Karnataka assembly election, May 1983

224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 64.05% turnout.

Seats

224

Candidates

1,365

34 women, 1 elected

Turnout

64.05%

1.29 cr of 2.02 cr

Leading party

JNP

95 of 224 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
JNP Janata Party	95	+36	193	42,72,318	33.07%	-4.88
INC Indian National Congress	82	+80	221	52,21,419	40.42%	+32.42
IND Independent	22	+12	751	19,98,256	15.47%	+7.96
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	18	+18	110	10,24,892	7.93%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	3	0	7	1,61,192	1.25%	+0.06
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	+3	4	1,15,320	0.89%	+0.39
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	+1	1	16,234	0.13%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	26	68,348	0.53%	—
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	19	17,819	0.14%	—
ICJ ICJ	0	0	29	14,082	0.11%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	3	8,946	0.07%	+0.07
RPI RPI	0	-1	1	633	0.00%	-0.17

JNP95 (42%)
INC82 (37%)
IND22 (10%)
BJP18 (8%)
CPI3 (1%)
CPM3 (1%)
Others1 (0%)

JNP95
INC82
IND22
BJP18
CPI3
CPM3
Others1

JNP95
INC82
IND22
BJP18
CPI3
CPM3
ADMK1

Constituency performance

From the 224 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

BAINDUR

won by 24 (0.05%)

Biggest victory

KANAKAGIRI

won by 20,363 (61.98%)

Highest turnout

KIRAGAVAL

80.51%

Lowest turnout

CHAMARAJAPET

11.37%

Seat change

Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1978), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained39 (17%)
Changed hands185 (83%)

39 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 185 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Karnataka, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–150 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HUVIN-HIPPARGI	INCPATIL BASANA GOUDA SOMANAGOUDA	JNPPATIL BASANA GOUDA LINGANAGOUDA	12,44824.12%	64.3%
INDI	INCKALLUR REVANASIDDAPPA RAMAGONDAPPA	INDPATIL BASANAGOUDA BABANAGOUDA	13,03427.44%	54.1%
JAGALUR	INCG. H. ASWATHA REDDY	JNPM. BASAPPA	13,16620.35%	72.8%
JAMKHANDI	JNPBAGALKOT GURUPAD SHIVAPPA	INCJATTI DANAPPA BASAPPA	23,86532.87%	70.9%
JAYAMAHAL	JNPJEEVARAJ ALVA	INCS. HAMEED SHAH	16,21527.73%	59.5%
JAYANAGAR	JNPM. CHANDRASEKHAR	INCMALLUR ANANDA RAO	18,30626.21%	54.0%
JEWARGI	INCDHARAMSINGH	JNPHANUMANTHARAYA REVANSIDDAPPA	9,86220.12%	57.0%
KADUR	INCN. K. HUCHAPPA	INDK. M. KRISHNAMURTHY	1,6603.11%	69.8%
KAGWAD	JNPPATIL VASANTRAO LAKHAGOUD	INCJAKANUR ANNARAO BALAPPA	14,07425.16%	70.4%
KALGHATGI	INDFATHAR JACOB PALLIPURATHU	INCPATIL FAKIRAGOUDA SHIVANAGOUDA	4960.98%	68.9%
KALLAMBELLA	JNPGANGANNA B.	INCJAYACHANDRA T. B.	6,87511.95%	71.8%
KALMALA	INCSUDHENDRA RAO KASBE	JNPKRISHNAMURTHY	3,3958.39%	49.2%
KAMALAPUR	INCGOVIND P. VADEYRAJ	JNPSHAMARAO PYATI	5,11713.24%	48.8%
KANAKAGIRI	INCSRIRANGADEVARAYALU VENKARAYALU	INDDURGADAS	20,36361.98%	37.0%
KANAKAPURA	JNPP. G. R. SINDHIA	INCC. APPAJI	12,86420.07%	75.1%
KARKAL	INCVEERAPPA MOILY M.	BJPM. K. VIJAYAKUMAR	5,90411.70%	68.6%
KARWAR	INCRANE PRABHAKAR SADASHIV	INDNAIK MOTA TEKU	9,53418.61%	60.4%
KAUP	INCVASANTHA V. SALIAN	BJPGANGADHARA	6,39714.17%	65.1%
KERAGODU	INCH. D. CHOWDIAH	JNPK. V. SHANKARA GOWDA	5,5179.28%	79.9%
KHANAPUR	INDPATIL VASANTRAO PARASHRAM	INCAMBADAGATTI MASNU FAKIRAPPA	24,13236.59%	72.9%
KIRAGAVAL	INCG. MADEGOWDA	JNPRAMEGOWDA	10,85616.72%	80.5%
KITTUR	JNPINAMDAR DANAPPAGOUDA BASANAGOUDA	INCNAGHNOOR MUGATSAHEB NABISAHAB	9,97216.03%	75.0%
KOLAR	JNPK. R. SRINIVASAIAH	INCNASEER AHMED	19,75532.86%	71.4%
KOLAR GOLD FIELDS	ADMKM. BACKTHAVACHALLAM	CPMT. S. MANI	1,3803.05%	63.7%
KOLLEGAL	JNPB. BASAVAIAH	INCK. SHIVASANKARAIAH	9,70617.51%	63.0%
KOPPAL	INCMALLIKARAJUN BASAPPA DIWATAR	BJPSHANKARGOUDA SINGATALUR	8,32317.07%	58.4%
KORATAGERE	JNPVEERANNA	INCMUDDURAMAIAH	13,00319.76%	68.6%
KOTTUR	JNPB. S. VEERABHADRAPPA	INCM. M. J. SADYOATHA	13,93225.02%	68.2%
KRISHNARAJ	BJPN. H. GANGADHARA	JNPT. V. SRINIVASA RAO	12,04727.85%	57.3%
KRISHNARAJANAGAR	JNPS. NANJAPPA	INCH. VISWANATH	7,35011.14%	78.7%
KRISHNARAJPET	INCM. PUTTASWAMYGOWDA	JNPKRISHNA	5,7339.43%	71.3%
KUDLIGI	JNPK. CHANNABASAVANA GOWD	INCN. T. BOMMANNA	4020.79%	62.6%
KUMTA	BJPKARKI M. P.	INCNAYAK SEETARAM VASUDEV	1,9783.51%	62.4%
KUNDGOL	INCKUBIHAL VEERAPPA SHEKHARAPPA	JNPMULKIPATIL SHANKARGOUDA RAMANAGOUDA	6,35912.00%	65.1%
KUNIGAL	JNPY. K. RAMAIAH	INCB. RUDRAIAH	12,39919.52%	71.4%
KURUGODU	INCNAGANAGOUDA H.	INDRAJASHEKHARAGOUDA N. ALIAS LOKANAGUODA	2,1594.39%	57.3%
KUSHTAGI	INCHANUME GOWAD SHEKHARGOUNDA	BJPTURKANI SHARBHENDRA VEERAPPA	12,52930.16%	46.2%
LINGSUGUR	INCA. BASAVARAJ PATIL ANWARI	BJPRANGHAVENDRA RAO D. K. JAGANNATH	17,71339.93%	51.8%
MADDUR	INCM. MANCHEGOWDA	INDT. CHANNEGOWDA	13,84221.00%	75.5%
MADHUGIRI	JNPRAJAVARDHAN	INCGANGAHANUMAIAH	6761.11%	61.3%
MADIKERE	INCMUNDANDA M. NANAIAH	BJPCHENGAPA M. M.	5,73211.04%	62.8%
MAGADI	INCH. G. CHANNAPPA	JNPT. A. RANGAIAH	1,6702.57%	70.3%
MALAVALLI	JNPSOMASEKHAR	INCM. MADAIAH	6,62110.67%	70.3%
MALLESWARAM	JNPP. RAMDEV	INCK. V. ACHAR	28,60043.83%	59.6%
MALUR	INCNAGARAJU A.	INDDYAVARAPPA H. B.	5,1369.48%	69.7%
MANDYA	JNPB. DODDA BOREGOWDA	INCSADATH ALI KHAN	11,64917.68%	69.7%
MANGALORE	BJPV. DHANANJAYA KUMAR	INCP. F. RODRIGUES	3,8477.52%	69.3%
MANVI	INCRAJA AMARAPPA NAIK RAJA JADI SOMALINGA NAIK	JNPSHIVA SHANKAR GOUDA AMARAPPA GOUDA	8,60020.31%	55.7%
MAYAKONDA	JNPK. G. MAHESHWARAPPA	INCH. D. MAHESHWARAPPA	7,07711.32%	66.9%
MOLAKALMURU	INCN. G. NAIK	JNPB. M. THIPPESWAMY	8,43915.33%	62.9%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Karnataka alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Karnataka assembly election, May 1983?

Janata Party won 95 of 224 seats in Karnataka, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, May 1983?

Turnout was 64.05% — 1.29 cr of 2.02 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?

Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.