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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

224 seats · 166 changed party since 1985

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Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 178 seatsJanata Dal — 24 seatsIndependent — 12 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 4 seatsJanata Party — 2 seatsKarnataka Rashtra Samithi — 2 seatsMUL — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat113224of 224 seats
  • INC178
  • JD24
  • IND12
  • BJP4
  • JNP2
  • KRS2
  • MUL1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress17879%79,90,14243.8%221
JDJanata Dal2411%49,43,85427.1%209
INDIndependent125%14,82,4828.1%1088
BJPBharatiya Janata Party42%7,55,0324.1%118
JNPJanata Party21%20,70,34111.3%217
KRSKarnataka Rashtra Samithi21%6,54,8013.6%105
MULMUL10%80,6120.4%13
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam10%32,9280.2%1

+ 13 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 113

1989 · selected
Majority 113
INC178JD24IND12BJP4JNP2KRS2MUL1AIADMK1
1985 · previous
Majority 113

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1985 → 1989

1985 1989· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
40.8
43.8
0.0
27.1
9.5
8.1
3.9
4.1
43.6
11.3
0.0
3.6
INCJDINDBJPJNPKRS

Seat change

1989 seats minus 1985 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
65 → 178
+113
JD
0 → 24
+24
IND
13 → 12
−1
BJP
2 → 4
+2
JNP
139 → 2
−137
KRS
0 → 2
+2
MUL
0 → 1
+1
AIADMK
0 → 1
+1
CPI
3 → 0
−3
CPM
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1985 → 1989

share lostshare gained
JD
0.0% → 27.1%
+27.1%
KRS
0.0% → 3.6%
+3.6%
INC
40.8% → 43.8%
+2.9%
MUL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
CPI
0.9% → 0.6%
−0.3%
CPM
0.9% → 0.5%
−0.3%
LKD
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
IND
9.5% → 8.1%
−1.3%
JNP
43.6% → 11.3%
−32.3%

Biggest INC–JNP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-JNP vote gap moved most, 1985 → 1989. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward JNPtoward INC
Nargund
+84.7%
Muddebihal
+84.3%
Hanur
+83.2%
Sandur
+76.9%
Lingsugur
+74.4%
Doddaballapur
+73.1%
Mudhol
+71.1%
Gandasi
+70.7%
Hungund
+69.7%
Basavanagudi
+68.9%
Gangavathi
+68.5%
Honnali
+67.9%

Closest races · 1989

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

All constituencies · 1989

224 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1985