1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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. Later, Janata Party leader Ramakrishna Hegde formed the first non-Congress government in Karnataka with the support of BJP and other smaller parties.

Results
!colspan=10| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !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%|| 36
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress||221||82||5,221,419||40.42%|| 67
 * align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||110||18||1,024,892||7.93%|| 18
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||161,192||1.25%||
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||4||3||115,320||0.89%|| 3
 * align="left"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam||1||1||16,234||0.13%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%|| 12
 * align="left"|Total||||224||12,919,459||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||161,192||1.25%||
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||4||3||115,320||0.89%|| 3
 * align="left"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam||1||1||16,234||0.13%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%|| 12
 * align="left"|Total||||224||12,919,459||||
 * }
 * align="left"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam||1||1||16,234||0.13%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%|| 12
 * align="left"|Total||||224||12,919,459||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Independents||751||22||1,998,256||15.47%|| 12
 * align="left"|Total||||224||12,919,459||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Total||||224||12,919,459||||
 * }
 * }
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