1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
Results

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Political Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change

Janata Party	193	95	4,272,318	33.07%	36

Indian National Congress	221	82	5,221,419	40.42%	67

Bharatiya Janata Party	110	18	1,024,892	7.93%	18

Communist Party of India	7	3	161,192	1.25%

Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	3	115,320	0.89%	3

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	1	16,234	0.13%	1

Independents	751	22	1,998,256	15.47%	12

Total	1365	224	12,919,459

Sentence(s)

The 1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

final_sentence: The 1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.