Karnataka assembly election, Nov 1989
224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 63.79% turnout.
Seats
224
Candidates
2,043
78 women, 10 elected
Turnout
63.79%
1.83 cr of 2.86 cr
Leading party
INC
178 of 224 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Karnataka
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 178 | +113 | 221 | 79,90,142 | 43.76% | +2.94 |
| JDJanata Dal | 24 | +24 | 209 | 49,43,854 | 27.08% | — |
| INDIndependent | 12 | -1 | 1088 | 14,82,482 | 8.12% | -1.35 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 4 | +2 | 118 | 7,55,032 | 4.14% | +0.25 |
| JNPJPJNPJP | 2 | +2 | 217 | 20,70,341 | 11.34% | — |
| KRSKRS | 2 | +2 | 105 | 6,54,801 | 3.59% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 1 | +1 | 13 | 80,612 | 0.44% | — |
| ADKADK | 1 | +1 | 1 | 32,928 | 0.18% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -3 | 18 | 1,08,031 | 0.59% | -0.31 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | -2 | 7 | 97,900 | 0.54% | -0.33 |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13,571 | 0.07% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7,856 | 0.04% | — |
| BRPBRP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7,848 | 0.04% | — |
| LKDBLKDB | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4,812 | 0.03% | — |
| DMMDMM | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,551 | 0.02% | — |
| SRPSRP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 720 | 0.00% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 711 | 0.00% | — |
| RPKRPK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 668 | 0.00% | — |
| SUCISUCI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 526 | 0.00% | — |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 475 | 0.00% | — |
| KNPKNP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0.00% | — |
- INC178 (79%)
- JD24 (11%)
- IND12 (5%)
- BJP4 (2%)
- JNPJP2 (1%)
- KRS2 (1%)
- Others2 (1%)
- INC178
- JD24
- IND12
- BJP4
- JNPJP2
- KRS2
- Others2
- INC178
- JD24
- IND12
- BJP4
- JNPJP2
- KRS2
- MUL1
- ADK1
Constituency performance
From the 224 results in Karnataka
Closest contest
SHIVAJINAGAR
won by 91 (0.20%)
Biggest victory
TIPTUR
won by 48,269 (54.42%)
Highest turnout
SRINIVASAPUR
81.48%
Lowest turnout
JAYANAGAR
36.18%
Seat change
Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1985), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained57 (25%)
- Changed hands167 (75%)
57 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 167 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
- INC
- JD
- IND
- BJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFZALPUR | INCMALIKAYYA VENKAYYA GUTTEDAR | JNPJPGOUDAPPA SANGRAM RAO | 12,84618.39% | 57.6% |
| ALLAND | INCSHARNABASSAPPA MALI PATIL | JDBASAWARAJ MALKAJAPPA | 9,77916.02% | 57.4% |
| ANEKAL | INCM. P. KESHAVAMURTHY | JDM. R. VENUGOPAL | 15,13115.56% | 63.0% |
| ANKOLA | INCUMESH BHAT | JDBHAT RAMCHANDRA GOPAL | 3,8355.62% | 63.3% |
| ARABHAVI | INCKOUJALGI VEERANNA SHIVALINGAPPA | KRSPARSI TAMMANNA SIDDAPPA | 6,6207.33% | 62.4% |
| ARKALGUD | INCA. T. RAMASWAMY | JDK. B. MALIAPPA | 9,61811.44% | 71.3% |
| ARSIKERE | INCK. P. PRABHUKUMAR | JDG. S. PARAMESWARAPPA | 10,94212.84% | 64.9% |
| ATHANI | INCI. M. SHEDSHYAL | JDV. L. PATIL | 7,0149.45% | 57.9% |
| AURAD | JDGURUPADAPPA NAGMARPALLY | INDBAPURAO PATIL | 14,51417.88% | 58.9% |
| BADAMI | JDPATTANASHETTI MAHAGINDAP PA. KALLAPPA | INCSHIDDAYYA SHIVAYYA KADAYYANAVAR | 11,19115.58% | 63.7% |
| BAGALKOT | JDSARNAIK AJAYAKUMAR SAMBASADASHIVA | INDKANTHI RAJASEKHAR KIDIYAPPA | 5,4637.54% | 62.9% |
| BAGEPALLI | INCC. V. VENKATARAYAPPA | CPMG. V. SREERAMAREDDY | 1,6262.06% | 70.4% |
| BAGEWADI | INDMODAGEKAR @DESAI KRISHNARAO CHUDAMANI | INDYALLURKAR KISAN SINDARAY | 1630.20% | 68.0% |
| BAILHONGAL | JDKOUJALAGI SHIVANAND HEMAPPA | INCPATIL P. B. | 1,7592.37% | 69.0% |
| BAINDUR | INCG. S. ACHAR | JDMANI GOPAL | 5190.70% | 63.7% |
| BALLOLLI | INCAINAPUR MANOHAR UMAKANT | JDJIGAJINNAGI RAMESH CHANDRAPPA | 4,4256.44% | 58.2% |
| BANNUR | INCK. M. CHIKKAMADANAIKA | JNPJPS. KRISHNAPPA | 15,06718.28% | 74.0% |
| BANTWAL | INCRAMANATHA RAI | BJPH. NARAYANA RAI | 15,94423.41% | 65.1% |
| BASAVAKALYAN | JDBASWARAJ PATIL ATTUR | INCMARUTIRAO MULEY | 2,6993.43% | 59.4% |
| BASAVANA-BAGEWADI | INCPATIL BASANAGOUD SOMANAGOUD | JDPATIL KUMARGOUD ADIVEPPAGOUD | 12,63317.58% | 60.4% |
| BASAVANAGUDI | JDRAMAKRISHNA HEGDE | INCHARANAHALLI RAMASWAMY | 8,4189.24% | 59.5% |
| BELGAUM | INDBAPUSAHEB RAOSAHEB MAHAGAONKAR | JNPJPPOTDAR ANIL MOHAN | 5,3875.96% | 64.9% |
| BELLARY | INCM. RAMAPPA | INDPANNARAJ | 4,9336.41% | 48.3% |
| BELLAVI | INCR. NARAYANA | JDC. N. BHASKARAPPA | 18,28623.18% | 65.2% |
| BELTHANGADY | INCK. GANGADHARA GOWDA | INDK. VASANTHA BANGERA | 1,2101.33% | 71.0% |
| BELUR | INCB. H. LAKSHMANAIAH | INDN. SRINIVASA MURTHY | 13,45618.37% | 65.1% |
| BETHAMANGALA | JDM. NARAYANA SWAMY | INDC. VENKATESHAPPA | 4,8816.27% | 60.0% |
| BHADRAVATHI | INCISAMIA S. | JNPJPM. J. APPAJI | 10,66811.88% | 62.7% |
| BHALKI | INDVIJAY KUMAR BHIMANNA KHANDRE | JDVIJAY KUMAR KESHAVRAO KANJI | 12,00717.65% | 60.1% |
| BHARAMASAGARA | INCK. SHIVA MURTHY | JDM. CHANDRAPPA | 8,77311.97% | 61.4% |
| BHARATHINAGAR | INCK. J. GEORGE | CPMS. SURYANARAYANA RAO | 23,81137.84% | 54.5% |
| BHATKAL | INCR. N. NAIK | JDGARDIKAR DAMODAR NARAYAN | 2,0922.80% | 59.0% |
| BIDAR | BJPNARAYAN RAO | INCMOHAMMED LAIQUDDIN | 1,5922.03% | 52.1% |
| BIJAPUR | INCUSTAD MAHIBOOBPATEL LADLEPATAL | JDAVARANGBAD RACHAPPA SHIVAPPA | 11,26813.42% | 58.2% |
| BILGI | JDYALLIGUTTI GANGADHARAPPA GURUSIDDAPPA | INCDESAI VASAPPA ADRUSHAPPA | 4,3985.03% | 68.2% |
| BINNYPET | INCNASEER AHMED | JNPJPV. SOMANNA | 14,96310.68% | 55.3% |
| BIRUR | INCK. S. MALLIKARJUNAPRSANNA | JNPJPS. R. LAXMAIAH | 16,55422.29% | 68.2% |
| BRAHMAVAR | INCP. BASAVARAJ | JDJAYAPRAKASH HEGDE | 4,8075.96% | 65.1% |
| BYADGI | INCHEGGAPPA DESHAPPA LAMANI | JDBILAGI KALLOLAPPA SABANNA | 2,8403.91% | 67.8% |
| CHALLAKERE | INCN. JAYANNA | JNPJPTHIPPESWAMY | 12,84816.22% | 60.8% |
| CHAMARAJA | INCK. HARSHA KUMAR GOWDA | JDC. BASAVE GOWDA | 11,10614.95% | 52.6% |
| CHAMARAJANAGAR | INDVATAL NAGARAJ | INCS. PUTTASWAMY | 5,8936.41% | 69.2% |
| CHAMARAJAPET | INCR. V. DEVARAJU | JDMOHAMMAD MOIENUDDIN | 12,04422.34% | 53.3% |
| CHAMUNDESWARI | INCRAJASHEKHARA MURTHY M. | JDSIDDARAMAIAH | 6,4096.37% | 71.7% |
| CHANNAGIRI | INCN. G. HALAPPA | JDJ. H. PATEL | 15,62617.84% | 72.5% |
| CHANNAPATNA | INCSADAT ALI KHAN | JNPJPM. VARADA GOWDA (RAJU) | 8,0988.01% | 76.8% |
| CHICKPET | INCPERIKAL M. MALLAPPA | JDPROF. A. LAKSHMISAGAR | 17,93035.18% | 56.0% |
| CHIKBALLAPUR | INCRENUKA RAJENDRAN | JNPJPK. M. MUNIYAPPA | 14,31217.41% | 67.0% |
| CHIKKODI | INCSHRIKANT SHETTEPPA BHIMANNAVAR | JDSHRIKANT LAXMAN KATTI | 2,7684.27% | 57.0% |
| CHIKMAGALUR | INCC. R. SAGEER AHAMED | JNPJPS. V. MANJUNATH | 11,20214.87% | 62.3% |
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, Nov 1989?
Indian National Congress won 178 of 224 seats in Karnataka, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, Nov 1989?
Turnout was 63.79% — 1.83 cr of 2.86 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.
