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 101–150 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HUVIN-HIPPARGI	JNPDESAI SHIVAPUTRAPPA MADIWALAPPA	INCPATIL BASANAGOUDA SOMANGOUD	3,7996.24%	68.5%
INDI	JNPKHED NINGAPPA SIDDAPPA	INCPATIL BHIMANAGOUDA RAYANAGOUDA	6,80812.16%	60.5%
JAGALUR	INCG. H. ASWATHREDDY	JNPM. BASAPPA	1,6162.27%	71.8%
JAMKHANDI	JNPBAGALKOT GURUPAD SHIVAPPA	INCNYAMAGOUDA GURALINGAPPA SANGAPPA	7,1528.69%	70.6%
JAYAMAHAL	JNPJEEVARAJ ALVA	INCA. K. A. SAMAD	6,59610.79%	52.9%
JAYANAGAR	JNPM. CHANDRASEKHAR	INCRAMALINGA REDDY	12,54916.00%	52.4%
JEWARGI	INCDHARAMSINGH NARAYANSINGH	JNPCHANNABASSAPPA KULAGERI	4,5918.02%	58.0%
KADUR	INDP. B. ONKARAMURTHY	JNPK. M. KRISHNAMURTHY	1230.19%	77.5%
KAGWAD	JNPPATIL VASANTHRAO LAKHAGOUDA	INCHUDDAR YASHAWANT BHRAMAPPA	7,60812.10%	70.8%
KALGHATGI	JNPSHIDDANAGOUDAR PARVATAGOUDA CHANAVERAGOUDA	INCGURUSHANTAGOUDA CHENNAPPAGOUDA PATIL	9,58015.83%	73.6%
KALLAMBELLA	JNPB. L. GOWDA	INCS. LINGAIAH	10,78316.52%	71.4%
KALMALA	JNPKRISHNAMURTHY	INCPARASMAL SUKHANI	2,1744.07%	54.6%
KAMALAPUR	INCG. RAMKRISHNA	JNPVITHAL DODDAMANI	2,2325.47%	46.3%
KANAKAGIRI	INCSRIRANGADEVARAYALU	JNPNAGAPPA BHEMAPPA SADONI	6631.13%	61.8%
KANAKAPURA	JNPP. G. R. SINDHIA	INCM. V. RAJASHEKARAN	27,13533.57%	80.3%
KARKAL	INCM. VEERAPPA MOILY	BJPM. K. VIJAYA KUMAR	5,1528.22%	72.2%
KARWAR	INCRANE PRABHAKAR SADASHIV	JNPNAIK MOTA TEKU	4,3308.51%	58.6%
KAUP	INCVASANTHA V. SALIAN	INDBHASKAR SHETTY	18,86239.57%	64.4%
KERAGODU	INCH. D. CHOWDAIAH	JNPG. B. SHIVAKUMAR	3,7365.43%	78.6%
KHANAPUR	INDPATIL VASANTRAO PARASHRAM	INCKALAL RAMACHANDRA NARASAPPA	15,90527.35%	62.3%
KIRAGAVAL	INCG. MADEGOWDA	JNPRAMEGOWDA	7721.04%	82.2%
KITTUR	JNPINAMDAR DANAPPAGOUDA BASABGOUDA	INCDODDADOUDER BASAVANTARAY BASALINGAPPA	3,7835.55%	78.0%
KOLAR	JNPK. R. SRINIVASAIAH	INCABDUL RAHIM	13,14519.69%	70.2%
KOLAR GOLD FIELDS	CPMT. S. MANI	INDM. BACKTHAVACHALAM	15,78028.43%	67.0%
KOLLEGAL	JNPB. BASAVAIAH	INCM. SIDDAMADAIAH	1,1121.91%	62.8%
KOPPAL	JNPAGADI VIRUPRAKASHAPPA SANGANNA	INCSHANTANNA PAMPANNA MUDGAL	4,9138.09%	65.2%
KORATAGERE	JNPVEERANNA	INCN. SUKUMAR	15,01618.54%	77.0%
KOTTUR	INCK. V. RAVINDRANATH BABU	JNPB. S. VEERABHADRAPPA	3,2565.11%	72.5%
KRISHNARAJ	JNPVEDANT HEMMIGE	INCSRIKANTA SHARMA	6,69215.67%	51.4%
KRISHNARAJANAGAR	JNPS. NANJAPPA	INCH. VISHWANATH	2,8044.27%	71.7%
KRISHNARAJPET	JNPKRISHNA	INCM. PUTTASWAMY GOWDA	16,33522.91%	74.7%
KUDLIGI	INCN. T. BOMMANNA	JNPN. M. NABISAHIB	4,5187.55%	66.3%
KUMTA	JNPGOUDA NARAYAN HOLIYAPPA	INCNAYAK HONNAPPA LAKSHMAN	8,25312.73%	65.5%
KUNDGOL	JNPUPPIN BASAPPA ANDANEPPA	INCKUBIHAL VEERAPPA SHEKHARAPPA	6,46010.08%	73.4%
KUNIGAL	JNPY. K. RAMAIAH	INCANDANAIAH	24,30232.40%	74.9%
KURUGODU	JNPB. SHIVARAMA REDDY	INCH. NAGANA GOWDA	5,8389.83%	58.5%
KUSHTAGI	JNPM. S. PATIL	INCHANAMAGOUDA SEKHARAGOUDA PATIL	9,08515.26%	62.9%
LINGSUGUR	JNPRANA AMARAPPA NAIK	INCK. SANGANAGOUDA	17,98836.18%	56.1%
MADDUR	JNPB. APPAJIGOWDA	INCJAYAVANI M. MANCHE GOWDA	3,3344.54%	72.7%
MADHUGIRI	JNPRAJAVARDHAN	INCGANGAHANUMAIAH	11,53614.97%	70.9%
MADIKERE	INCD. A. CHINNAPPA	JNPAJJIKUTTIRA N. SOMAIAH	5,1228.39%	67.3%
MAGADI	JNPH. G. CHANNAPPA	INCH. M. REVANNA	8,09811.45%	70.8%
MALAVALLI	JNPB. SOMASHEKAR	INCH. D. AMARANATHAN	14,54619.49%	74.5%
MALLESWARAM	JNPM. RAGHUPATHY	INCVIJOILAKSHAMI RAM BHAT	21,69931.77%	56.8%
MALUR	JNPH. B. DYAVARAPPA	INCA. NAGARAJU	4,0036.42%	73.6%
MANDYA	JNPS. D. JAYARAM	INCM. D. RAMESH RAJU	4,0045.52%	63.6%
MANGALORE	INCBLASIUS M. D. SOUZA	JNPJUDITH MASCARENHAS	8,76915.91%	65.3%
MANVI	JNPTHIMMANGOUDA ANWARI	INCN. S. BOSE RAJU	7,64613.33%	66.6%
MAYAKONDA	JNPK. MALLAPPA	INCK. R. JAYADEVAPPA	3,8185.13%	67.8%
MOLAKALMURU	JNPPURNA MUTHAPPA	INCN. G. NAIK	9011.52%	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 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.