaramaiah		JD	76823	A.S. Guruswamy		INC	44668	32155
118	Nanjangud	D. T. Jayakumar		JD	56513	M. Mahadev		INC	27097	29416
119	Santhemarahalli (SC)	A.R. Krishnamurthy		JD	39905	T. Gopal		BJP	27652	12253
120	Chamarajanagar	Vatal Nagaraj	bgcolor= F8F9FA |	KCVP	28334	S. Puttaswamy		INC	22352	5982
121	Gundlupet	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad		JD	53724	C.M. Shivamallappa		INC	29668	24056
122	Heggadadevankote (SC)	N. Nagaraju		JD	41208	M. Shivanna		INC	40182	1026
123	Hunsur	C. H. Vijayashankar		BJP	35973	V. Papanna		JD	33122	2851
124	Krishnarajanagara	S. Nanjappa		JD	51014	Adagur H. Vishwanath		INC	49707	1307
125	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh		JD	53111	K.S. Kalamarigowda		INC	34326	18785
Kodagu district
126	Virajpet (ST)	H. D. Basavaraju		BJP	21790	Suma Vasantha		INC	20009	1781
127	Madikeri	Dambekodi Subbaya Madappa		BJP	33306	T.P. Ramesha		JD	22154	11152
128	Somwarpet	Appachu Ranjan		BJP	33195	B. A. Jeevijaya		JD	31267	1928
Hassan district
129	Belur (SC)	H. K. Kumaraswamy		JD	24927	S.H. Puttaranganath		Ind	22974	1953
130	Arsikere	G.S. Parameshwarappa		JD	31845	Haranahalli Ramaswamy		INC	29113	2732
131	Gandasi	B. Shivaramu		Ind	53002	E. Nanje Gowda		JD	42070	10932
132	Shravanabelagola	C.S. Puttegowda		JD	66906	H.C. Srikantiah		INC	45871	21035
133	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna		JD	47606	G. Puttaswamy Gowda		INC	47484	122
134	Arkalgud	A. T. Ramaswamy		INC	38222	A. Manju		BJP	32181	6041
135	Hassan	H. S. Prakash		JD	55121	K.H. Hanumegowda		INC	42658	12463
136	Sakleshpur	B. B. Shivappa		BJP	40761	J.D. Somappa		INC	29852	10909
Dakshina Kannada
137	Sullia (SC)	Angara S.		BJP	52113	K. Kushala		INC	37069	15044
138	Puttur	Sadananda Gowda		BJP	53015	Vinay Kumar Sorake		INC	52611	404
139	Vittal	A. Rukmayya Poojary		BJP	41627	H. Ramayya Naik		JD	34507	7120
140	Belthangady	K. Vasantha Bangera		JD	39871	Prabhakar Bangera		BJP	32433	7438
141	Bantval	Ramanath Rai		INC	34027	Shakunthala T. Shetty		BJP	29734	4293
142	Mangalore	N. Yogish Bhat		BJP	25106	Blasius D'Souza		INC	17130	7976
143	Ullal	K. Jayarama Shetty		BJP	24412	K.S. Mohammed Massod		INC	18817	5595
144	Surathkal	Kumble Sundara Rao		BJP	29589	Vijaykumar Shetty		INC	25587	4002
145	Kapu	Vasantha V Salian		INC	17152	Lalaji Mendon		BJP	15578	1574
146	Udupi	U. R. Sabhapathi		KCP	29649	Manorama Madhwaraj		INC	24831	4818
147	Brahmavar	K. Jayaprakash Hegde		JD	38633	P. Basavaraj		INC	25757	12876
148	Kundapura	K. Prathapachandra Shetty		INC	41209	A. G. Kodgi		BJP	37770	3439
149	Byndoor	I. M. Jayarama Shetty		BJP	29841	Mani Gopal		INC	18541	11300
150	Karkala	Veerappa Moily		INC	36068	K. P. Shenoy		BJP	19558	16510
151	Moodabidri	K. Amarnath Shetty		JD	33319	K. Somappa Suvarna		INC	19620	13699
Chikmagalur district
152	Sringeri	H.G. Govinda Gowda		JD	35991	D. N. Jeevaraj		BJP	27939	8052
153	Mudigere (SC)	B.B. Ningaiah		JD	31773	Motamma		INC	28604	3169
154	Chikmagalur	C.R. Sageer Ahmad		INC	19823	B.K. Sundresh		CPI	18841	982
155	Birur	S.R. Lakshmaiah		JD	35535	N.K. Huchappa		INC	21815	13720
156	Kadur	K.M. Krishna Murthy		JD	56018	M. Veerabhadrappa		INC	24762	31256
157	Tarikere	S.M. Nagaraju		Ind	33769	B.R. Neelakantappa		JD	33212	557
Shimoga district
158	Channagiri	J. H. Patel		JD	38178	N.G. Halappa		INC	19047	19131
159	Holehonnur	G. Basavannappa		JD	24999	Kariyanna		INC	23174	1825
160	Bhadravati	M. J. Appaji Gowda		Ind	41660	B.P. Shivakumar		JD	20412	21248
161	Honnali	H. B. Krishnamurthy		KCP	34893	D.G. Basavanagouda		Ind	32889	2004
162	Shimoga	K. S. Eshwarappa		BJP	57385	K.H. Srinivasa		INC	41219	16166
163	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra		BJP	31440	D. B. Chandregowda		JD	28488	2952
164	Hosanagar	Ayanur Manjunath		BJP	25505	G. Nanjundappa		JD	24878	627
165	Sagar	Kagodu Thimmappa		INC	32271	H.V. Chandrashekar		JD	23059	9212
166	Sorab	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		KCP	45641	Basur Chandrappa Gowda		Ind	27171	18470
167	Shikaripura	B. S. Yediyurappa		BJP	50885	Nagarada Mahadevappa		INC	22200	28685
Uttara Kannada
168	Sirsi (SC)	Jaiwani Premanand Subray		JD	26758	Vivekananda Vaidya		BJP	24972	1786
169	Bhatkal	U. Chittaranjan		BJP	45308	Laxmi Naik		INC	22931	22377
170	Kumta	M. P. Karki		BJP	29379	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		JD	25136	4243
171	Ankola	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri		BJP	28285	Pramod Hegde		JD	23683	4602
172	Karwar	Vasant Asnotikar		KCP	33367	Prabhakar Rane		INC	22715	10652
173	Haliyal	R. V. Deshpande		JD	62722	S.K. Gouda		INC	29953	32769
Dharwad district
174	Dharwad Rural	Shrikant Ambadagatti		INC	25054	A. B. Desai		JD	21812	3242
175	Dharwad	Chandrakant Bellad		BJP	26630	Mahadev Horatti		INC	17114	9516
176	Hubli	Ashok Katwe		BJP	42244	A.M. Hindasgeri		INC	34103	8141
177	Hubli Rural	Jagadish Shettar		BJP	42768	Basavaraj Bommai		JD	26794	15974
178	Kalghatgi	P. C. Siddannagoudar		JD	25932	Khesnarao Marutirao Yadav	bgcolor= F8F9FA |	KRRS	14718	10674
179	Kundgol	M.S. Akki		JD	32707	C. S. Shivalli		KCP	19034	13673
180	Shiggaon	Manjunath Kunnur		INC	23552	Akbarsaheb Abdulgani		Ind	17778	5774
181	Hangal	C. M. Udasi		JD	56348	Manohar Tahasildar		INC	38865	17483
182	Hirekerur	U. B. Banakar		BJP	32248	B.H. Bannikod		JD	22855	9393
183	Ranibennur	Veerappa Karajagi		JD	53080	K. B. Koliwad		INC	28542	24538
184	Byadgi (SC)	Kalloleppa Bilagi		JD	29905	Rudrappa Lamani		INC	27045	2860
185	Haveri	Basavaraj Shivannanavar		JD	55806	Rajashekhar Mahavi		INC	23086	32720
186	Shirahatti	Ganganna Mahantashettar		JD	26449	Goolappa Upanal		Ind	23637	2812
187	Mundargi	Shidlinganagouda Patil		JD	21145	Yallanagouda Goudar		Ind	14706	6439
188	Gadag	D. R. Patil		INC	44388	Bistappa Dandin		JD	19971	24417
189	Ron	Shrishailappa Bidarur		JD	39268	Gurupadgouda Patil		INC	30664	8604
190	Nargund	B. R. Yavagal		JD	37154	V.A. Mattikatti		INC	18502	18652
191	Navalgund	Nagappa Gaddi		KCP	13998	Mallappa Kulkarni		INC	10650	3348

External links

• Highlights of 1994 Karnataka Assembly elections

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