Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983
Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983
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Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election, 1983 was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The elections resulted in a hung assembly with the Janata Party emerging as the single largest party winning 95 seats. [1] Later, Janata Party leader Ramakrishna Hegde formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of BJP and other smaller parties.
Results
Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983[1]
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Political Party
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Seats Contested
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Seats Won
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Number of Votes
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% of Votes
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Seat change
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Janata Party | 193 | 95 | 4,272,318 | 33.07% | 36 |
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Indian National Congress | 221 | 82 | 5,221,419 | 40.42% | 67 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | 110 | 18 | 1,024,892 | 7.93% | 18 |
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Communist Party of India | 7 | 3 | 161,192 | 1.25% | |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4 | 3 | 115,320 | 0.89% | 3 |
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Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 1 | 16,234 | 0.13% | 1 |
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Independents | 751 | 22 | 1,998,256 | 15.47% | 12 |
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Total | 1365 | 224 | 12,919,459 | | |
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