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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
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Contested
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
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|align="left"|Janata Party||193||95||4,272,318||33.07%||Template:Increase 36
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|align="left"|Indian National Congress||221||82||5,221,419||40.42%||Template:Decrease 67
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|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||110||18||1,024,892||7.93%||Template:Increase 18
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||161,192||1.25%||Template:Nochange
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||4||3||115,320||0.89%||Template:Increase 3
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|align="left"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam||1||1||16,234||0.13%||Template:Increase 1
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|align="left"|Independents||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%||Template:Increase 12
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|align="left"|Total||1365||224||12,919,459||||
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References
- ↑ [ Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India].Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India Template:Small