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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = legislative<br />
| previous_election = 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election<br />
| previous_year = 1983<br />
| next_election = 1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election<br />
| next_year = 1989<br />
| seats_for_election= All 224 seats of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| majority_seats = 113<br />
<!-- JP --><br />
| image1 = <br />
| leader1 = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<br />
| party1 = Janata Party<br />
| leaders_seat1 = <br />
| last_election1 = <br />
| seats_before1 = <br />
| seats1 = 139<br />
| seat_change1 = <br />
| popular_vote1 = 6,418,795<br />
| percentage1 = 43.60%<br />
| swing1 = <br />
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| image2 = <br />
| leader2 = <br />
| party2 = Indian National Congress<br />
| leaders_seat2 = <br />
| last_election2 = <br />
| seats_before2 = <br />
| seats2 = 65<br />
| seat_change2 = <br />
| popular_vote2 = 6,009,461<br />
| percentage2 = 40.82%<br />
| swing2 = <br />
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| title = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]<br />
| before_election = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<br />
| before_party = Janata Party<br />
| after_election = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<br />
| after_party = Janata Party<br />
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| caption = Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies (1978-2008)<br />
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The '''1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election''' was held in the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]] to elect 224 members of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> The elections resulted in a spectacular victory for the [[Janata Party]], led by [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief minister]] [[Ramakrishna Hegde]].<br />
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==Results==<br />
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1985<ref name=pdf />|sortable=yes}}<br />
|- align=center<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|<!-- color --><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Contested<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Won<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br><br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%||{{increase}} 44<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%||{{decrease}} 17<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||7||3||133,008||0.90%||{{nochange}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||116||2||571,280||3.88%||{{decrease}} 16<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||7||2||127,333||0.86%||{{decrease}} 1<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%||{{decrease}} 9<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''1795'''||'''224'''||'''14,720,634'''||||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Karnataka elections}}<br />
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