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 201–224 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
SRAVANABELAGOLA	JNPN. GANGADHAR	INCN. B. NANJAPPA	5,3676.20%	73.6%
SRINGERI	JNPH. G. GOVINDEGOWDA	INCU. K. SHAMANNA	830.13%	72.9%
SRINIVASAPUR	JNPRAMESH KUMAR	INCG. K. VENKATA SHIVA REDDY	6,1338.68%	80.6%
SRIRANGAPATNA	JNPA. S. BANDISIDDEGOWDA	INCA. C. SRIKANTAIAH	5,7477.63%	77.0%
SULLIA	INCKUSHALA	JNPBAKILAHUKRAPPA	7931.26%	68.8%
SURATHKAL	INCN. M. ADYANTHAYA	JNPLOKAYYA SHETTY	6,10110.46%	65.8%
T. NARASIPUR	JNPH. C. MAHADEVAPPA	INCPOTTABASAVAIAH	9,22615.02%	67.8%
TARIKERE	JNPB. R. NEELAKANTAPPA	INCS. M. NAGRAJAPPA	6,7709.12%	73.7%
TIKOTA	INCPATIL BASANAGOUDA MALLANGOUDA	JNPPATIL BASANGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA	9151.66%	65.5%
TIPTUR	JNPB. S. CHANDRASHEKARAIH	INCT. M. MANJUNATH	2,7373.83%	75.9%
TIRTHAHALLI	INCPATAMAKKI RATHNAKARA	JNPD. B. CHANDREGOWDA	740.11%	74.8%
TUMKUR	JNPLAKSHMINARASIMHAIAH	INCALIYA BEGUM	13,53018.20%	61.3%
TURUVEKERE	JNPK. H. RAMAKRISHNAIAH	INCB.BYRAPPAJI	4,4846.52%	75.5%
UCHAGAON	INDPATIL BASAWANT IROJI	INCKUTRE YELLAPPA KUMMANNA	15,24724.30%	58.8%
UDUPI	INCM. MANORAMA MADHWARAJ	BJPV. S. ACHARYA	15,94126.29%	68.4%
ULLAL	INCB. M. IDDINABHA	CPMP. RAMACHANDRA RAO	9,02715.79%	65.4%
UTTARAHALLI	JNPM. SRINIVAS	INCS. RAMESH	15,13310.77%	54.7%
VARTHUR	INCA. KRISHNAPPA	INDASWATHANARAYANA REDDY	980.11%	54.9%
VEMGAL	JNPC. BYRE GOWDA	INCK. R. IRAGAPPA	17,97723.68%	80.3%
VIRAJPET	INCSUMA VASANTHA	JNPH. D. RAJAN	8,22016.89%	55.6%
VITTAL	INCB. A. UMMARABBA	BJPA. RUKMAYYA POOJARY	7,53911.05%	71.9%
YADGIR	JNPVISHWANATH REDDY	INCA. B. MALAKA REDDY	4,3827.88%	60.9%
YELAHANKA	INCB. BASAVALINGAPPA	JNPV. SIVARAJ	6,3426.96%	54.8%
YELBURGA	JNPBASAWARAJ RAYRADDI	INCSUBHASCHANDRA BASWALINGANGOUDA PATIL	5,2359.78%	57.8%

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.