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 +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JNPJanata Party | 95 | +36 | 193 | 42,72,318 | 33.07% | -4.88 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 82 | +80 | 221 | 52,21,419 | 40.42% | +32.42 |
| INDIndependent | 22 | +12 | 751 | 19,98,256 | 15.47% | +7.96 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 18 | +18 | 110 | 10,24,892 | 7.93% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1,61,192 | 1.25% | +0.06 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | +3 | 4 | 1,15,320 | 0.89% | +0.39 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16,234 | 0.13% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 26 | 68,348 | 0.53% | — |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17,819 | 0.14% | — |
| ICJICJ | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14,082 | 0.11% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8,946 | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| RPIRPI | 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
- JNP
- INC
- IND
- BJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 151–200 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOODABIDRI | JNPAMARNATHA SHEETY K. | INCDEVDAS KATTEMAR | 4,75710.78% | 67.6% |
| MUDDEBIHAL | JNPDESGMUKH JAGADEVARAO SANGANABASAPPA | INDBHAGAWANT RAMARAO SHESHABHATTA | 12,35526.39% | 65.4% |
| MUDHOL | INCKATTIMANI ASHOK KRISHNAJI | INDKALE SURENDRA KALASAPPA | 15,50930.47% | 62.1% |
| MUDIGERE | JNPP. THIPPAIAH | INCMOTAMMA | 7191.67% | 52.4% |
| MULBAGAL | INDBEEREGOWDA | INCJ. M. REDDY | 13,77119.84% | 72.7% |
| MUNDARGI | INCKURUDAGI KUBERAPPA HANUMANTAPPA | INDHUMBARWADI NAGAPPA | 3,4806.87% | 65.6% |
| NAGAMANGALA | INDCHIGARIGOWDA | INCH. T. KRISHNAPPA | 21,63434.55% | 76.1% |
| NANJANGUD | INCM. MAHADEV | JNPK. NARASEGOWDA | 450.09% | 62.7% |
| NARAGUND | JNPYAVAGAL BASAVARADDI RANGARADDI | INCB. R. PATIL | 8,51920.67% | 61.8% |
| NARASIMHARAJA | JNPAZEEZ SAID | INCR. Q. ARSHAD | 9,06417.48% | 54.7% |
| NAVALGUND | INCKULKARNI MALLAPPA KARAVEERAPPA | JNPDESAI NEMACHANDRA JINNAPPA | 11,66725.79% | 58.5% |
| NELAMANGALA | JNPSATHYANARAYANA M. G. | INCANJANAMURTHY | 9,41618.76% | 65.2% |
| NIPPANI | INDSHINDE BALASAHEB DATTAJI | INDJOSHI SUBHASH SHRIDHAR | 3,6156.36% | 68.6% |
| PANDAVAPURA | JNPK. KEMPEGOWDA | INCK. M. KENGEGOWDA | 6,65910.45% | 72.3% |
| PARASGAD | INCPATIL RAMANAGOUDA VENKANAGOUDA | JNPNUGGANATTI YALLAPPA KARABASAPPA | 2,0733.37% | 65.5% |
| PAVAGADA | INDUGRANARASIMHAPPA | INCKRISHNAMURTHY K. B. | 16,98924.39% | 67.1% |
| PERIYAPATNA | INCK. S. KALAMARI GOWDA | JNPC. RAMARAJE URS | 6,5319.49% | 72.0% |
| PUTTUR | BJPK. RAMA BHAT | INCB. SANKAPPA RAI | 1,4292.45% | 70.8% |
| RAIBAG | JNPKAMBLE SHRAVANA SATYAPPA | INCNADONI RAMA SIDLING | 3,2945.33% | 70.1% |
| RAICHUR | JNPSANGAMESHWAR SARDAR | INCM. OMER | 4,68310.11% | 51.3% |
| RAJAJINAGAR | CPIM. S. KRISHNAN | INCH. D. GANGARAJ | 35,50335.79% | 61.4% |
| RAMANAGARAM | JNPC. BORAIAH | INCA. K. ABDUL SAMAD | 18,87625.97% | 78.7% |
| RAMDURG | INCKOPPAD FAKIRAPPA ALLAPPA | JNPGOUROJI RAMESH MURUTEPPA | 19,81140.50% | 55.6% |
| RANIBENNUR | JNPPATIL BASANAGOUDA GURANAGOUDA | INDKARUR MARADEPPA MALLAPPA | 23,09334.52% | 71.1% |
| RON | JNPDODDAMETI JANANADEV SHIVANAGAPPA | INCMATHIKATTI VEERABHADRAPPA ADIVEPPA | 10,74220.01% | 63.8% |
| SADALGA | INCNIMBALKAR AJITSINGH APPASAHEB | INDPATIL MALAGOUDA ANNASAB | 6,03810.41% | 71.5% |
| SAGAR | INCL. T. THIMMAPPA HEGADE | JNPK. G. SHIVAPPA | 1,6662.96% | 66.6% |
| SAKLESHPUR | INCJ. D. SOMAPPA | BJPM. P. MANJUNATH | 4,5257.35% | 60.2% |
| SANDUR | INCHEEROJI V. S. LAD | CPIARAVIND MALEBENNUR | 13,09227.33% | 57.2% |
| SANKESHWAR | INCPATIL MALLARAGOUDA SHANKARGOUDA | JNPKHOT LAKMAPPA KALLAPPA | 3700.65% | 70.4% |
| SANTHEMARAHALLI | JNPRACHAIAH B. | INCSHIVANNA M. | 13,03224.95% | 61.8% |
| SATHANUR | JNPK. G. SRINIVASA MURTHY | INCV. C. SIYARAMU | 16,80226.73% | 73.0% |
| SEDAM | BJPNAGAREDDY PATIL SEDAM | INCSHER KHANSAB TAFJUL HUSSAIN KHAN | 2,0434.52% | 54.9% |
| SHAHABAD | CPIK. B. SHARANAPPA BHIMSHA | INCNARSING RAO JADHAV | 2980.79% | 38.3% |
| SHAHAPUR | JNPBAPUGOUDA | INCSHIVANNA SAWOOR | 7,50613.73% | 58.2% |
| SHANTHINAGAR | JNPP. D. GOVINDA RAJ | INCP. K. RANGANATHAN | 14,26229.05% | 56.6% |
| SHIGGAON | INCNADAF MOHAMMED KASIMSAB MARDANSAB | JNPPATIL HANAMANATAGOUD RAGHUNATHGOUD | 2,5514.58% | 63.3% |
| SHIKARIPUR | BJPB. S. YEDIYURAPPA | INCK. YENKATAPPA | 22,18335.00% | 72.2% |
| SHIMOGA | BJPM. ANANDA RAO | JNPM. C. MAHESHWARAPPA | 3,2644.50% | 67.6% |
| SHIRHATTI | INDUPANAL GULAPPA FAKEERAPPA | INCKULKARNI NARAYAN GURUNATH | 5,28510.06% | 67.4% |
| SHIVAJINAGAR | JNPM. RAGHUPATHY | INCC. M. IBRAHIM | 7,52719.35% | 55.6% |
| SHORAPUR | INCMADAN GOPAL NAIK | JNPRAJA PIDDA NAIK | 14,88530.82% | 50.5% |
| SIDLAGHATTA | INCV. MUNIYAPPA | INDS. MUNISHAMAPPA | 2,5133.73% | 76.4% |
| SINDGI | INCPATIL NINGANAGOUD RACHANA GOUD | JNPBIRADAR MALLANAGOUDA DOULATARAYA | 6,99014.12% | 52.4% |
| SINDHNOOR | INDMAL.LAPPA | INCNARAYANAPPA | 2,3464.15% | 58.6% |
| SIRA | INDMUDLEGOWDA P. | INCKRISHNAIAH S. N. | 27,21545.19% | 69.8% |
| SIRSI | JNPKANADE GOPAL MUKUND | INCREVANKAR SHANKAR PURUSHOTTAM | 4,9658.53% | 66.7% |
| SIRUGUPPA | INCSANKARAREDDY | INDKENCHANAGUDDADA MALLANNA GOUDA | 24,52938.67% | 60.9% |
| SOMWARPET | JNPB. A. JIVIJAYA | INCR. GUNDU RAO | 5,3828.98% | 69.2% |
| SORAB | JNPS. BANGARAPPA | INCKAGODU THIMMAPPA | 16,52228.66% | 78.2% |
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.
