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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983

224 seats · 128 changed party since 1978

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Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983 · 7 parties won seats

Derived
Janata Party — 95 seatsIndian National Congress — 82 seatsIndependent — 22 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 18 seatsCommunist Party of India — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 3 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 1 seat113224of 224 seats
  • JNP95
  • INC82
  • IND22
  • BJP18
  • CPI3
  • CPM3
  • AIADMK1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JNPJanata Party9542%42,72,31833.1%193
INCIndian National Congress8237%52,21,41940.4%221
INDIndependent2210%19,98,25615.5%751
BJPBharatiya Janata Party188%10,24,8927.9%110
CPICommunist Party of India31%1,61,1921.2%7
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)31%1,15,3200.9%4
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam10%16,2340.1%1

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1983 · winner by seat

224 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 113

1983 · selected
Majority 113
JNP95INC82IND22BJP18CPI3CPM3AIADMK1
1978 · previous
Majority 113

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1978 → 1983

1978 1983· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
37.9
33.1
52.2
40.4
7.5
15.5
0.0
7.9
JNPINCINDBJP

Seat change

1983 seats minus 1978 seats

seats lostseats gained
JNP
59 → 95
+36
INC
151 → 82
−69
IND
10 → 22
+12
BJP
0 → 18
+18
CPI
3 → 3
0
CPM
0 → 3
+3
AIADMK
0 → 1
+1
RPI
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1978 → 1983

share lostshare gained
IND
7.5% → 15.5%
+8.0%
BJP
0.0% → 7.9%
+7.9%
LKD
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
CPM
0.5% → 0.9%
+0.4%
JNP
37.9% → 33.1%
−4.9%
INC
52.2% → 40.4%
−11.8%

Biggest JNP–INC swings

Seats where the JNP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1978 → 1983. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (JNP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward JNP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward JNP
Basavana Bagevadi
−92.2%
Hubli
−70.6%
Sorab
+70.2%
Hunsur
+69.9%
Maddur
−69.9%
Shahabad
−68.5%
Challakere
+64.3%
Vittal
−59.0%
Chamarajanagar
−58.8%
Bijapur
−58.4%
Kalghatgi
−58.0%
Lingsugur
−55.2%

Closest races · 1983

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1983

224 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1978