Official results for the 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. JP won the most seats with 95 out of 224.
Total seats: 224. Majority mark: 112.
| Party | Seats | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|
| JP | 95 | 33.1% |
| INC | 82 | 40.4% |
| IND | 22 | 15.5% |
| BJP | 18 | 7.9% |
| CPM | 3 | 0.9% |
| CPI | 3 | 1.2% |
| ADMK | 1 | 0.1% |
| RPI | 0 | 0.0% |
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin % |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFZALPUR | G SHANKARA GOUD | INC | 13.3% |
| ALAND | N.G. NAIK | INC | 15.3% |
| ANEKAL | BOMMAI SOMAPPA RAYAPPA | JP | 14.5% |
| ARABHAVI | GOVIND P. VEDYARAJ | INC | 13.2% |
| ARKALGUD | BASAVANT IROLI PATIL | IND | 18.2% |
| ARSIKERE | BALEKUNDARGI RAMALINGAPPA CHANABASSAPPA | INC | 14.2% |
| ATHANI | RAMACHANDRA VEERAPPA | INC | 15.5% |
| AURAD | P. MUDLE GOWDA | IND | 45.2% |
| B.T.M LAYOUT | RANE PRABHAKAR S | INC | 18.6% |
| BABALESHWAR | H. S. MURALIDHAR | IND | 14.2% |
| BADAMI | RAJA AMARAPPA NAIK RAJA JADI SOMALINGA NAIK | INC | 20.3% |
| BAGALKOT | ANWARI BASAVARAJ PATIL | INC | 39.9% |
| BAGEPALLI | K.VASANTHA BANGERA | BJP | 24.3% |
| BAILHONGAL | MALLIKARJUN | INC | 35.3% |
| BANGALORE SOUTH | JARATARGHAR MAHADEVSA GOVINDSA | BJP | 8.0% |
| BANGARAPET | B. B. SHETTY | BJP | 1.7% |
| BANTVAL | AJITSHINHA APPASAHEB NIMBALKAR | INC | 10.4% |
| BASAVAKALYAN | H. C. SHIVASHANKARARAPPA | JP | 35.9% |
| BASAVANA BAGEVADI | SRIRANGADEVARAYALU | INC | 62.0% |
| BASAVANAGUDI | DR.KARKI MP | BJP | 3.5% |
| BELGAUM DAKSHIN | HANUMANTRAO DESAI | JP | 10.4% |
| BELGAUM RURAL | VISHWANATH PATIL HEBBAL | JP | 23.3% |
| BELGAUM UTTAR | K.B. SHANAPPA | CPI | 0.8% |
| BELLARY | M VARDEGOWDA | JP | 8.2% |
| BELLARY CITY | C. BORAIAH | JP | 26.0% |
| BELTHANGADY | MALLAPPA LAXMAN MUTTENNAVAR | JP | 5.7% |
| BELUR | INAMDAR DANAPPAGOUDA BASANAGOUDA | JP | 16.0% |
| BHADRAVATI | T. P. BORAIAH | IND | 9.4% |
| BHALKI | UGRANARASIMHAPPA | IND | 24.4% |
| BHATKAL | PROF. A. LAKSHMISAGAR | JP | 25.0% |
| BIDAR | G. BASAPPA | JP | 17.1% |
| BIDAR SOUTH | G. SHIVALINGAPPA | JP | 14.5% |
| BIJAPUR CITY | DIVATAR MALLIKARJUNA BASAPPA | INC | 17.1% |
| BILGI | SUDHENDRA RAO KASBE | INC | 8.4% |
| BOMMANAHALLI | S. R. MOREY | INC | 0.2% |
| BYADGI | RAGHUPATHY M | JP | 19.4% |
| BYATARAYANAPURA | H.G. GOVINDA GOWDA | JP | 10.7% |
| BYNDOOR | M.MAHADEV | INC | 0.1% |
| C.V. RAMAN NAGAR | D.G. BASAVANAGOUDA | IND | 29.1% |
| CHALLAKERE | MARIYAPPA A M | JP | 7.8% |
| CHAMARAJA | DESHAMUKH JAGADEVRAO SANGANA BASAPPA | JP | 26.4% |
| CHAMARAJANAGAR | K. R. RAMAGONDAPPA | INC | 27.4% |
| CHAMRAJPET | KANADE GOPAL MUKUND | JP | 8.5% |
| CHAMUNDESHWARI | BANNI MALLIKARJUN VEERAPPA | BJP | 1.0% |
| CHANNAGIRI | M. PUTTESWAMY GOWDA | INC | 9.4% |
| CHANNAPATNA | KALAKOTI CC | JP | 10.5% |
| CHICKPET | RAMA NARAYAN NAIK | JP | 4.1% |
| CHIKKABALLAPUR | N. SHIVA RAO | BJP | 7.5% |
| CHIKKODI-SADALGA | BHIMANNA SHIVLINGAPPA | INC | 22.6% |
| CHIKMAGALUR | K S KALAMARIGOWDA | INC | 9.5% |
| CHIKNAYAKANHALLI | B A JIVIJAYA | JP | 9.0% |
| CHINCHOLI | K .G. MAHESHWARAPPA | JP | 11.3% |
| CHINTAMANI | P. RAMACHANDRA RAO | CPM | 5.0% |
| CHITRADURGA | N. CHIKKEGOWDA | INC | 26.1% |
| CHITTAPUR | K. MALLAPPA | JP | 18.7% |
| DASARAHALLI | SR LAXMAIAH | JP | 1.1% |
| DAVANAGERE NORTH | H.D. CHOUDAIAH | INC | 9.3% |
| DAVANAGERE SOUTH | A. S. BANDISIDDEGOWDA | JP | 17.0% |
| DEVADURGA | VEERANNA | JP | 19.8% |
| DEVANAHALLI | KUBIHAL VEERAPPA SHEKARAPPA | INC | 12.0% |
| DEVAR HIPPARGI | SHIVASHANKAR LINGARAJ DESAI | INC | 9.3% |
| DHARWAD | M.BACKTHAVACHALAM | ADMK | 3.0% |
| DODDABALLAPUR | NADAF MAHAMMADKHASIMSAH MARDANSAB | INC | 4.6% |
| GADAG | V. MUNIYAPPA | INC | 3.7% |
| GANDHI NAGAR | B. SWAMY RAO | JP | 16.4% |
| GANGAWATI | S. P. GANGADHARAPPA | INC | 21.5% |
| GAURIBIDANUR | A. RUKMAYA POOJARI | BJP | 12.8% |
| GOKAK | B R PATIL | JP | 7.7% |
| GOVINDRAJ NAGAR | S. BANGARAPPA | JP | 28.7% |
| GUBBI | KARIGOWDA BV | JP | 6.3% |
| GULBARGA DAKSHIN | B. L. GOWDA | JP | 26.9% |
| GULBARGA RURAL | K.SHIVAMURTHY | JP | 28.3% |
| GULBARGA UTTAR | G. H. ASWATHA REDDY | INC | 20.4% |
| GUNDLUPET | PATIL NINGANAGOUD RACHANA GOUD | INC | 14.1% |
| GURMITKAL | BH YANKA NAIK | INC | 26.6% |
| HADAGALLI | V. SREENIVASAN | JP | 15.4% |
| HAGARIBOMMANAHALLI | M SRINIVAS | JP | 7.9% |
| HALIYAL | P. RAMDEV | JP | 43.8% |
| HANGAL | H. L. THIMMEGOWDA | JP | 15.9% |
| HANUR | VEERABHADRAYYA (VEERANNA) CHARANTIMATH | BJP | 6.7% |
| HARAPANAHALLI | B.SOMASHEKHAR | JP | 10.7% |
| HARIHAR | B. DODDABOREGOWDA | JP | 17.7% |
| HASSAN | PATIL VASANTRAO PARASHRAM | IND | 36.6% |
| HAVERI | P. D. GOVINDA RAJ | JP | 29.1% |
| HEBBAL | J. H. PATEL | JP | 10.2% |
| HEGGADADEVANKOTE | MANTUR GOOLAPPA VENKAPPA | IND | 13.2% |
| HIREKERUR | MICHAEL B. FERNANDES | JP | 10.1% |
| HIRIYUR | Y. RAMAKRISHNA | INC | 9.9% |
| HOLALKERE | M. MANCHEGOWDA | INC | 21.0% |
| HOLENARASIPUR | MANE RAJABHAU SHANKARRAO | IND | 15.9% |
| HOMNABAD | K. H. RANGANATH | INC | 7.7% |
| HONNALI | K. P. SHANTAMURTHY | INC | 2.1% |
| HOSADURGA | CHIGARIGOWDA | IND | 34.5% |
| HOSAKOTE | FATHAR JACOB PALLIPURATHU | IND | 1.0% |
| HUBLI-DHARWAD- WEST | C. BYRE GOWDA | IND | 50.7% |
| HUBLI-DHARWAD-CENTRAL | K R SRINIVASAIAH | JP | 32.9% |
| HUBLI-DHARWAD-EAST | C.VENKATESHAPPA | INC | 0.2% |
| HUKKERI | DEVENDRAPPA GHALAPPA | INC | 0.2% |
| HUNGUND | M. MALLAPPA | IND | 4.2% |
| HUNSUR | KATTIMANI ASHOK KRISHWAJI | INC | 30.5% |
| INDI | H. NAGANA GOWDA | INC | 4.4% |
| JAGALUR | G. MADEGOWDA | INC | 16.7% |
| JAMKHANDI | SANGAME SHWAR SARDAR | JP | 10.1% |
| JAYANAGAR | DESHPANDE R.V | JP | 18.0% |
| JEVARGI | HEEROJI LAD | INC | 27.3% |
| K.R.PURA | AMARNATH SHETTY | JP | 10.8% |
| KADUR | MUNDANDA M NANAIAH | INC | 11.0% |
| KAGWAD | NARAYAN RAO MANHALLI | BJP | 10.8% |
| KALGHATGI | NAGARAJU A | INC | 9.5% |
| KAMPLI | P.G.R. SINDHIA | JP | 20.1% |
| KANAKAGIRI | B. BHYRAPPAJI | INC | 27.3% |
| KANAKAPURA | HEGGAPPA DESHAPPA LAMANI | INC | 14.3% |
| KAPU | K. S. NAGARATHANAMMA | INC | 26.4% |
| KARKAL | H. B. CHALUVAIAH | JP | 32.4% |
| KARWAR | M. S. KRISHNAN | CPI | 35.8% |
| KHANAPUR | NAGAREDDY PATIL SEDAM | BJP | 4.5% |
| KITTUR | DHARAM SINGH | INC | 20.1% |
| KOLAR | K PRATHAPCHANDRA SHETTY | INC | 12.3% |
| KOLAR GOLD FIELD | V. S. ACHARYA | BJP | 6.0% |
| KOLLEGAL | JIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA | JP | 26.0% |
| KOPPAL | R. N. LAKSHMIPATHI | JP | 5.8% |
| KORATAGERE | K .B. MALLAPPA | JP | 20.6% |
| KRISHNARAJA | KADAPATTI SHIVASANGAPPA SHIDDAPPA | JP | 16.6% |
| KRISHNARAJANAGARA | PATIL SIDDANAGOUD SOMANAGOUD | INC | 26.1% |
| KRISHNARAJPET | FAKIRAPPA ALLAPPA | INC | 40.5% |
| KUDACHI | BASWARAJ HAVGEPPA PATEL | INC | 24.1% |
| KUDLIGI | SATHYANARAYANA M. G. | JP | 18.8% |
| KUMTA | M.S. NARAYANA RAO | JP | 17.4% |
| KUNDAPURA | B. RACHAIAH | JP | 24.9% |
| KUNDGOL | BEERE GOWDA | IND | 19.8% |
| KUNIGAL | B. NANJAPPA | JP | 22.6% |
| KUSHTAGI | S. REVANNA | JP | 15.4% |
| LINGSUGUR | LAKSHMINARASIMHAIAH | JP | 16.4% |
| MADDUR | KURADAGI VASAPPA KUBERAPPA | INC | 6.9% |
| MADHUGIRI | K. RAMA BHATTA | BJP | 2.5% |
| MADIKERI | VASANTRAO LAKHAGOUDA PATIL | JP | 25.2% |
| MAGADI | B. G. BANAKAR | IND | 7.5% |
| MAHADEVAPURA | PUDAKALAKATTI CHANNABASAPPA VIRUPAXAPPA | INC | 15.4% |
| MAHALAKSHMI LAYOUT | N. K. MUCHAPPA | INC | 3.1% |
| MALAVALLI | UPANAL GOOLAPPA FAKKIRAPPA | IND | 10.1% |
| MALLESHWARAM | H.R. RAJU | INC | 26.9% |
| MALUR | APPANNA HEGDE | JP | 0.1% |
| MANDYA | DDODDAMETI JNANADEV SHIVANAGAPPA | JP | 20.0% |
| MANGALORE | SHINDE BALASAHEB DATTAJI | IND | 6.4% |
| MANGALORE CITY NORTH | DESAI ALAGOUD BASAPRABHU | INC | 1.7% |
| MANGALORE CITY SOUTH | PATIL MELHARGOUDA SHANKARGOUDA | INC | 0.7% |
| MANVI | ASHOK RAJAVARDHAN | JP | 1.1% |
| MASKI | N. HUCHAMASTHY GOWDA | IND | 8.5% |
| MAYAKONDA | K KEMPEGOWDA | JP | 10.4% |
| MELUKOTE | CHANNAVEERAYYA SHANTAYYA MUTTINPENDIMATH | INC | 8.1% |
| MOLAKALMURU | R.L. JALAPPA | JP | 19.1% |
| MOODABIDRI | KOUJALAGI VEERANNA SHIVALINGAPPA | INC | 41.7% |
| MUDDEBIHAL | HANAMAGOUDA SHEKHAR GOUDA PATIL | INC | 30.2% |
| MUDHOL | RAJA MADANGOPAL NAIK | INC | 30.8% |
| MUDIGERE | S. NANJAPPA | JP | 11.1% |
| MULBAGAL | VASANTH V.SALIAN | INC | 14.2% |
| NAGAMANGALA | MALLAPPA KARIVEERAPPA KULKARNI | INC | 25.8% |
| NAGTHAN | SANKARA REDDY | INC | 38.7% |
| NANJANGUD | CHIMMANAKATTI BALAPPA BHIMAPPA | INC | 5.5% |
| NARASIMHARAJA | PATIL BASANAGOUD SOMANAGOUD | INC | 24.1% |
| NARGUND | CHOWDA REDDY | INC | 14.7% |
| NAVALGUND | G.K. VENKATASHIVAREDDY | INC | 1.1% |
| NELAMANGALA | C M UDASI | IND | 16.0% |
| NIPPANI | MANIK RAO PATIL | INC | 10.0% |
| PADMANABA NAGAR | HEGDE SHRIPAD RAMAKRISHNA | INC | 6.0% |
| PAVAGADA | BAKILA HUKRAPPA | BJP | 12.7% |
| PERIYAPATNA | BAGALKOT GURUPADAPPA SHIVAPPA | JP | 32.9% |
| PULAKESHINAGAR | BASAVANNAPPA | JP | 8.1% |
| PUTTUR | HEGRE PARASHURAM PADMANNA | JP | 1.3% |
| RAICHUR | T. H. H. ANUMANTHARAYAPPA | INC | 1.6% |
| RAICHUR RURAL | B. GANGANNA | JP | 11.9% |
| RAJAJI NAGAR | LT. TOIMMAPPA HEGADE | INC | 3.0% |
| RAJARAJESHWARINAGAR | H. A. NARAYANA GOWDA | JP | 21.1% |
| RAMANAGARAM | PATIL AJJANAGOUDA BASANAGOODA | JP | 34.5% |
| RAMDURG | BAPUGOUDA | JP | 13.7% |
| RANIBENNUR | JEEVARAJ ALVA | JP | 27.7% |
| RAYBAG | BASAWARAJ SHANKARAPPA PATIL | JP | 21.6% |
| RON | A. V.APPASWAMY REDDY | CPM | 19.0% |
| SAGAR | SIDDARAMAIAH | IND | 5.7% |
| SAKLESHPUR | ASTEKAR GOVIND LAXMAN | IND | 7.6% |
| SANDUR | H. G. CHANNAPPA | INC | 2.6% |
| SARVAGNANAGAR | SALERA S. SIDDAPPA | JP | 11.7% |
| SAUNDATTI YELLAMMA | VISHWANATH REDDY | JP | 18.8% |
| SEDAM | PAMPAPATHI | CPI | 24.5% |
| SHAHAPUR | B. S. VEERABHADRAPPA | JP | 25.0% |
| SHANTI NAGAR | D.B.CHANDRE GOWDA | JP | 4.1% |
| SHIGGAON | M. CHANDRA SEKHAR | JP | 26.2% |
| SHIKARIPURA | H. KEMPEGOWDA | JP | 24.3% |
| SHIMOGA | V. VASUDEVA | JP | 19.2% |
| SHIMOGA RURAL | B. BASAVAIAH | JP | 17.5% |
| SHIRAHATTI | A. MUNIYAPPA | IND | 29.6% |
| SHIVAJINAGAR | M. ANANDA RAO | BJP | 4.5% |
| SHORAPUR | K. CHANNABASAVANA GOWD | JP | 0.8% |
| SHRAVANABELAGOLA | PATIL RAMANAGOUDA VENKANAGOUDA | INC | 3.4% |
| SHRIRANGAPATTANA | BASAVARADDI RANGARADDI YAVAGAL | JP | 20.7% |
| SIDLAGHATTA | V. DHANANJAYA KUMAR | BJP | 7.5% |
| SINDGI | M. RAMAPPA | JP | 7.4% |
| SINDHANUR | Y.K. RAMAIAH | JP | 19.5% |
| SIRA | J.D.SOMAPPA | INC | 7.3% |
| SIRSI | NARAYANA KUMAR G | JP | 26.5% |
| SIRUGUPPA | K. G. SRINIVASMURTHY | JP | 26.7% |
| SORAB | AZEEZ SAIT | JP | 17.5% |
| SRINGERI | CHANDRAPRABHA URS | JP | 51.8% |
| SRINIVASPUR | LOKAYYA SHETTY | JP | 23.7% |
| SULLIA | SHRAVAN SATTEPPA KAMBLE | JP | 5.3% |
| T.NARASIPUR | BASANGOUDA MALLANGOUDA PATIL | INC | 20.5% |
| TARIKERE | G. K. SUBBAIAH | INC | 20.6% |
| TERDAL | B. SHIVANNA | INC | 10.8% |
| TIPTUR | D. MALLESHA | JP | 11.5% |
| TIRTHAHALLI | H. GANGADHARAN | BJP | 27.9% |
| TUMKUR CITY | H. C. SRIKANTAIAH | INC | 15.4% |
| TUMKUR RURAL | H. D. DEVEGOWDA | JP | 13.3% |
| TURUVEKERE | G.S. BASAVARAJ | INC | 21.6% |
| UDUPI | S. PUTTASWAMY | INC | 8.1% |
| VARUNA | SOMANAGOUDA(APPUGOUDA) B PATIL(MANAGULI) | INC | 37.6% |
| VIJAY NAGAR | B S YADIYURAPPA | BJP | 35.0% |
| VIJAYANAGARA | S. SURYANARAYANA RAO | CPM | 24.2% |
| VIRAJPET | PAWAR DESAI SIDHARAJ ALIAS DHAIRYASHILARAO | INC | 9.1% |
| YADGIR | M P PRAKASH | JP | 24.5% |
| YELAHANKA | M. VEERAPPA MOILY | INC | 11.7% |
| YELBURGA | S. RAMALINGAIAH | BJP | 5.8% |
| YELLAPUR | M. OBANNA RAJU | JP | 16.4% |
| YEMKANMARDI | S.K.KANTA | JP | 2.9% |
| YESHVANTHAPURA | P. THIPPAIAH | JP | 1.7% |