1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
JP
Leader Ramakrishna Hegde R. Gundu Rao B. S. Yeddyurappa
Party JP INC BJP
Leader's seat Did not contest Somwarpet
(lost)		 Shikaripura
Last election 59 149
Seats before New
Seats won 95 82 18
Seat change 36 67 18
Popular vote 4,272,318 5,221,419 1,024,892
Percentage 33.07% 40.42% 7.93
Swing 4.88% 3.83% 7.93
Chief Minister before election

R. Gundu Rao
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Ramakrishna Hegde
JP

The 1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election 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. Later, Janata Party leader Ramakrishna Hegde formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of BJP and other smaller parties.

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