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 +/−
INC Indian National Congress	178	+113	221	79,90,142	43.76%	+2.94
JD Janata Dal	24	+24	209	49,43,854	27.08%	—
IND Independent	12	-1	1088	14,82,482	8.12%	-1.35
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	4	+2	118	7,55,032	4.14%	+0.25
JNPJP JNPJP	2	+2	217	20,70,341	11.34%	—
KRS KRS	2	+2	105	6,54,801	3.59%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	1	+1	13	80,612	0.44%	—
ADK ADK	1	+1	1	32,928	0.18%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	-3	18	1,08,031	0.59%	-0.31
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	-2	7	97,900	0.54%	-0.33
RPI RPI	0	0	9	13,571	0.07%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	5	7,856	0.04%	—
BRP BRP	0	0	3	7,848	0.04%	—
LKDB LKDB	0	0	15	4,812	0.03%	—
DMM DMM	0	0	3	4,551	0.02%	—
SRP SRP	0	0	4	720	0.00%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	1	711	0.00%	—
RPK RPK	0	0	3	668	0.00%	—
SUCI SUCI	0	0	1	526	0.00%	—
SSD SSD	0	0	1	475	0.00%	—
KNP KNP	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

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
CHIKNAIKANAHALLI	JDJ. C. MADHUSWAMY	INCB. LAKKAPPA	6280.79%	74.1%
CHINCHOLI	INCVEERENDRA PATIL	JNPJPVAIJANATH PATIL	2,0452.82%	62.5%
CHINTAMANI	INCGHOWDA REDDY	JDKRISHNA REDDY K. M.	19,93320.66%	75.5%
CHITAPUR	INCBABU RAO CHINCHANSUR	JNPJPVISHWANATH PATIL HEBBAL	11,06918.12%	56.3%
CHITRADURGA	JDH. EKANTHAIAH	INCC. MD. NOORULLA SHARIFF	6100.74%	58.0%
COONDAPUR	INCK. PRATAP CHANDRA SHETTY	JDK. N. GOVERDHANA	19,10124.00%	63.5%
DAVANGERE	INCY. M. VEERANNA	CPIPAMPAPATHI	22,75925.59%	50.3%
DEODURG	INCB. SYIVANNA	JNPJPCHANDRAKANTH	12,06126.66%	40.5%
DEVANAHALLI	INCMUNINARASIMHAIAH	JDM. MUNIYAPPA	24,23624.23%	70.7%
DHARWAD	INCS. R. MOREY	JDGANGADHAR PADAKI	21,89128.73%	56.0%
DHARWAD RURAL	KRSPATIL BABAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA	INCAMBADAGATTI SHREEKANT RUDRAPPA	13,80917.80%	69.4%
DODDABALLAPUR	JDR. L. JALAPPA	INCV. KRISHNAPPA	3,5193.64%	72.7%
GADAG	INCPATIL KRISHNAGOUDA HANUMANTAGOUDA	JDMUTTINAPENDIMATH CHANNAVERAYYA SHANTAYYA	15,69219.79%	64.8%
GANDHINAGAR	INCR. DAYANANDA RAO	JDLEELADEVI R. PRASAD	20,15033.09%	56.2%
GANDSI	INCB. SHIVARAMU	JDE. NANJE GOWDA	25,62730.61%	71.5%
GANGAVATHI	INCSRIRANGADEVARAYALU	JDGOULI MAHADEVAPPA	28,04935.48%	58.3%
GOKAK	INCSHANKAR HANMANT KARNING	JDMUTTENNAVAR MALLAPPA LAXMAN	15,05819.32%	64.0%
GOWRIBIDANUR	INCASWATHANARAYANA REDDY S. V.	JDJYOTHI REDDY N.	10,89113.15%	69.9%
GUBBI	INCG. S. SHIVANANJAPPA	JDK. R. THATHAIAH	16,18520.69%	69.9%
GULBARGA	MULQAMURUL ISLAM	JDS. K. KANTA	4,5973.56%	65.4%
GULEDGUD	JDHULLAPPA YAMANAPPA METI	INCSHANKRAYYA GADIGAYYA NANJAYYNMATH	1,9322.69%	63.9%
GUNDLUPET	INCK. S. NAGARATHANAMMA	JDH. S. MAHADEVAPRASAD	18,05620.34%	72.2%
GURMITKAL	INCMALLIKARJUN KHARGE	JDARVIND GURUJI	19,96932.38%	55.4%
HADAGALLI	INCE. T. SHAMBUNATHA	JDM. P. PRAKASH	2,5292.93%	70.7%
HALIYAL	JDDESHPANDE RAGHUNATH VISHVANATH RAO	INCGOUDA SAHADEV KURJAL	2900.30%	69.4%
HANAGAL	INCMANOHAR HANAMANTAPPA TAHSILDAR	JDUDASHI CHANABASAPPA MAHALINGAPPA	15,73716.51%	81.3%
HANUR	INCG. RAJU GOWDA	JDH. NAGAPPA	5,4985.68%	74.9%
HARAPANAHALLI	INCB. H. YANKA NAIK	JDCHANDRA NAIK	4,3265.89%	63.6%
HARIHAR	INCY. NAGAPPA	JDHARISH P. BASAVANAGOWDA	17,07418.25%	63.4%
HASSAN	INCK. H. HANUMEGOWDA	JNPJPKARIGOWDA B. V.	43,00140.94%	64.5%
HAVERI	INCSHIVAPUR M. D.	JDSHIVANNANAVAR B. N.	5,8436.63%	69.6%
HEGGADADEVANAKOTE	JNPJPM. P. VENKATESH	INCM. SHIVANNA	2,1692.54%	66.8%
HIREKERUR	JDB. H. BANNIKOD	INCG. B. SHANKAR RAO	3,1383.65%	70.2%
HIRIYUR	INCK. H. RANGANATH	JDB. BASAPPA	12,23815.83%	57.7%
HOLALKERE	INCA. V. UMAPATHY	JDG. SHIVALINGAPPA	12,92215.35%	67.9%
HOLEHONNUR	INCKARIYANNA	KRSH. CHOODANAIK	15,73418.49%	65.6%
HOLENARASIPUR	INCG. PUTTASWAMY GOWDA	JNPJPH. D. DEVEGOWDA	7,8367.86%	81.3%
HONNALI	INCD. B. GANGAPPA	JDD. G. BASAVANAGOUDA	11,07211.02%	75.3%
HOSADURGA	INDE. VIJAYAKUMAR	INDB. S. DYAMAPPA	23,08824.83%	71.1%
HOSAKOTE	INCCHIKKE GOWDA	JDB. N. BACHE GOWDA	12,65511.31%	75.6%
HOSANAGAR	INCB. SWAMI RAO	JDG. NANJUNDAPPA	13,35214.74%	71.9%
HOSPET	JDGUJJALA HANUMANTHAPPA	INCH. ABDUL WAHAB	32,20232.20%	61.3%
HUBLI	INCA. M. HINDASAGERI	BJPASHOK KATWE	17,98824.62%	61.6%
HUBLI RURAL	INCG. R. SANDRA	JDBOMMAI S. R.	3,1703.30%	59.4%
HUKKERI	JDKATTI UMESH VISHWANATH	INCMURUGESH RUDRAPPA DHAPALAPUR (TARALI)	7,37110.75%	68.5%
HULIYURDURGA	INCN. HUCHAMASTI GOWDA	JNPJPD. NAGARAJAIAH	7190.97%	72.3%
HULSOOR	INCMAHENDRA KUMAR KALLAPPA	JDMANIK RAO SAMBHAJI PRANJAPE	8671.54%	47.0%
HUMNABAD	INCBASAWRAJ HAWGEPPA PATIL	JDBASHEERUDDIN YOUSUFODDIN	8,80912.55%	57.1%
HUNGUND	INCKASHAPPANAVAR SHIVASHANKARAPPA RACHAPPA	JDKADAPATTI SHIVASANGAPPA SHIDDAPPA	19,93628.79%	64.4%
HUNSUR	INCCHANDRAPRABHA URS	JDKARIYAPPA GOWDA D.	32,73734.78%	70.1%

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.