1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election


All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ramakrishna Hegde R. Gundu Rao
Party JP INC
Leader's seat Did not contest Somwarpet
(lost)
Last election 59 149
Seats won 95 82
Seat change Increase 36 Decrease 67
Popular vote 4,272,318 5,221,419
Percentage 33.07% 40.42%
Swing Decrease 4.88% Decrease 3.83%

Chief Minister before election

R. Gundu Rao
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Ramakrishna Hegde
JP

Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies (1978-2008)

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.[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]
Political Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Seat change
Janata Party193954,272,31833.07%Increase 36
Indian National Congress221825,221,41940.42%Decrease 67
Bharatiya Janata Party110181,024,8927.93%Increase 18
Communist Party of India73161,1921.25%Steady
Communist Party of India (Marxist)43115,3200.89%Increase 3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1116,2340.13%Increase 1
Independents751221,998,25615.47%Increase 12
Total136522412,919,459

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
AuradNoneManikrao Patil Indian National Congress
BhalkiNoneBhimanna Khandre Indian National Congress
HulsoorSCRamchandra Veerappa Indian National Congress
BidarNoneNarayana Rao Manahalli Bharatiya Janata Party
HumnabadNoneBaswaraj Havgeppa Patil Indian National Congress
BasavakalyanNoneBasawaraj Shankarappa Patil Janata Party
ChincholiNoneDevendrappa Ghalappa Jamadar Indian National Congress
KamalapurSCGovind P. Vadeyraj Indian National Congress
AllandNoneB. R. Patil Janata Party
GulbargaNoneS. K. Kanta Janata Party
ShahabadSCK. B. Sharanappa Bhimsha Communist Party of India
AfzalpurNoneHanamanth Rao Desai Janata Party
ChitapurNoneVishwanath Patil Hebbal Janata Party
SedamNoneNagareddy Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party
JewargiNoneN. Dharam Singh Indian National Congress
GurmitkalSCMallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress
YadgirNoneVishwanath Reddy Janata Party
ShahapurNoneBapugouda Janata Party
ShorapurNoneMadan Gopal Naik Indian National Congress
DeodurgSCB. Shivanna Indian National Congress
RaichurNoneSangameshwar Sardar Janata Party
KalmalaNoneSudhendra Rao Kasbe Indian National Congress
ManviNoneRaja Amarappa Naik Raja Jadi Somalinga Naik Indian National Congress
LingsugurNoneA. Basavaraj Patil Anwari Indian National Congress
SindhnoorNoneMallappa Independent
KushtagiNoneHanume Gowda Shekhargounda Indian National Congress
YelburgaNoneLingaraj Shivashankara Rao Desai Indian National Congress
KanakagiriNoneSrirangadevarayalu Venkarayalu Indian National Congress
GangavathiNoneH. S. Muralidhar Independent
KoppalNoneMallikarajun Basappa Diwatar Indian National Congress
SiruguppaNoneSankarareddy Indian National Congress
KurugoduNoneNaganagouda H. Indian National Congress
BellaryNoneM. Ramappa Janata Party
HospetNoneG. Shankar Gouda Indian National Congress
SandurNoneHeeroji V. S. Lad Indian National Congress
KudligiNoneK. Channabasavana Gowda Janata Party
KotturNoneB. S. Veerabhadrappa Janata Party
HadagalliNoneM. P. Prakash Janata Party
HarapanahalliSCB. H. Yanka Naik Indian National Congress
HariharNoneK. Mallappa Janata Party
DavangereNonePampapathi Communist Party of India
MayakondaNoneK. G. Maheshwarappa Janata Party
BharamasagaraSCShivamurthy K. Janata Party
ChitradurgaNoneB. L. Gowda Janata Party
JagalurNoneG. H. Aswatha Reddy Indian National Congress
MolakalmuruNoneN. G. Naik Indian National Congress
ChallakereNoneH. C. Shivashankarappa Janata Party
HiriyurSCK. H. Ranganath Indian National Congress
HolalkereNoneG. Shivalingappa Janata Party
HosadurgaNoneG. Basappa Janata Party
PavagadaSCUgranarasimhappa Independent
SiraNoneMudlegowda P. Independent
KallambellaNoneGanganna B. Janata Party
BellaviNoneT. H. Hanumantharayappa Indian National Congress
MadhugiriSCRajavardhan Janata Party
KoratagereNoneVeeranna Janata Party
TumkurNoneLakshminarasimiah Janata Party
KunigalNoneY. K. Ramaiah Janata Party
HuliyurdurgaNoneH. Hutchamasthigowda Independent
GubbiNoneS. Revanna Janata Party
TuruvekereNoneBhyrappaji Indian National Congress
TipturNoneS. P. Gangadharappa Indian National Congress
ChiknaikanahalliNoneS. G. Ramalingaiah Bharatiya Janata Party
GowribidanurNoneR. N. Lakshmipathi Janata Party
ChikballapurSCA. Muniyappa Independent
SidlaghattaNoneV. Muniyappa Indian National Congress
BagepalliNoneA. V. Appaswamy Reddy Communist Party of India
ChintamaniNoneChowda Reddy Indian National Congress
SrinivasapurNoneG. K. Venkatashiva Reddy Indian National Congress
MulbagalNoneBeeregowda Independent
Kolar Gold FieldsSCM. Backthavachallam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
BethamangalaSCC. Venkateshappa Indian National Congress
KolarNoneK. R. Srinivasaiah Janata Party
VemgalNoneByregowda C. Independent
MalurNoneNagaraju A. Indian National Congress
MalleswaramNoneP. Ramdev Janata Party
RajajinagarNoneM. S. Krishnan Communist Party of India
GandhinagarNoneM. S. Narayana Rao Janata Party
ChickpetNoneA. Lakshmi Sagar Janata Party
BinnypetNoneG. Narayan Kumar Janata Party
ChamarajapetNoneM. Obanna Raju Janata Party
BasavanagudiNoneH. L. Thimme Gowda Janata Party
JayanagarNoneM. Chandrasekhar Janata Party
ShanthinagarSCP. D. Govinda Raj Janata Party
ShivajinagarNoneM. Raghupathy Janata Party
BharathinagarNoneMichael B. Fernandes Janata Party
JayamahalNoneJeevaraj Alva Janata Party
YelahankaSCV. Sreenivasan Janata Party
UttarahalliNoneM. Srinivas Janata Party
VarthurNoneS. Suryanarayana Rao Communist Party of India
KanakapuraNoneP. G. R. Sindhia Janata Party
SathanurNoneK. G. Srinivasa Murthy Janata Party
ChannapatnaNoneM. Varade Gowda (raju) Janata Party
RamanagaramNoneC. Boraiah Janata Party
MagadiNoneH. G. Channappa Indian National Congress
NelamangalaSCSathyanarayana M. G. Janata Party
DoddaballapurNoneJalappa R. L. Janata Party
DevanahalliSCMariyappa A. M. Janata Party
HosakoteNoneN. Chikke Gowda Indian National Congress
AnekalSCY. Ramakrishna Indian National Congress
NagamangalaNoneChigarigowda Independent
MaddurNoneM. Manchegowda Indian National Congress
KiragavalNoneG. Madegowda Indian National Congress
MalavalliSCSomasekhar Janata Party
MandyaNoneB. Dodda Boregowda Janata Party
KeragoduNoneH. D. Chowdiah Indian National Congress
SrirangapatnaNoneA. S. Bandisiddegowda Janata Party
PandavapuraNoneK. Kempegowda Janata Party
KrishnarajpetNoneM. Puttaswamygowda Indian National Congress
HanurNoneK. P. Shantamurthy Indian National Congress
KollegalSCB. Basavaiah Janata Party
BannurNoneBoraiah T. P. Independent
T. NarasipurSCVasudeva V. Janata Party
KrishnarajNoneN. H. Gangadhara Bharatiya Janata Party
ChamarajaNoneH. Kempegowda Janata Party
NarasimharajaNoneAzeez Sait Janata Party
ChamundeswariNoneSiddaramaiah Independent
NanjangudNoneM. Mahadev Indian National Congress
SanthemarahalliSCRachaiah B. Janata Party
ChamarajanagarNoneS. Puttaswamy Indian National Congress
GundlupetNoneK. S. Nagarathanamma Indian National Congress
HeggadadevanakoteSCChaluvaiah H. B. Janata Party
HunsurNoneChandraprabha Urs Janata Party
KrishnarajanagarNoneS. Nanjappa Janata Party
PeriyapatnaNoneK. S. Kalamari Gowda Indian National Congress
VirajpetSTG. K. Subbaiah Indian National Congress
MadikereNoneMundanda M. Nanaiah Indian National Congress
SomwarpetNoneB. A. Jivijaya Janata Party
BelurSCD. Mallesha Janata Party
ArsikereNoneG. S. Basavaraju Indian National Congress
GandsiNoneB. Nanjappa Janata Party
SravanabelagolaNoneH. C. Srikantaiah Indian National Congress
HolenarasipurNoneH. D. Deve Gowda Janata Party
ArkalgudNoneK. B. Mallappa Janata Party
HassanNoneB. V. Kari Gowda Janata Party
SakleshpurNoneJ. D. Somappa Indian National Congress
SulliaSCBakila Hukrappa Bharatiya Janata Party
PutturNoneK. Rama Bhat Bharatiya Janata Party
VittalNoneA. Rukmayya Poojari Bharatiya Janata Party
BelthangadyNoneK. Vasantha Bangera Bharatiya Janata Party
BantwalNoneN. Shiva Rao Bharatiya Janata Party
MangaloreNoneV. Dhananjaya Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
UllalNoneP. Ramachandra Rao Communist Party of India
SurathkalNoneLokayya Shetty Janata Party
KaupNoneVasantha V. Salian Indian National Congress
UdupiNoneV. S. Acharya Bharatiya Janata Party
BrahmavarNoneB. B. Shetty Bharatiya Janata Party
CoondapurNonePrathapchandra Shetty Indian National Congress
BaindurNoneAppanna Hegde Janata Party
KarkalNoneM. Veerappa Moily Indian National Congress
MoodabidriNoneAmarnatha Sheety K. Janata Party
SringeriNoneH. G. Govinde Gowda Janata Party
MudigereSCP. Thippaiah Janata Party
ChikmagalurNoneH. A. Narayana Gowda Janata Party
BirurNoneS. R. Laxmaiah Janata Party
KadurNoneN. K. Huchappa Indian National Congress
TarikereNoneH. R. Raju Indian National Congress
ChannagiriNoneJ. H. Patel Janata Party
HolehonnurSCG. Basavannappa Janata Party
BhadravathiNoneSalar S. Siddappa Janata Party
HonnaliNoneD. G. Basavana Gowda Independent
ShimogaNoneM. Ananda Rao Bharatiya Janata Party
TirthahalliNoneD. B. Chandre Gowda Janata Party
HosanagarNoneB. Swamy Rao Janata Party
SagarNoneL. T. Thimmappa Hegade Indian National Congress
SorabNoneS. Bangarappa Janata Party
ShikaripurNoneB. S. Yediyurappa Bharatiya Janata Party
SirsiSCKanade Gopal Mukund Janata Party
BhatkalNoneNaik Rama Narayan Janata Party
KumtaNoneKarki M. P. Bharatiya Janata Party
AnkolaNoneHegde Shripad Ramakrishna Indian National Congress
KarwarNoneRane Prabhakar Sadashiv Indian National Congress
HaliyalNoneDeshpande Raghunath Vishwanathrao Janata Party
Dharwad RuralNonePudakalakatti Chanabasappa Virupaxappa Indian National Congress
DharwadNoneMore S. R. Indian National Congress
HubliNoneJaratarghar Mahadevsa Govindsa Bharatiya Janata Party
Hubli RuralNoneBommai Somappa Rayappa Janata Party
KalghatgiNoneFathar Jacob Pallipurathu Independent
KundgolNoneKubihal Veerappa Shekharappa Indian National Congress
ShiggaonNoneNadaf Mohammed Kasimsab Mardansab Indian National Congress
HanagalNoneUdashi Chanabasappa Hangal Mahalingappa Independent
HirekerurNoneBankar Basavannappa Gadlappa Independent
RanibennurNonePatil Basanagouda Guranagouda Janata Party
ByadgiSCLamani Heggappa Deshappa Indian National Congress
HaveriNoneKalakoti Chittaranjan Chanabaneppa Janata Party
ShirhattiNoneUpanal Gulappa Fakeerappa Independent
MundargiNoneKurudagi Kuberappa Hanumantappa Indian National Congress
GadagNoneMuttinapendimath Chanaveerayya Shantayya Indian National Congress
RonNoneDoddameti Jananadev Shivanagappa Janata Party
NaragundNoneYavagal Basavaraddi Rangaraddi Janata Party
NavalgundNoneKulkarni Mallappa Karaveerappa Indian National Congress
RamdurgNoneKoppad Fakirappa Allappa Indian National Congress
ParasgadNonePatil Ramanagouda Venkanagouda Indian National Congress
BailhongalNoneBalekundargi Ramalingappa Channabasappa Indian National Congress
KitturNoneInamdar Danappagouda Basanagouda Janata Party
KhanapurNonePatil Vasantrao Parashram Independent
BelgaumNoneMane Rajabhau Shankar Rao Independent
UchagaonNonePatil Basavant Iroji Independent
BagewadiNoneAsjtekar Govind Laxman Independent
GokakSTMuttennavar Mallappa Laxman Janata Party
ArabhaviNoneKoujalgi Veeranna Shivalingappa Indian National Congress
HukkeriNoneDesai Alagoud Basaprabhu Indian National Congress
SankeshwarNonePatil Mallaragouda Shankargouda Indian National Congress
NippaniNoneShinde Balasaheb Dattaji Independent
SadalgaNoneNimbalkar Ajitsingh Appasaheb Indian National Congress
ChikkodiSCHegre Parashuram Padmanna Janata Party
RaibagSCKamble Shravana Satyappa Janata Party
KagwadNonePatil Vasantrao Lakhagoud Janata Party
AthaniNonePawar Desai Sidharaj Alias Dhairyashilarao Bhojaraj Indian National Congress
JamkhandiNoneBagalkot Gurupad Shivappa Janata Party
BilgiNonePatil Siddanagouda Somangouda Indian National Congress
MudholSCKattimani Ashok Krishnaji Indian National Congress
BagalkotNoneMantur Gulappa Venkappa Independent
BadamiNoneChimmankanti Balappa Bhimappa Indian National Congress
GuledgudNoneBanni Mallikarjun Veerappa Bharatiya Janata Party
HungundNoneKadapatti Shivasangappa Siddappa Janata Party
MuddebihalNoneDesgmukh Jagadevarao Sanganabasappa Janata Party
Huvin-hippargiNonePatil Basana Gouda Somanagouda Indian National Congress
Basavana-bagewadiNonePatil Basana Gouda Somanagouda Indian National Congress
TikotaNonePatil Basanagouda Mallanagouda Indian National Congress
BijapurNoneGachinmath Chandrashekar Gurupadaya Bharatiya Janata Party
BallolliSCJingajinigi Ramesh Chadnappa Janata Party
IndiNoneKallur Revanasiddappa Ramagondappa Indian National Congress
SindgiNonePatil Ninganagoud Rachana Goud Indian National Congress

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India" (PDF).
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