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 51–100 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
CHIKNAIKANAHALLI	INCB. LAKKAPPA	INDN. BASAVAIAH	2,5183.87%	78.5%
CHINCHOLI	INCVEERAYYA SWAMI MAHALINGAYYA	JNPCHANDER RAO PATIL	1,5403.50%	47.3%
CHINTAMANI	JNPK. M. KRISHNA REDDY	INCCHOWDA REDDY	7,3009.05%	79.6%
CHITAPUR	JNPVISHWANATH PATIL HEBBAL	INCHANUMANTHRAYA ALLUR	3,4337.38%	53.4%
CHITRADURGA	JNPH. EKANTHAIAH	INCT. M. KHADER BASHA	11,03015.29%	66.7%
COONDAPUR	INCPRATAPCHANDRA SHETTY	JNPAPPANNA HEGDE	8,65812.69%	70.9%
DAVANGERE	CPIPAMPAPATHI	INCYAJAMAN MOTHIVEERANNA	3,7735.07%	60.4%
DEODURG	JNPA. PURSHPAVATHI	INCB. SHIVANNA	1,3373.68%	41.8%
DEVANAHALLI	JNPP. C. MUNISHAMAIAH	INCH. PUTTADASU	5,9787.77%	69.8%
DHARWAD	INDBELLAD CHANDRAKANTHA GURAPPA	INCCHARANTIMATH LEELAVATI RAJASHEKHARAIAH	1,2872.02%	57.6%
DHARWAD RURAL	JNPDESAI AYYAPPA BASAVARAJ	INCPUDAKALAKATTI CHANNABASAPPA VIRUPAXAPPA	10,29316.75%	70.0%
DODDABALLAPUR	JNPR. L. JALAPPA	INCSATCHIDANANDA	23,99230.13%	76.2%
GADAG	INCPATIL KRISTAGOUDA HANAMANTAGOUDA	JNPROTTI GANGADHARAPPA	5,2837.17%	72.1%
GANDHINAGAR	JNPM. S. NARAYANA RAO	INCBIMA RAIKAR	3,9567.49%	56.1%
GANDSI	JNPE. NANJEGOWDA	INCJAYALAKSHMI RAJANNAGOWDA	19,01529.97%	70.6%
GANGAVATHI	JNPGAWLI MAHADEVAPPA	INCH. S. JAYAPRAKASH	6,1558.92%	64.8%
GOKAK	JNPMUTTENNAVAR MALLAPPA LAXMAN	INCJARKIHOLI RAMAPPA LAXMAN	4,2696.57%	67.4%
GOWRIBIDANUR	JNPCHANDRASEKHAR	INCB. N. K. PAPAIAH	6,63110.19%	65.7%
GUBBI	INCG. S. SHIVANANIAHA	INDS. M. SHIVAKUMARA SWAMY	5,5709.21%	68.4%
GULBARGA	JNPS. K. KANTA	INDQUAMARUL ISLAM	1,0341.16%	65.9%
GULEDGUD	INCNANJAYYANAMATH SHANKARAYYA GADIGEYYA	JNPHANGARAGI VEEREYYA SANGAYYA	1,6732.64%	69.1%
GUNDLUPET	INCK. S. NAGARATHNAMMA	JNPH. S. MAHADEVAPRASAD	19,14028.50%	70.3%
GURMITKAL	INCMALLIKARJUN KHARGE	JNPB. S. GAJANANA	17,67335.70%	56.0%
HADAGALLI	JNPM. P. PRAKASH	INCG. ANDANAPPA	15,60220.63%	74.6%
HALIYAL	JNPDESHPANDEY RAGHUNATH VISHWANATHRAO	INCJAMALPASHA AHMED SHAIAH BASHASAB	4,7096.01%	70.1%
HANAGAL	JNPUDASHI CHANABASAPPA MAHALINGAPPA	INCTAHSILDAR MANOHAR HANAMANTAPPA	3,0593.99%	80.7%
HANUR	INDG. RAJUGOWDA	JNPH. NAGAPPA	3,7624.74%	78.4%
HARAPANAHALLI	INCB. H. ENKA NAIK	JNPD. NARAYANADAS	5,5449.12%	68.5%
HARIHAR	JNPB. G. KOTRAPPA	INCY. NAGAPPA	4,5505.80%	67.6%
HASSAN	JNPB. V. KARIGOWDA	INCG. L. NALLURE GOWDA	10,88113.46%	67.1%
HAVERI	JNPKALAKOTI CC	INCMINAXI GIRJI	9,93613.90%	71.4%
HEGGADADEVANAKOTE	INCM. SHIVANNA	JNPH. B. CHALUVAIAH	1,6852.52%	64.9%
HIREKERUR	JNPB. G. BANAKAR	INCD. M. SALI	5,5197.97%	75.6%
HIRIYUR	INCR. RAMAIAH	JNPT. THIPPANNA	6,07810.09%	56.9%
HOLALKERE	JNPG. C. MANJUNATH	INCA. V. UMAPATHI	8,92712.00%	74.1%
HOLEHONNUR	JNPBASVANNAPPA	INCKARIYANNA	2,6484.01%	67.7%
HOLENARASIPUR	JNPH. D. DEVE GOWDA	INDG. PUTTASWAMY GOWDA	3,1673.79%	83.0%
HONNALI	JNPD. G. BASAWANA	INCH. B. KRISHNA MURTHY	19,67721.80%	81.8%
HOSADURGA	INCG. RAMDAS	JNPM. SANNA CHIKKANNA	2340.30%	73.9%
HOSAKOTE	JNPB. N. BACHE GOWDA	INCN. CHIKKE GOWDA	4,4194.76%	78.6%
HOSANAGAR	INCB. SWAMYRAO	JNPG. NANJUNDAPPA	2,4613.50%	74.1%
HOSPET	JNPBHIMANENI KONDAIAH	INCG. SHANKAR GOUD	18,32525.02%	58.8%
HUBLI	INCA. M. HINDASGRI	BJPS. S. SHETTAR	8,24612.26%	68.0%
HUBLI RURAL	JNPS. R. BOMMAI	INCGOPINATH RANGASWAMY SANDRA	1,4881.96%	64.3%
HUKKERI	JNPKATTI VISHWANATH MALLAPPA	INCPATIL BALAGOUD GOUDAPPA	12,77721.94%	73.7%
HULIYURDURGA	JNPD. NAGARAJAIAH	INCN. HUTCHAMASTHI GOWDA	8,98013.85%	77.9%
HULSOOR	JNPSHIVAKANTHA CHATURE	INCRAMACHANDRA VEERAPPA	9,16820.52%	47.3%
HUMNABAD	INCBASWARAJ HAWAGAPPA PATIL	JNPDAYANANDRAO CHANDRABHANU	4,3838.42%	54.0%
HUNGUND	JNPKADAPATTI SHIVSANGAPPA SIDDAPPA	INCKASHAPPANAVAR SHIVSHANKRAPPA RACHAPPA	4,0176.83%	68.4%
HUNSUR	JNPH. L. THIMMEGOWDA	INCCHANDRAPRABHA URS	2,4003.17%	75.8%

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.