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The 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[1] The elections resulted in a spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.
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
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|align="left"|Janata Party||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%||Template:Increase 44
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|align="left"|Indian National Congress||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%||Template:Decrease 17
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%||Template:Nochange
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|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%||Template:Decrease 16
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%||Template:Decrease 1
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|align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%||Template:Decrease 9
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|align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
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