Karnataka assembly election, May 1985

224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 66.07% turnout.

Seats

224

Candidates

1,795

108 women, 8 elected

Turnout

66.07%

1.47 cr of 2.23 cr

Leading party

JNP

139 of 224 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
JNP Janata Party	139	+44	205	64,18,795	43.60%	+10.54
INC Indian National Congress	65	-17	223	60,09,461	40.82%	+0.41
IND Independent	13	-9	1200	13,93,626	9.47%	-6.00
CPI Communist Party of India	3	0	7	1,33,008	0.90%	-0.34
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2	-16	116	5,71,280	3.88%	-4.05
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	-1	7	1,27,333	0.86%	-0.03
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	32	53,894	0.37%	-0.16
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	5	13,237	0.09%	-0.05

JNP139 (62%)
INC65 (29%)
IND13 (6%)
CPI3 (1%)
BJP2 (1%)
CPM2 (1%)

JNP139
INC65
IND13
CPI3
BJP2
CPM2

JNP139
INC65
IND13
CPI3
BJP2
CPM2

Constituency performance

From the 224 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

MUDIGERE

won by 33 (0.06%)

Biggest victory

NIPPANI

won by 38,190 (61.64%)

Highest turnout

HOLENARASIPUR

82.95%

Lowest turnout

RAICHUR

39.90%

Seat change

Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1983), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained104 (46%)
Changed hands120 (54%)

104 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 120 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 1–50 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AFZALPUR	INCMALIKAYYA VENKAYYA GUTTADAR	JNPHANMANTHRAO DESAI	16,47326.51%	63.6%
ALLAND	INCSHARANABASAPPA MALI PATIL DHANGAPUR	JNPB. R. PATIL	6621.16%	65.3%
ANEKAL	INCM. P. KESHAVAMURTHY	JNPC. THOPAIAH	4,0685.43%	65.0%
ANKOLA	JNPAJJIBAL G. S. HEGDE	INCHEGDE RAMAKRISHNA NARAYAN	9,18615.86%	66.9%
ARABHAVI	JNPR. M. PATIL	INDKOUJALGI VEERANNA SHIVALINGAPPA	6,3959.11%	63.7%
ARKALGUD	JNPK. B. MALLAPPA	INCG. T. KRISHNA MURTHY	14,04120.83%	74.3%
ARSIKERE	INDD. B. GANGADHARAPPA	INDG. S. BASAVARAJU	5,2087.17%	68.1%
ATHANI	JNPLEELADEVI R. PRASAD	INCYASHWANTHRAO AMARSINH BHOJRAJ PAWAR DESAI	9,57414.70%	64.8%
AURAD	JNPGURUPADAPPA NAGMARPALLI	INDBAPURAO VITHALRAO PATIL	4,4686.05%	65.9%
BADAMI	JNPDESAI RAVASAHEB TULASIGERAPPA	INCCHIMMANKATTI BALAPPA BHIMAPPA	14,46623.30%	69.6%
BAGALKOT	JNPMANTUR GOOLAPPA VENKAPPA	INCKANTHI RAJASHEKHAR KIDIYAPPA	1840.31%	64.3%
BAGEPALLI	INCB. NARAYANA SWAMY	CPMG. V. SREERAMA REDDY	2,0103.48%	63.0%
BAGEWADI	JNPMALAGI SHIVAPUTRAPPA CHANAB ASAPPA	INDASTEKAR GOVIND LAXMAN	1,2342.01%	64.8%
BAILHONGAL	JNPKOUJALAGI SHIVANANDA HEMAPPA	INCBALEKUNDARGI RAMALINGAPPA CHANABASSAPPA	10,77817.30%	75.6%
BAINDUR	INCG. S. ACHAR	JNPMANI GOPAL	4140.71%	66.1%
BALLOLLI	JNPJIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA	INCKONDAGULI DAYANAND YALLAPPA	11,04920.05%	59.5%
BANNUR	JNPK. J. RAMASWAMY	INCK. M. CHIKKAMADANAIKA	7,54210.73%	77.3%
BANTWAL	INCRAMANATH RAI	BJPN. SHIVA RAO	8,01615.20%	68.8%
BASAVAKALYAN	JNPBASAVARAJ PATIL ATTUR	INCMARUTHIRAO MULEY	6,60510.05%	63.3%
BASAVANA-BAGEWADI	JNPPATIL KUMARAGOUDA ADIVEPPAGOUDA	INCPATIL BIMANAGOUDA THIMMANAGOUD	5,5769.95%	60.1%
BASAVANAGUDI	JNPRAMAKRISHNA HEGDE	INCK. M. NAGARAJ	42,78053.53%	61.5%
BELGAUM	INDMANE RAJABHAU SHANKARRAO	INCKAKATKAR SHIVAJIRAO YALLAPPA	10,92416.63%	58.7%
BELLARY	INCM. RAMAPPA	CPISHARADA MALE BENNUR	2,6335.24%	41.3%
BELLAVI	JNPC. N. BHASKARAPPA	INCC. SHIVAMURTHY	11,32316.43%	71.4%
BELTHANGADY	BJPK. VASANTHA BANGERA	INCLOKESHWARI VINAYACHANDRA	6,3309.69%	70.6%
BELUR	JNPKUMARASWAMY H. K.	INCH. K. NARASWMAHASWAMY	11,71320.63%	66.8%
BETHAMANGALA	JNPA. CHINNAPPA	INCV. VENKATAMUNI	22,52237.76%	58.9%
BHADRAVATHI	INDSALERA S. SIDDAPPA	INCS. ISAMIYA	2,0902.84%	65.7%
BHALKI	JNPKALYANRAO SANGAPPA MOLAKERE	INCBHIMANNA SHIVALINGAPPA KHANDARE	1,5042.63%	64.4%
BHARAMASAGARA	JNPB. M. THIPPESAMY	INCSHIVAMURTHY, K.	2700.43%	68.8%
BHARATHINAGAR	INCK. J. GEORGE	JNPMICHAEL B. FERANANDES	3,9467.68%	53.8%
BHATKAL	JNPRAMA NARAYAN NAIK	INCGOUDA SHAMBHU NARAYAN	10,73118.77%	61.0%
BIDAR	INCMOHD. LAIQUDDIN BURANUDDIN	BJPNARAYAN RAO MANHALLI	3,1575.67%	47.7%
BIJAPUR	INCMAHIBOOBPATEL LADLIPATEL	JNPINDIKAR GOUSMOHIDDIN MAHAMMADSAB	7951.29%	53.8%
BILGI	JNPTUNGAL BABURADDI VENKAPPA	INCPATIL SIDDANAGOUD SOMANAGOUD	5,3458.46%	62.5%
BINNYPET	JNPG. NARAYANA KUMAR	INCSOUKAT KURESHI	2,5062.78%	52.1%
BIRUR	JNPS. R. LAKSHMAIAH	INCK. S. MALLIKARJUNA	2,7914.55%	72.8%
BRAHMAVAR	INCBASAVARAJ	JNPJAYAPRAKASH HEGDE	7,57811.79%	68.4%
BYADGI	JNPBEELAGI KALLOKAPPA SABANNA	INCHEGGAPPA DESHAPPA LAMANI	10,50716.54%	71.8%
CHALLAKERE	JNPTHIPPESAMY	INCB. L. GOWDA	13,61222.16%	63.0%
CHAMARAJA	JNPK. KEMPERE GOWDA	INCK. HARSHA KUMAR	15,81230.25%	50.2%
CHAMARAJANAGAR	INCS. PUTTASWAMY	JNPM. C. PARASHIVAPPA	7,7109.42%	74.8%
CHAMARAJAPET	JNPMOHAMMAD MOIEUDDIN	INCC. KRISHNAPPA	4,6449.99%	50.5%
CHAMUNDESWARI	JNPSIDDABAMAIAH	INCK. RANGANIKA	8,27110.66%	75.5%
CHANNAGIRI	JNPJ. H. PATEL	INCN. G. HALAPPA	2,9804.21%	76.0%
CHANNAPATNA	JNPM. VARADE GOWDA (RAJU)	INCD. T. RAMU	9,79911.41%	76.6%
CHICKPET	JNPA. LAKSHMISAGAR	INCL. R. ANANTH	6,33815.06%	49.7%
CHIKBALLAPUR	JNPK. M. MUNIYAPPA	INCK. N. NAGAPPA	12,12518.05%	68.3%
CHIKKODI	JNPCHAUGULE SHAKUNTALA TUKARAM	INCKARALE LAXMAN BHIMRAO	5,5189.16%	66.1%
CHIKMAGALUR	INDB. SHANKARA	INCC. R. SAGEER AHAMED	3,3505.41%	66.9%

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 1985?

Janata Party won 139 of 224 seats in Karnataka, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, May 1985?

Turnout was 66.07% — 1.47 cr of 2.23 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?

Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.