1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

The 1985 Karnataka 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 spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.

Results
!colspan=10| !colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Contested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats Won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote % !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
 * - align=center
 * align="left"|Janata Party||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%|| 44
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%|| 17
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%||
 * align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%|| 16
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9
 * align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%||
 * align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%|| 16
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9
 * align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1
 * align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9
 * align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
 * }
 * align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634||||
 * }
 * }