1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

13 December 1994

All 224 Legislative Assembly seats
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.59 pp ( 1.02 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader H. D. Deve Gowda B. S. Yeddyurappa Veerappa Moily
Party JD BJP INC
Leader's seat Ramanagara Shikaripura Karkala
Last election 24 4 178
Seats won 115 40 34
Seat change 81 36 143
Popular vote 69,44,464 35,17,119 55,80,473
Percentage 33.54% 16.99% 26.95%
Swing 6.46 pp 12.85 pp 16.55 pp

Chief minister before election

Veerappa Moily
INC

Elected Chief minister

H. D. Devegowda
JD

The 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in two phases on 26 November and 1 December 1994 in all the 224 legislative assembly constituencies in the Indian State of Karnataka. The Janata Dal emerged victorious winning 115 seats.